Yes, the swimsuit shown was the proper attire in the 1890's, but there were already women going to the beach and shown in the fashion magazines wearing much less, and causing an uproar.
Perhaps more to the point, Catholic nuns can go to the beach in their modest and overdressed nun clothes, so why can't other women choose to do the same? This is what makes the French look not only racist, but ridiculous too. I have lived in France many times, and this is beginning to remind me of a rerun of the Dreyfus Affair and its anti-semitism; now instead of Jews it's Muslim women. As Marx says, the first time it's tragedy, the second time it's farce.
Yes, the swimsuit shown was the proper attire in the 1890's, but there were already women going to the beach and shown in the fashion magazines wearing much less, and causing an uproar.
Perhaps more to the point, Catholic nuns can go to the beach in their modest and overdressed nun clothes, so why can't other women choose to do the same? This is what makes the French look not only racist, but ridiculous too. I have lived in France many times, and this is beginning to remind me of a rerun of the Dreyfus Affair and its anti-semitism; now instead of Jews it's Muslim women. As Marx says, the first time it's tragedy, the second time it's farce.