We haven't seen a swimsuit made of that material since the one we wore in the mid '80s. Luckily ours came in either purple or black, because as Stephanie Seymour demonstrates, lighter colours can become see-through when wet. Sound the slow news day alarm, decorated with 35 pictures of former model Seymour in a hunza style bikini...

Mind you, the former Sports Ilustrated model does look in exceptional nick for a 40-year-old mother-of-four. In fact, some might go as far to say (i.e the Daily Mail) that all women half her age should be ashamed of themselves for not looking as good this (and mainly because they're all too fat and lazy and not bothering to look good for men anymore like they should and did about 60 years ago). That's a horrible tattoo though. And here's Seymour, at half the age she is now, wearing a similar bikini back in 1988...

Maybe next time Claire from Steps strips off she should consider a hunza two piece (or a burquini)...