Of Mangos and Wimples

This lovely summery image shot by Helmut Newton makes the cover of Australian Vogue, Summer 1960.

On the contents page, the credit states:

The look of now, on the beaches; a back bared beautifully to the waistline, and the stunning counterpoint of a hat as wide and sheltering as a beach umbrella. This one, in mango pink straw, is anchored against lifting sea breezes by a wimple of nylon marquisette. Weedmans, Brisbane and Surfers Paradise, 84s.

Quite a bit of poetic licence there: I have never seen a mango exactly this shade before. And a wimple? Presumably this is a tie under the chin, but that’s a rather unattractive description for a very pretty hat. I think Vogue should have kept that detail under its hat…