$120,000 Swimsuit–Doesn’t Work in Water

Call it ambitious. Call it spoiled for cash. Call it eccentric. Yet, when you make a swimsuit worth US$120,000, the least you expect is to be able do is swim in it. But not in this one.

Chinese designer Huang Yinyun took over a month to create this masterpiece, said to be most expensive piece of swimwear ever made. It has a shining honeycomb design made up entirely of Swarovski crystals, and was unveiled by top Chinese model Mo Wandan on behalf of Hong Kong swimsuit brand Hosa.

“It is the first swimsuit in China made with crystals and we have applied to the Guinness Book of World Records for it to be listed as the most luxurious swimsuit in the world,” Huang told The China Daily.

But why can’t you swim in it? There’s a drawback, which Huang revealed: “The temperature has to be strictly controlled, as the glue could spill if the temperature is too high or too low.”

In other words, here’s a swimsuit that can’t go in the pool or the sea.

Great. Hey, that gives me an idea — why not make a burger in 22-kt gold… just making sure no one can it. You got any ideas, too? Lemme know!

After the Beijing Olympics, the swimsuit will be on display at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.