The survey by respected French polling agency Ifop has confirmed that going topless in France is steadily going out of fashion. Only 19 percent of French women under the age of 50 say they regularly sunbathe topless in France compared to 29 percent three years ago and 43 percent of women back in 1984. While 22 percent of French women say they have sunbathed topless, the figure was far higher in Germany where 34 percent of women had gone topless and far behind Spain where 48 percent of women say they had removed the top half of the bikini on beaches. In Italy the number of women who had gone topless was 15 percent, less than in Britain where 19 percent of women had opted for the "monokini" at some point. But the decline in the number of women going topless is reflected throughout Europe - apart from Spain where the trend remains consistently strong.

Source: The Local July 24, 2019 07:52 UTC