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Recent bans on wearing the burkini in France have boosted sales around the world, especially to non-Muslim women, according to the designer of the full-body swimsuit.
Aheda Zanetti, a Lebanese-Australian who is credited with creating the light-weight two-piece swimsuit, said a series of bans across 23 towns in south-east France had led to a surge in interest.
The potential buyers are mostly non-Muslims, including cancer sufferers and women who prefer to be fully covered at the beach.
“It’s just been so hectic,” she said. “I can tell you that online on Sunday, we received 60 orders – all of them non-Muslim.”
Ms Zanetti, 48, said that she typically received about ten to twelve orders on a Sunday.
She said she had sold an estimated 700,000 of the garments since 2008, including customers who were “Jews, Hindus, Christians, Mormons, women with various body issues”.
Since the French bans, Ms Zanetti said, she has received a flood of emails supporting her design.
“A lot of the correspondence ... was that they are survivors of skin cancer and they’ve always been looking for something like this,” she said.
Burkini designer says French bans have boosted sales - to non-Muslims
Petros, when are you getting yours?
Recent bans on wearing the burkini in France have boosted sales around the world, especially to non-Muslim women, according to the designer of the full-body swimsuit.
Aheda Zanetti, a Lebanese-Australian who is credited with creating the light-weight two-piece swimsuit, said a series of bans across 23 towns in south-east France had led to a surge in interest.
The potential buyers are mostly non-Muslims, including cancer sufferers and women who prefer to be fully covered at the beach.
“It’s just been so hectic,” she said. “I can tell you that online on Sunday, we received 60 orders – all of them non-Muslim.”
Ms Zanetti, 48, said that she typically received about ten to twelve orders on a Sunday.
She said she had sold an estimated 700,000 of the garments since 2008, including customers who were “Jews, Hindus, Christians, Mormons, women with various body issues”.
Since the French bans, Ms Zanetti said, she has received a flood of emails supporting her design.
“A lot of the correspondence ... was that they are survivors of skin cancer and they’ve always been looking for something like this,” she said.
Burkini designer says French bans have boosted sales - to non-Muslims
