Former President Clinton goes bikini shopping in Brazil
By Reuters, 08/28/01
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Former President Clinton gave tourists visiting Rio de Janeiro's picturesque beaches something else to gawk at Monday when he went bikini shopping with British actor Sir Anthony Hopkins.
A gaggle of photographers, beach-goers and security men followed Clinton and Hopkins along the trendy Ipanema beach promenade. Television showed Clinton, clad in Bermuda shorts, sneakers and a T-shirt, knocking a volleyball around and admiring a sand sculpture as passersby stared.
The high point came when the two silver-haired men entered the Blue Man beachwear boutique to check out Brazil's most famous fashion product -- the bikini.
According to TV Globo, Clinton spent $113 on two bikinis and three sarongs.
It was not immediately clear who he was shopping for.
Clinton, whose two terms in office were highlighted by an economic boom but also marred by a sex scandal, is due to give a speech to professors and students at the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation in Sao Paulo Tuesday.
Clinton and Hopkins are then heading to the spectacular Iguassu waterfall on the border with Argentina.
