Introducing the World‘s First ’Green Bikini’
- Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:00pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A "sustainable swimsuit" made by Eco Swim by Aqua Green. (Miami Herald)
Eco-friendliness is hardly a new concept, but with bathing suit season in full swing, it’s finally here: The first “green bikini.”
Linda Loudermilk, an “eco-couture” designer, said she will debut the world’s first fully compostable bathing suit Friday night during a Swim Week runway show. The Miami Herald reports:
It’s fashioned from a plant starch, she said, that has been turned into a fabric so new she just got her hands on it four days earlier. She said the suit won’t dissolve on a woman’s body, but bury it under dirt, like in a land fill, and it would break down within 180 days — leaving not a single spandex strap, blot of chemical dye or foam bra cup insert behind.
“You can use it again or you can throw it away,’’ said Loudermilk, a pioneer of the eco-fashion movement. “It’s very inexpensive so it’s something you can give to your guests but it has a fashion forward look.
Forget polyester and those other synthetic materials — the new trend in environmentally-friendly swimwear calls for fabrics made from wood pulp, hemp, bamboo, recycled plastic bottles, “upcycled’’ factory scraps of cotton and nylon and “repurposed’’ material like military parachutes
A one-piece Eco Swim by Aqua Green suit made from sustainable and recycled components. (Miami Herald)
Jenni Saylor, the designer for Eco Swim By Aqua Green, acknowledged that using sustainable material can be challenging, especially for a bikini. Without at least a little spandex, the suit won’t cling in the right places.
“If it doesn’t look good, they’re not going to buy it just because it’s sustainable material,’’ Saylor said.
“Eco-cell’’ foam bra cups, made with biodegradable plant oil, are one of Eco Swim’s big features. The suits are made from recycled nylon, polyester and cotton. Saylor stressed fabric isn’t picked from old clothes bins but comes fully processed and cleaned from manufacturers.
“It’s absolutely not recycled clothes,’’ she said. “A woman would be totally disgusted by that, especially when it’s touching your body that close. No, no, no.’’
Another innovative design? The solar-powered bikini, covered with flexible photo-voltaic cells sown together with a conductive wire. It’s billed as being capable of recharging small devices with its built-in USB chord, yet is fully submersible — once the iPod or cell phone is unplugged.
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Comments (51)
docmo
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:52pmDo they degrade faster in sand and salt water?
Report Post »Mikhail Kennedy
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 6:41pmDo they degrade if I drool on them?
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 4:35amThey can keep the swimsuit, I’ll take the model.
Report Post »krmike
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:35pmWhen are they going to stop trying to cram this green nonsense down our throats ??????
Report Post »The BRAIN
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 5:54pmThis is typical of the entire idea of the modern “green scam”. Overall, it is planned and forced obsolescence so they can sell you MORE. I submit that it is far more “green” to make goods MORE DURABLE, REPAIRABLE, STANDARDIZED, and MODULAR. You use fewer resources if items can be used LONGER and maintained or repaired. You also theoretically save MONEY.
If you want updates, make it so components can be updated with minimal resources. Instead, like this swimwear, they want products REPLACED ENTIRELY on a constant basis. Follow the money. Cash for clunkers.
As for clothing, it isn’t the revealing swimwear that is the problem.
It is the yards and yards (and YARDS) of polyester used to cover our “favorite” ladies of the Democrat party. Do ANY of us really want them to be covered in clothing that may rot prematurely and cause an inadvertent wardrobe malfunction? OW!! MY EYES!!
Report Post »dadsrootbeer
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:44pmTnank you stimulus.
Report Post »IM4GOD
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:24pmAnd they dissolve in water !!
Report Post »johnj1952
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:47pmSo its green i’m color blind.
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriot
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:07pmBury it under dirt and it’ll break down within six months!
..sounds like something casey anthony might use on her next child.
Report Post »conservative510
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 3:54pmOuch!
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:02pmOOO La La. How easy I fall in love. Suit? What suit?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:41pmI think the FIRST green bikini was a FIG LEAF.
I‘m just sayin’
Report Post »Epic Fail
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 12:07pmFINALLY!! Earth is SAVED!!!!
Report Post »Kisha
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 11:06amYeah I want a bikini that potentially could break down next to my skin if bacteria was to at all come in contact with it. NOT!!! How many months before the croch breaks down from female secretions, huh? Gotta go buy another swim suit every 6 months. Hey and don’t forget to bury it when your done!
