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A Salute to French Sunbathing

À La Recherche Des Bikinis Perdus

À La Recherche Des Bikinis Perdus

Sacre bleu! Time magazine recently revealed that younger French women are eschewing the traditional version of French sunbathing for a more, shall we say, straight-laced interpretation. If this is true, these women are rejecting a rich part of their French heritage.

Photo: Paul Schutzer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

May 01, 1962
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