I need you to do a mental exercise with me now, imagine that all beaches were nude beaches. Erase that first bright red swimsuit from your memory, you learned to swim in your skivvies and floaties instead. Every dip in the ocean would have the bracing feel of skinny dipping - but it wouldn't be shameful or risque.
In fact, if we eliminated bathing suits the entire beach-going proposition would become much less embarrassing. A modern trip to the beach is overwrought with anxiety about spandex, straps, and seams. A bikini renders you 98% naked, but 100% less confident than you'd be in your birthday suit. It squishes, lifts, and pushes the flesh in ways that only highlight the simple elegance of nudity.
Guess I'll see you in the South of France?
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