{"id":4045,"date":"2017-09-03T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2018-05-22T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:12:53","slug":"what-the-world-is-wearing-to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/what-the-world-is-wearing-to-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"What the World is Wearing to the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There\u2019s nothing worse than the burn of humiliating realisation when you turn up at a black-tie event in jeans and a t-shirt. Now imagine rocking up to a beach full of burqas in your bikini. As it turns out beachwear is a broad term and everyone in the world has a different interpretation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So what is the world wearing this summer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Australia is wearing the budgy smuggler<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/budgy-smuggler-austrailian-beach-wear.jpg\" alt=\"budgy-smuggler-austrailian-beach-wear\" width=\"800\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/budgy-smuggler-austrailian-beach-wear.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/budgy-smuggler-austrailian-beach-wear-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/budgy-smuggler-austrailian-beach-wear-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/budgy-smuggler-austrailian-beach-wear-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/budgy-smuggler-austrailian-beach-wear-1200x652.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstylefashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/budgy-smuggler-featured.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.menstylefashion.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sydney no longer cringes at old European tourists sporting speedos and gone are the days of boardies on Bondi. What do the sexy surfers have on under their wetsuits? Budgy smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Israel is wearing mud<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/israel-beach-wear.jpg\" alt=\"israel-beach-wear\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/israel-beach-wear.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/israel-beach-wear-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/israel-beach-wear-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/israel-beach-wear-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/israel-beach-wear-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pay a trip to Israel to lather up in the Dead Sea\u2019s mineral rich clay. Roll around in the mud for the most natural spa treatment of your life. Getting dirty never felt so cleansing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brazil is wearing barely anything<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/brazil-beach-wear.jpg\" alt=\"brazil-beach-wear\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/brazil-beach-wear.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/brazil-beach-wear-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/brazil-beach-wear-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/brazil-beach-wear-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/brazil-beach-wear-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rio de Janeiro (a.k.a. the city of hills) rears rumps to set Sisqo\u2019s heart palpating and what better way to show off what their mama gave them than teeny-tiny-is-there-even-anything-there bikini bottoms!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>India is fully clothed<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/indian-beach-wear.jpg\" alt=\"indian-beach-wear\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/indian-beach-wear.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/indian-beach-wear-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/indian-beach-wear-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/indian-beach-wear-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/indian-beach-wear-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Locals always dress modestly and at the beach is no exception. If you\u2019re going to follow suit, wear light layers or face weighty consequences \u2013 think of how heavy your woollen jumper is fresh from the washing machine!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>China is wearing the face-kini<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/facekini-china.jpg\" alt=\"facekini-china\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/facekini-china.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/facekini-china-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/facekini-china-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/facekini-china-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/facekini-china-1200x750.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/travel\/destinations\/asia\/china\/galleries\/Face-kini-Chinas-new-swimwear-trend\/china-facekini-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Westerners slap on the fake-tan and worship the sun. The Chinese slap on factor 100, pray for a pale complexion\u2026and don the face-kini! For most of the world a cover-up means a kaftan, for China it means head to toe spandex.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>France is wearing nothing<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/french-beach-wear.jpg\" alt=\"french-beach-wear\" width=\"1500\" height=\"926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/french-beach-wear.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/french-beach-wear-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/french-beach-wear-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/french-beach-wear-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/french-beach-wear-1200x741.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, not exactly\u2026but it is home to the largest nudist town in the world, Cap d\u2019Agde. Pack light &#8211; you\u2019ll need bare all at this naturist destination.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But water babies don\u2019t need to venture so far afield to get their toes wet with these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/9-incredible-wild-swimming-spots-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incredible wild swimming spots<\/a> right here in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From cover-it-all-ups to barely there bikinis to baring all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,60],"tags":[204,347,348,349],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What the World is Wearing to the Beach<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As it turns out beachwear is a broad term and everyone in the world has a different interpretation. 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