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Friday, June 27, 2008

The Mankini Hits Milan

British designer Alexander McQueen launched the mankin, inspired by Borat's makini from Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan.

It hit the runway at this year's Milan Fashion Week.

The inspiration, obviously was this from Borat:



What McQueen designed and some courageous model actually wore on the runway is:



For entertainment purposes and to see what kind of reaction men get when they wear the original neon green version in public, here is a video, via YouTube, called "The Mankini"



That is your entertainment and ridiculous item of the day.

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