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women's bathing suit ca. 1888 photo by missouri history museum on flickr did you believe the news about burkinis being forbidden at french beaches? be happy that those women who choose to wear that, visit a beach. it is not long ago that women in europe used to wear things that resemble burkinis, accept for the headscarves. but even those resemble the swim caps to protect the hair. and what did i see last weekend at a beach in ouddorp (south holland, the netherlands). a lot of mothers and grandmothers enjoying the beach with their kids in bikini and swimming pants, but they themselves kept on their neat blue skirt and white shirt. they do that for their christian believe. should they be obliged to undress at the beach or keep away from it. no !! everyone should wear at a beach what feels right. be happy with the variation and just enjoy the sand, the sea, the wind, the playing kids. just imagine being banned from the beach because you can not proof you only wear clothes at th...

kama en herr seele, nrc handelsblad 21/12/15 in december last year, a discussion came up in the media about fashion designers having to be restricted in using skinny models. i was triggered on this subject by a cartoon in the nrc handelsblad, showing a giacometti sculpture with a pony-tail on a catwalk. more than twenty years ago i wrote my master thesis about the elongated and skinny figures in the art of the fin the siècle of the 19th century. were those artists ever forbidden by law to expose their art like the fashion designers are now restricted in several countries like france? of course, some gallery owners may have refused their art, but the law never obliged them to change their figures, paintings and sculptures. in my opinion, fashion designers are artists too. so if they prefer their fashion to be shown by skinny models, they should be free to do that. of course, the health of the models is important, but they have their own responsibility and if they are not ...