A French court will hear an appeal to reverse a decision of the municipal authorities to allow the body-concealing swimsuit in public pools.
‘Clothes maketh the man,’ says the English adage, but it is women’s garb that continues to obsess French politicians — and not for any sartorial reasons.
The United Nations human rights office is urging beach resorts in France to remove their bans on the burkini calling it a "stupid reaction" that did not improve security, but fuelled religious intolerance.
The Australian designer who created the burqini, a full body head-covering swimsuit, says the burqini ban in France boosted online burqini sales up to 200%.
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