I bought two new swimming caps today –– one’s a pink turban and the other is a 50s inspired coral cap with a neck strap. Between these and my frilly caps in turquoise, yellow and every-colour-of-the-rainbow, I’ve got quite the collection. Occasionally, I’ll catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror as I move swiftly from changing room to pool, and I’ll chuckle at how very weird and wonderful I look. Iole’s goggles, the blue ones with rhinestones, add that extra splash of weird. I’d retired the whole lot for a while, but it’s winter now, and I hate to get my hair wet. Plus, one needs a sense of humour to survive the grey.

Women modeling bathing caps with faces on them.