Different Season, Different Month, Same Old Exclusion

 

[a collage composed from 7 images of models in swimwear; top image with "NEW VIBE" across the center] 

The lack of visual representation of a broad array of humanity in swimming and aquatics continues on this well-known brand's U.S. homepage in which the "new vibe" is the same old vibe. [sigh] 
 

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