- This Sunday, in Les Sables d'Olonne, the first garage sale in Europe was held, reserved for naturists.
- Nearly a hundred people walked naked in the aisles of this unusual flea market.
"Okay, honey, what are we doing, are we going?" This Vendean couple hesitates. It must be said that the garage sale that takes place a few meters from them is unusual to say the least. This Sunday, in Les Sables d'Olonne, it is reserved for naturists. A first in Europe. "We ask you to respect our philosophy, reminds each person, Christian, president of the Vendée naturist association and co-organizer of the event. You have the cloakroom when entering on the left. You are asked to undress and keep only the mask and your shoes. "
This is Nehru Hattais, the owner of the permanent garage sale in Les Olonnes and occasional naturist,who had the idea a little over a month ago. He submitted it to naturist associations and everything accelerated. “It was an original concept, says Ludovic Richard, president of Happy Nat, co-organizing association. And it went well with our state of mind: here, we recycle rather than throw away. We had the opportunity with this garage sale to combine business with pleasure. The date is quickly found: the first weekend of July, that's good, it is the international day of the shirtless.
Some insulting messages…
This Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., a hundred people came to hunt around in this large 600 m2 building (whose windows were obscured) of the permanent garage sale in Olonnes, created six months ago. 150 boxes, with items as different as each other (trinkets, books, clothes etc.), were installed. “I received three messages of insults on the Internet, regrets Nehru Hattais. I was told that I was filthy filthy to do that or that it was a good way to catch the Covid-19. I just remind you that the coronavirus, until proven otherwise, does not spread through other orifices than the mouth and nose… ”
This Sunday, the public is mainly made up of naturists. Like Laurine, 19, and Hugo, 20, from Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu for example. "It was really great," they say in unison. We bought a lot of things. The atmosphere was nice because we almost know each other between members of associations. Or like Jeff, 25, "beach naturist, but not a member of an association", who is not at all frightened when he is told that he will have to undress.
"Can we still come dressed?" "
Others are more reluctant to find themselves in the clothes of Adam and Eve. A couple in their sixties, from Les Sables d'Olonne, admits their pleasure of being able to finally walk around in a garage sale, after several weeks of prohibition. "But uh ..., do we really have to undress?" Can't we come dressed? », Says the husband, a little uncomfortable, with his mask in his hand. No exceptions. The couple will turn around, without entering the large building, with a smile. "I don't mind, but I don't see myself undressing today ...", will explain the woman.
A few minutes later, a father, with his two daughters, launched somewhat irritated: "No, but what is this delirium? Do you have to be naked to enter? As soon as he arrived, he left immediately. Not the case of David, a 42-year-old Mayenne. “I have never done naturism, I want to try because I have been thinking about it for a while. This is an opportunity for me today. A few seconds later, he was deprived of textiles to stroll in the aisles of the flea market. "It was nice, why not do it again?" », He confides leaving, empty-handed. "To try it is to adopt it," laughs from afar, one of the organizers.
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