# Have you ever seen a facekini on the wild? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439 "2025-08-24T22:02:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/21 "2025-08-25T11:04:34Z")
I’m also old enough to think that “kini” means skimpy and sexy. But no, i haven’t seen a facekini. I have seen a Muslim women’s swim suit, but not commonly. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/22 "2025-08-25T11:30:56Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > and whatever-gate means political scandal. One is reminded of this sketch … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vB9JgxhXW5w/hqdefault.jpg "Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/23 "2025-08-25T13:25:01Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I imagined something like this. AI’s gettin’ kinky. Or is that kinki? Hmmm. So what _is_ a kinkini? > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And gnomon is an island. With a very tall & oddly craggy peak. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/24 "2025-08-25T14:38:31Z")
You know how coldsores and herpes lesions are almost the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/25 "2025-08-25T15:12:34Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > No Bikini Atoll! Is that near Nomanisan Island? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/26 "2025-08-25T15:23:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > AIUI Chinese women (in China) are also fond of wearing a tinted plastic full face shield as a form of sunglasses & UV protection. See **[chinese full face sunglasses - Google Image Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese+full+face+sunglasses&udm=2&oq=chinese+full+face+sunglasses)**. For when you want to chill out on the beach but you’re also Cobra Commander. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/27 "2025-08-25T17:56:27Z")
No. That is closer to Vroom Dabbles Atoll. As if you asked. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/28 "2025-08-25T18:01:38Z")
I’ve seen the original monokini in the Rudi Gernreich exhibit at the museum, but did anyone (outside of a fashion show) ever actually wear one? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/29 "2025-08-25T18:50:22Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > \*Not a ball cap. Especially backwards. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/30 "2025-08-25T19:11:13Z")
Borat? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/31 "2025-08-25T21:11:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > And a bathing suit, right? Because otherwise that’s a whole different kink. No, fully dressede, out walking in the sun ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/32 "2025-08-25T21:32:54Z")
I mean, maybe she was wearing a bathing suit, too, but you couldn’t tell. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/33 "2025-08-25T21:49:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I’ve seen the original monokini in the Rudi Gernreich exhibit at the museum, but did anyone (outside of a fashion show) ever actually wear one? Does a topless club count? Carol Doda at the Condor Club, San Francisco, 1964. [![](https://www.womaninrevolt.com/content/images/2024/04/Carol-Doda-dancing-in-monokini-censored.png) ](https://www.womaninrevolt.com/content/images/2024/04/Carol-Doda-dancing-in-monokini-censored.png) ---
**Author:** ![Turki-lurki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turki-lurki/32/7168_2.png) [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/34 "2025-08-26T02:40:06Z")
Looks like the ideal thing to wear to an Indivisible march/ protest.Are they ‘street legal’? Most southern jurisdictions where the Klan was active have funny rules about adults in masks/ hoods, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/35 "2025-08-26T12:24:51Z")
> [@Turki-lurki](#): > > Most southern jurisdictions where the Klan was active have funny rules about adults in masks/ hoods, etc. New York, too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/36 "2025-08-26T14:50:28Z")
Laws are only as good as the enforcement. I could readily imagine the public deciding masks were normal daily wear, laws be damned. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/37 "2025-08-26T17:32:33Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Apparently in some cultures, lighter is better. Healthier, too. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/38 "2025-08-26T21:13:28Z")
Nope. I’ve seen burkinis several times, but no facekinis. * * * > [@Shakester](#): > > As someone who has a large skin graft on his face (and a few smaller divots) due to melanoma: no-one should **ever** expose their face to sunlight. Wear a hat\* **at all times** when outdoors, wear sunscreen if it’s sunny, and keep to the shade as much as possible. Suntans on white people (or anyone else) are literally **the** worst idea of all time. Sadly true. If only I could convince my husband to wear suncream regularly, or a hat at all! He burns easily and already suffered skin cancer once, but still refuses to be cautious. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/39 "2025-08-26T23:54:25Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Is that near Nomanisan Island? It was near the Isle of Lucy. But that disappeared in the late 1950s. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439/40 "2025-08-27T00:47:18Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > But that disappeared in the late 1950s. Changing ocean levels made it reappear. One day a ship went by and someone on deck pointed and said, “Here’s Lucy!”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-facekini-on-the-wild/1022439.md?page=3)