January 8, 2007
THERE'S A FASHION WE CAN ONLY HOPE CATCHES ON:
On Aussie beaches, burqa plus bikini equals burqini (Nick Squires, 1/09/06, The Christian Science Monitor)
Loose enough to preserve Muslim modesty, but light enough to enable swimming, the burqini, taking its name from the burqa, is at the forefront of a dramatic shift within Australia's iconic surf lifesaving clubs. [...]Posted by Orrin Judd at January 8, 2007 6:22 PM"Normally, I'd wear cotton trousers and a top but they get very heavy in the water. This meets our cultural requirements," she says, preparing to go out on a beach patrol. The burqini that she wears was specially designed to allow Muslim women like her to join one of the surf lifesavers clubs.
"The fourth is its fondness for bathing-machines,
Which it constantly carries about,
And believes that they add to the beauty of scenes--
A sentiment open to doubt."
Well one can only hope...
...and of course marvel at the ingenuity of the human species.
(Realizing full well that necessity is the mother of invention....)
Posted by: Barry Meislin at January 9, 2007 6:37 AMThanks God for the women in the Catholic countries to the south of us. They may act modest and shy, but they love tight clothes and tiny bikinis.
Posted by: Pete at January 9, 2007 12:30 PM