Aussie Influencer Booted from French Pool Over Rules

An Australian influencer has found herself rejected from a local pool during a family trip to . 

Lauren Lakin, who shares lifestyle and travel content for her 54,000 Instagram followers, related the woeful tale in a reel shared this week. 

The 40-year-old attempted to take her husband and three children for a dip at a pool close to her accommodation but was refused entry for an unusual reason. 

The family were told that her husband, Kit, and her son, who were wearing boardshorts for their dip, were not dressed appropriately. 

'We just got rejected by the local pool. There's a pool that is right near our Airbnb. We went to go in and they wouldn't allow Kit to wear swim shorts. No board shorts,' Lauren said in the clip. 

Kit then chimed in, revealing he was advised he had to wear much more revealing swimwear, in the form of 'Euro shorts or speedos.' 

'They must be skin tight and hugging the genitalia to allow you into the pool,' Kit joked. 

'These are too conservative apparently,' he added, showing his striped boardshorts. 

'I don't know about being too conservative but that's the rule, so just be warned, maybe pack some of those,' Lauren said. 

'They have a vending machine there where we can buy them'. 

Lauren explained that her young son was also wearing boardshorts and likewise was not allowed to swim. 

'It was just the boys, the girls could wear whatever, but the boys had to wear the speedos,' she added. 

The social media star further elaborated in her caption alongside the reel: 'Pack your budgie smugglers if you're heading to France. We looked up why this is the rule, it's due to hygiene reasons. 

'Apparently board shorts are worn outside and in other public places whereas swimmers are only worn at the pool, therefore more hygienic.'