What these YAHOO‘s don’t get is that plastic bags (they make them that way now) and paper bags break down faster yet THATS a huge no, no. Go back to selling those eco friendly grocery bags (that you cannot wash or recycle) you idiots!!!!
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 10:21amWay to save the world!……yaaaaaa………………….
Report Post »I gotta find a better way to start my morning other than reading this “news”.
This and the history making Muslim weight lifter, just make me want to go back to bed and forget reality and dream of a better time……………………..
oldsoldier10
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 9:29amHey that’s handy! So let me get this right after 6 months the clothing will begin to decay? Good to know now when i bury the bodies i know which brand to dress them in so all evidence is erased, sweet!
McO’Bama says green close make him happy
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 9:32amfunny post good one.
I wonder if I buy the suit does the girl come with it.
Report Post »lobster
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 9:42amNo itr won’t. The way the STUPID EPA has forced landfills to be built no water can get in so in fact the suit will NEVER decay.Such stupid droids running our country…A few weeks ago the EPA was actually advertising for a “green” chemist. God only knows what bthat is, but I can‘t even get an interview as they think I’m too old…
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 10:09amAs a southerner, Green is a color, not an adjective or political perspective. The problem with this suit is that women will have to stop burying their out of season clothes in the dirt if they want to use them for more than one year. Get real. So now I can compost instead of ecycling or donating to charity. These people ae idiots.
Report Post »oldchevyguy
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 9:03amA major acomplishment for the Green movement.Congratulations!
Report Post »headbtweenlegs
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 7:30amWhy? are women’s bathing suits filling up landfills?
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:58amBut are they edible?
Report Post »Ready2Rumble
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 8:08amMaybe. I wonder if it will dissolve in water!
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:08amGo swimming in them and come out in your birthday suit. Must be some pervert who came up with this idea??
Report Post »Pigpen
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 6:18amWell, ABBYGIRL1994, being a ******* myself, I can tell you that this is a clever propaganda campaign aimed at my 19-39 white/male demographic. I believe that MY response, as a typical ******* of course, is SUPPOSED to go something like this….
“Duh, you mean ‘green’ means that I might see this chick naked? Duh, wow, that’s great! Duh, sure, you can make my car illegal and put a recycle control monitoring chip in my garbage can and force me to put in a stinky-smelling composting toilet in my house, sure. Now does ‘water soluble’ mean that if I wash my Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition in my sink it will turn into a Playboy?…”
Report Post »Glenn
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 12:44amA bio-degradable bikini like that can’t break down fast enough.
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 12:24amI LIKE them in any COLOR
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 12:41amThe only true environmentally friendly bikini is no bikini. Save the planet, go all natural
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 10:18amDo you think the Girls will buy that like they bought Free Love and If you’re not with the one you love,love the one your’e with. Are Ladies still that gullible after all these years?
Report Post »SgtSpike
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 12:08amWater soluble, please. I’m much too old to be digging.
Report Post »TouchStoneMT
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 12:48amYa stole my thunder, dammit….I was going to say that………..
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:56pmWhy don’t they just make them edible? A lot more fun.. Ohh that’s right, greenhouse gasses.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:58amDang, didn’t see this one. You beat me to it.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:46pmHow long will it take before a Warning Label is forced on the maker of the suit Warning people to take the suit off before burying it in the ground for 6 mo.
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.She said the suit won’t dissolve on a woman’s body, but bury it under dirt, like in a land fill, and it would break down within 180 days —
12thArticle
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:17pmThis is what I call hard hitting news.
Report Post »el_gancho
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:15pmI agree. Speaking for the male of the species, we would like to suggest that you come up with one for the ladies that degrades in like 7 minutes. I’m just saying.
Report Post »Ron Burgundy
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:14pmI think I have a semi…….
Report Post »drumsalot5
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:13pmIn other news, the incidence of men burying women in sand on the beach has risen 250%. . .
Report Post »Liberty 4x4
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:11pmToo bad the suit does not completely degrade while they are wearing it.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:24pmNot if she is one of these Demorat beauties ………..
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:58amYou don’t have to have a conversation to appreciate the view.
Report Post »poppinbeaners
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 6:10amNo, the suit doesn’t degrade, the woman is! Especially if she’s a dem. ( By the way, I didn’t think Dem beauties existed. I’ve never seen one.
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