# Hottest beach fashion in China. The Face-Kini **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869 "2012-08-18T13:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/1 "2012-08-18T13:17:55Z")
Yeah baby, this will sell coast to coast in the U.S. 😛 > **[Meet the 'Face-Kini', the latest craze to hit China's beaches as bathers wear...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2189877/Meet-Face-Kini-latest-craze-hit-Chinas-beaches-bathers-wear-masks-beat-suns-harmful-rays.html)** > > Forget staying indoors, applying sun cream or wearing wide-brimmed hats. Face masks are the must-have beachwear items sweeping China. The few people wearing this stuff really look bizarre next to the normal beach goers. It is kind of sad really that people are this terrified of the sun. I wouldn’t waste my time visiting a beach if I had to wear a face kini. Just hide in the house with the curtains drawn. Strange world we live in. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/2 "2012-08-18T13:25:10Z")
Wow, that looks like a scene from some film called _Terrorist Beach Party_. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/3 "2012-08-18T14:00:41Z")
I can’t decide whether they look comical or scary. On one had they look like a bunch of Mexican luchadores preparing for the most kick ass beach wrestling match ever. On the other hand those outfits look like something a rapist with a strange fetish would wear. I think it was **even sven** who once detailed the ridiculous fear that many of her female Chinese students had of the sun. To the point where they would freak out at being exposed to Sol while walking from one building to another. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/4 "2012-08-18T14:30:01Z")
Humans love to jump from one extreme to another. We went from sunbathing for hours at a time to practically hiding from the sun. I don’t sunbathe. I get a little sun walking outdoors, gardening, and just running errands. That’s a reasonable and moderate exposure. If I visited a beach then sunblock is a must. Vitamin D Deficiency is a big concern for people who avoid getting any sun at all. It’s not a natural way to live. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43711-2004May20.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43711-2004May20.html) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/5 "2012-08-18T14:31:27Z")
It looks like it’s prone to moving around on your face and leaving your eyes and mouth covered, which doesn’t sound like a safe plan when you’re frolicking in the waves. I understand the bodysuit aspect of those outfits as a way to protect from sunburn and jellyfish, so I suppose the face part would help there as well, but if you’re _that_ afraid of the sun, what the hell are you doing at the beach? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/6 "2012-08-18T14:33:32Z")
“Some fashion-concussions swimmers match the colour of their protective head mask to their body suit.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/7 "2012-08-18T14:47:45Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Wow, that looks like a scene from some film called _Terrorist Beach Party_. There is a blues band called [Los Straitjackets](http://www.straitjackets.com/fr_intro.cfm) that performs wearing Mexican Wrestling masks. The band is fun, but I did some stage work for them and it is creepy as hell hanging out with masked people. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/8 "2012-08-18T14:50:50Z")
I saw one or two of those yesterday in Qingdao. There are thousands of people on the beaches here so I think those masks are pretty rare. ---
**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 18, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/9 "2012-08-18T14:51:57Z")
It just shows that industrialism is still a new concept in China. Sooner or later they’ll stop thinking “tanned like a peasant” and start thinking “pale like a factory worker”; at least, that’s how it happened in the West. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/10 "2012-08-18T15:15:51Z")
A planet where El Santo evolved from men? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/11 "2012-08-18T15:25:54Z")
That’s a good point I hadn’t considered. That’s how it was in the U.S. High society Victorian women adored their pale skin. It set them apart from the working classes. > [@Alessan](#): > > It just shows that industrialism is still a new concept in China. Sooner or later they’ll stop thinking “tanned like a peasant” and start thinking “pale like a factory worker”; at least, that’s how it happened in the West. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/12 "2012-08-18T15:42:14Z")
Are we sure they’re not just all Pussy Riot fans? ---
**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 18, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/13 "2012-08-18T16:02:29Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > That’s a good point I hadn’t considered. That’s how it was in the U.S. High society Victorian women adored their pale skin. It set them apart from the working classes. Exactly. And that changed by the early 20th Century, when people started noticing that the lower classes were pale from working indoors all days, while the rich were tanned from spending the summer in San Tropez. The Chinese will probably undergo a similar shift sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/14 "2012-08-18T16:27:26Z")
Those just don’t make that much sense, the most delicate and wrinkle-prone and likely to sunburn skin around the eyes and the lips (ouch sunburned lips) are still exposed. A wide-brimmed hat and large sunglasses still makes more sense. Being covered like that would just make me sweaty and itchy. I’m one who just stays out of the sun. When I go to the beach, it’s very late in the day when shadows are long and the sand doesn’t burn my feet. My last vitamin D test showed my supplement is working and those levels are fine - the level made by my body was as low as measurable, so the supplement is definitely necessary. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/15 "2012-08-18T17:10:50Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Wow, that looks like a scene from some film called _Terrorist Beach Party_. I was thinking _Where the Gimps are_ ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/16 "2012-08-18T17:30:08Z")
Seeing that freak show would send me fleeing in terror. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/17 "2012-08-18T18:06:03Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > Are we sure they’re not just all Pussy Riot fans? Thank you - I needed that 😃 ---
**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 18, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/18 "2012-08-18T20:47:34Z")
What I don’t get, I saw a news report that was covering this, and they were saying something about the health risks of these masks. Unless they’re made of some seriously nasty plastic (and why would they be?), they’re almost certainly safer than getting that much sun. ---
**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 18, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/19 "2012-08-18T22:11:00Z")
I’m thinking dehydration, and possibly heatstroke. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869/20 "2012-08-18T22:18:30Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Vitamin D Deficiency is a big concern for people who avoid getting any sun at all. It’s not a natural way to live. > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43711-2004May20.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43711-2004May20.html) They should call that guy “Dr. Sexy, MD”. (the guy in the picture). 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hottest-beach-fashion-in-china-the-face-kini/631869.md?page=2)