English Style For A Hot Day

I just saw a photo in The Telegraph. It was an eye-opener for me. It is unimaginable for Japanese women to be directly under strong sunshine without sun protection. We worry  a lot about skin damage from UV radiation. I personally started wearing long gloves, sunglasses and a hat or carrying a parasol in my hand after putting sunscreen cream on my face and decollete when I go out in daytime *. I know myself this is a little too much. I sometimes additionally put a surgical mask on and it makes clerks go on alert at banks when I enter.

I have never turned heads looking this way. It is kind of sad but avoiding needless damage on my vulnerable skin is much more important than drawing attention.

I suppose that it is because weather in UK is mostly not so pleasant throughout the year. So people there enjoy sunshine when it emerges like these days in England: the temperature hit 29C yesterday, it was the hottest day of the year. Whereas the people seem very defenseless exposing their skin to UV rays. Go under the shade of trees, otherwise you'll regret it when you get old as I did. I was sunbathing French style on the beach in Nice.

* I had to look it up, but decollette means wearing a low cut top, so I think you may have been looking for a different word here.