It just doesn't make sense. How can a country that takes fashion so seriously get it so spectacularly wrong when it comes to the swimming pool?
France and fashion go hand in hand, this is the land that gave the world Chanel, Dior, Yves St Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Hermes to name but a few.
So what on earth went wrong when it came to swimming? How can a place where so much store is placed on how you look and dress, have come up with the rule that all men, whether babes in arms or octogenarians, must wear the horrendous maillot de bain? The skin tight Speedo, loathed by every boy and man I know is obligatory in swimming pools.
Tight trunks look dreadful on virtually everyone except cute toddlers and fit teenagers. Most men are sensible and search out as discreet a pair as possible, usually black and a size too big to allow an element of give. Thank the Lord for them I say.
The problem with the maillot is that there's just too much on show. Or as my dear departed granny once put it so beautifully, the one and only time she watched ballet, as the male lead dancer appeared 'looks like he's got his packed lunch down those tights'.
I really never want to repeat the experience of looking up from my Kindle straight into the crotch of a man on the wrong side of 40 in white, shiny, TINY trunks, especially as he'd just come out of the pool......well, you know what water does to white fabric....
Maillot de bain
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