Back in the 1920s and 30s, when the French Riviera was the holiday destination of choice for everyone from Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald to le tout fashionable Europe, Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, then at the glittering apex of the social scene in Biarritz, offered lightweight, eased clothing for yachting, promenading on the sea front or lounging on the beach: famously she is the woman who made naturally tanned skin not only sociably acceptable but desirable.
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