(Very) modern manners

LADY Victoria Hervey launches her own swimwear label next month, Lady Ship, but the stick-thin former It girl doesn’t want curvy women to wear her two-pieces.

‘Whether a woman can wear a bikini depends on how toned her tummy is,’ the Marquess of Bristol’s 41-year-old sister tells me at a party in South Kensington. ‘If you have a big belly, you shouldn’t wear a bikini — you should wear a swimsuit. Tuck it in! A two-piece doesn’t look good if you don’t have a flat tummy.’ Not sure she’s the best spokeswoman for the brand . . .