Good lord, the French are starting to cover up and we’re not just talking about mini-skirts.
Reports from France are stating that sunbathers on the Cote d’Azur, once known for a care-free attitude to nudity are revolting against the practise. Even beach-goers at the famed La Voile Rouge beach club on Pampelonne’s Beach, in St. Tropez, “where it all started shortly after the actress’ film And God Created Woman, prefer to keep their top on.”
Is this part of the new conservatism sweeping France? Some say so, others say no.
“It is seen as a bit vulgar now,” said Sabina Hourdin, 38, from Paris, holidaying in St Tropez. “It is like mini-skirts. You don’t show your legs any more, you cover them up more.
“In the 70s and 80s less was considered more when it came to clothes but now that has changed. It has gone out of fashion.”
In the past La Voile Rouge – or Red Sail – was described a seaside sanctuary of “French aristocracy that has no qualms seating a grandmother in a Chanel pantsuit next to a topless-teenager having Chandon sipped from her belly button”.
via UK Telegraph
