Fish Meets Bikini in the Fishkini

Designer Anchali Chatrakul Na Ayudhaya has taken fish skins and turned them into a fashion statement. The skins, from the tilapia fish, are dried and died turning them into a leathery fabric which can be used for purses and handbags. It takes 15 of these skins to make one bikini. These much sought after waterproof bikinis retail for $75 (US).

The fashion market has a new addition, a bikini made from the skin of the tilapia fish.

A Thai designer has thought of a new way to use the skin of a fish that is usually thrown away, by making it into a bikini.

The Tilapia fish is often eaten by street vendors with noodle soup. But the skin has been discovered as being durable and water proof, making it a perfect material for handbags, wallets and bikinis.

Source: reuters.com