Gaston Bellus, is the director of a textile house, and the research laboratory makes a sensational discovery: the elastic fabric. This new discovery is used to manufacture new modern stretchable bathing suits. His daughter Clementine, enters the beauty pageant to represent France for the swimsuit launch. But scandal ensues when the public soon discover, the photos of the event in which this new revolutionary material is completely invisible on photographs & live television.

Une découverte de laboratoire (cette découverte permet de fabriquer des vêtements de bains extensibles et surtout perméables aux rayons de soleil) change la fortune d'un brave employé d'une usine de textiles.