Women balaclava style face masks at a beach, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China – 14 Aug 2014

On July 19, 2015 by Tim Newman

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Imaginechina/REX (4077976h)
A woman wearing a facekini
Women balaclava style face masks at a beach, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China – 14 Aug 2014
Swimmers in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao have already made waves on the Internet for their bizarre swimming gear: colorful, full-face masks. Dubbed “facekini,” the fabric masks cover a swimmer’s entire head and neck down to the collar bones. Holes are cut for eyes, nostrils and mouth. A facekini woman says that the mask not only helps her from getting tanned, it also prevents jellyfish.

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