Dissolvable bikini sold as "revenge" item

[Name Lips]

http://www.austriantimes.at/news/Around_the_World/2009-07-30/15143/Dissolvable_bikini_row


Dissolvable bikini row

A bikini that dissolves in water has outraged killjoy women's rights campaigners.

The saucy thong swimsuit - sold as the perfect present for dumped boyfriends - looks like a real bikini but disappears completely after just a few seconds in water.

Sellers in Germany bill the Get Naked costume as a chance for men to get their own back after a break-up.

But women's rights campaigner Rosmarie Zapfl stormed: "It is an absolute insult to women that this has been invented."

The dissolvable bikinis are being sold on the German revenge website www.racheshop.de with sizes 34 and 36 in a thong version and 38, 40 and 42 with bikini bottoms.
Presumably you'd get your ex to wear it and she'd become embarrassingly naked.

[Kyle Voltti]

is it wrong that my mind turns more to naughty fun to be had with a spray bottle and wondering if they have a asortment of dresses that are made of the same fabric.....

[Varaj]

Looks like they sell dissolvable trunks for men as well.
http://www.racheshop.de/product_info.php?cPath=288_103&products_id=12328

[AZRogue]

So, does anyone think this is an attack on feminism? Because I don't see it. It's probably not especially funny depending on the victim, but sexism? Hardly.

But I don't keep up with all the definitions and assorted blanket statements anymore.

[Freedom Canadian]

Am I the only one who washes store-bought clothes before I wear them ?

[Schizm]

Now that would be a good practical joke use of this kind of fabric... buy someone an item of clothing, make sure they throw it in the wash... and watch them freak out while they try to find it!

[Name Lips]

So your minds don't leap instantly to revenge either? 'Cause I'm thinking of new ways to run wet t-shirt parties, cool stripper acts, "theme" pool parties, and so on. It sounds like a fun item, not a mean one.

[bunny]

is it wrong that my mind turns more to naughty fun to be had with a spray bottle and wondering if they have a asortment of dresses that are made of the same fabric.....

Yeah. I think that's a much better application of the fabric. Kind of like edible underwear only more playful because you could have a sexy water balloon fight.


EDIT: Why would a woman accept a gift (especially a thong bikini) from an ex that she devastated?

[Harry]

Looks like they sell dissolvable trunks for men as well.
http://www.racheshop.de/product_info.php?cPath=288_103&products_id=12328

I really want to know why this is supposed to be "picking on" women, when there is a accompanying product designed for men, offered on the same page, right next to the women's thongs.

[Varaj]

I really want to know why this is supposed to be "picking on" women, when there is a accompanying product designed for men, offered on the same page, right next to the women's thongs.

Was she asked her opinion on the product out of context for a story?
Was the product linked on a blog out of context?
Is she just overly sensitively and looking to hate on something?

Lots of possible reasons. The "news" story is lacking in details. :D

[Freedom Canadian]

Lots of possible reasons. The "news" story is lacking in details. :D

They were there but then someone threw water at it.

[Bagpuss]

Who gets gifts from recently dumped partners anyway? And if you did surely you would be suspicious?

[Varaj]

They were there but then someone threw water at it.

I'm sure it will cause her fears about sexism will to just melt away.

[The Winslow]

They should make burqas in that textile.

[The Theocrat of Poon-Tang]

So, does anyone think this is an attack on feminism? Because I don't see it. It's probably not especially funny depending on the victim, but sexism? Hardly.

But I don't keep up with all the definitions and assorted blanket statements anymore.

For a certain minority of kooks, the mere existence of men is an attack on feminism. So yeah, I can see where they see it that way.

I see it as a caddish practical joke.

I'm sure people will be able continue to live their lives after being "victimized", like so many millions of practical joke survivors.

[Brynja]

Am I the only one who washes store-bought clothes before I wear them ?


No you are not.

[emerald]

It seems more like a gag gift than a revenge item.

[Pigs in Space]

Actually, given the size of the bikini, you'd only be seeing an extra 1% of skin anyway.

[Bagpuss]

Yes but it's that 1% that makes all the difference.

[Kyle Voltti]

Yes but it's that 1% that makes all the difference.

well the way these companies see it it's closer to something like .0000001%

https://www.a-s-s.ch/

http://wickedweasel.com/en-ca