The quest for well-being began in the 1960s. To relax, sport was mentioned several times. Women can be satisfied with interior decoration or with «some easy care» to «relax from head to toe». And why not opt for the relaxing virtues of a sea cure or knitting?
Cécile IBANE went to meet a shepherd who knits by passion, on the Nationale 10 km from Bayonne. Mr Clavet, the cowboy of his state, has managed to retain his clientele. He confides: "It’s my hobby, it’s my favorite sport".
How can we keep the benefits of holidays when we return to work? Taking time for yourself, all year long! A doctor gives recipes to keep relaxing, and holidaymakers in spa treatments testify about the benefits of thalassotherapy.
In 1967, the woman’s leisure is above all her interior. Various exhibitors talk about it in these terms at a trade fair dedicated to "Women’s Leisure". They explain how the life of a housewife seems to be devoted to the decoration of her home. But when a woman presents her "leisure relaxation", she speaks rather of bridge, "a relaxing, tranquilizing game, which allows the woman to spend pleasant moments when she does not have too much to worry about her interior".