Why Wear Anything Other Than a Sun Hoodie This Summer? Our Picks for the Best
All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more.
I grew up in the late 1900s, in a time when attitudes toward sunburns were extremely lax compared to today. Red, peeling skin was seen as a minor and temporary inconvenience and the natural outcome of an active childhood, not a reckless lifestyle choice with potentially deadly consequences.
There were little brown bottles of coconut-scented low-SPF "suntan oil" around, but no one took it very seriously. We were kings—buttered up in Hawaiian Tropic, Jamsbillowing in the breeze, sipping ice-cold Crystal Pepsi with candy cigarettes dangling from our lips. I'd typically burn and peel once in June, at which point my Italian blood would take over, and I would darken up for the rest of the summer. The next year, like the...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to wired.com. To see the full text click HERE
