[Faline]

Beach-goers usually use sunblock and umbrellas to make sure they don’t get burned, but in China they use something called a “facekini“. The fact that it makes you look like a Mexican wrestler doesn’t seem to bother anybody.

The facekini is being called “China’s latest beach craze”, but according to a Qingdao sales officer, the bizarre mask has been around for at least five years. But photos of Qingdaonese swimmers wearing the bizarre accessory have only recently gone viral on Chinese social sites, and were eventually picked up by Western photo agencies and websites sparking readers’ curiosity. The bizarre clothing item is made of elastic fabric, covers a person’s entire head and neck down to the collarbone and has holes cut out for the neck, nose and mouth.
White skin is considered a sign of beauty in China, and the Chinese even have an old saying that translates as ”white skin covers up a hundred uglinesses.” The women go to great lengths to make sure their skin remains white as milk during the hot summer months, and the facekini is just one of the things they use. They also dress in full-body swimming suits, and use parasols while walking on the street. The mask has become so popular in Qingdao that vendors have created regular facekini collections, with dozens of available colors, different size eye holes and seam placement. According to one face-kini wearer quoted by CnnGo, “normal swimmers here all dress like this. We’re used to it already,” so I guess it would seem abnormal not to wear a colorful luchador-style mask at the beach…
But it seems the facekini doesn’t only shield its wearers from UV rays, it also repels other nuisances like jellyfish stings and sharks. One Taobao facekini vendor says the orange colored ones keep sharks away because “they fear this colour the most”.

[DannyDrama]

A coherent reply eludes me on this one.

[ices]

I'd like to see this in the USA.



TERRORISTS!

TERRORISTS EVERYWHERE!


Nice ass *bang*

[assclown1]

Why in fucks cunt would someone wanna wear this? If only mankind could invent some sort of lotion like material you could rub on your skin and it would prevent from getting sun burnt. I guess I'm thinking too out of the box.

[King Herald]

Why go out in the sun if you don't wanna go out in the sun.

STAY IN DA FUCKIN' HOUSE YOU STUPID CUNTS!!!!!

[kellyhound]

morons

[Shattered AURA]

Sweet! Nothing like a day at the beach followed by a bank robbing spree. Well thought out China! Kudos.

[Brometheus]

now all they need are some ak47s.. goes well with balaclavas..

[aintthatathing]

All that yet cant lose 15lbs.

[bloodgasm]

They look like luchadores.