Name: She Invented the Facekini, China’s Most Infamous Beach Accessory
Uploaded: 2020-11-06T18:40:11.000Z
Duration: 6 min 47 s
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The facekini is a Chinese fashion phenomenon.

Modal verbs - B1

You might find people wearing these on beaches

And it was invented by this woman in 2004

Eventually, the scuba diving hood evolved into this.

In 2012, the facekini became known worldwide

Vogue called it “a way of life for many.”

But Zhang admits that some of her designs are a bit,

These facekinis can cost as low as $2 and up to $10 each.

So we hit up a beach in Qingdao to look for the infamous facekini.

she said that it was true that they only sold the facekini online

and that she has trademarks on all of her designs.

But when I asked her why we didn't see any

she basically told me that we were there at the wrong time.

and though we didn't see any facekinis on the beach,

Pale skin is the beauty standard in China

However, Tai says that there are some people

and that's in part inspired by the hip-hop culture.

still seem to see pale skin as the ideal,

which is why the facekini is still such a viable product

it seems like the facekini is either a fast-fading trend

or maybe just a little too weird for the mainstream.

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She Invented the Facekini, China’s Most Infamous Beach Accessory

weird

eventually

phenomenon

basically