Shag is one of the best movies ever. If you've never seen it or - god forbid - didn't like it, maybe we can't be friends after all. In one memorable scene, Bridget Fonda rocks a Confederate flag bikini. (The movie takes place in South Carolina in the 1960s - not that it makes it much more PC, but still. Puts it into context.) I found a super-cute American flag bikini by Juicy on the Everything But Water website (Attention any of these companies: feel free to pay me royalties), and since it was a little pricey, decided to Google "flag bikinis" to see what popped up in my price range. A bunch of Confederate flag bikinis, is what. Plus some American flag bikinis and some (shout-out!) Texas flag bikinis as well. And they were all so teensy that there's no way this girl will be joining any sort of flag bikini team this year. But my question - do people in 2011 REALLY still purchase Confederate flag bikinis. Or hell - anything with the Confederate flag. I did see one flying in Highland Park a few months ago - figured maybe their kid went to Ole Miss or something? But still. I wouldn't be ballsy enough to rock the stars and bars - even if I had the bod to fill it out. Soapbox rant over. And now I really want to watch Shag.
Is that the one with the "Eyeliner is trashy" quote?
ReplyDeleteHaha yep.
ReplyDeletei always remembered phoebe cates being in shag (that's phoebe cates, right?) but until i just saw the poster here, i had forgotten it was bridget fonda, too. i must've seen that movie 4 times in the theater. in corsicana. and yes, the confederate flag is alive and well south and west of good ol' piedmont, nc. i don't know about ballsy. would you WANT to wear it?
ReplyDeleteyep, phoebe cates. and no, i wouldn't want to. :)
ReplyDelete"cah-sun, don't you know we're gonna remember this for the rest of our lives?" love. that. movie.
ReplyDeleteas for confederate flag anything, i just don't get it. c'mon peeps.