Liz says: Cover ups protect you from the sun. While many of us go to the beach to get that lovely sun-kissed glow, too much sun exposure is a bad thing. Tina Leser, born in Philadelphia, started her first fashion business in Hawaii, where wraps, playsuits, and beach cover-ups were the order of the day, often influenced as much by the East as the West. After 1941, she worked in New York but continued in the same mode of inventing textile-rich cover-ups and leisurewear.
