Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Something's Fishy About That Thai Bikini
Smelly fish skin once tossed away or sold to street vendors for cheap food has become a highly desirable product used to make designer handbags, shoes and even bikinis.
Thai entrepreneurs have developed a way of processing skins of the tropical tilapia fish to make durable leather.
The fish-skin bikini was unveiled at a Bangkok fashion show last month and its makers are hoping for orders from Europe and the United States for the unique product.
"It's comfortable. The bikini can really breathe," said Sudarat Sae-lim, modelling the scaly, cobalt-blue two-piece. "I like that it's waterproof, it means it can dry more easily."
Each tilapia skin fetches around $1.25, and is dried, treated and dyed to make products from key-rings to couches. One bikini needs 15 fish skins to make, and will go on sale for $75.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Friday, September 7, 2007
Groovy girl
Check out this groovy girl! She's very entertaining and shes got the moves. must see this!
Spiderman detained after Moscow climb
The French skyscraper climber who calls himself "Spiderman" scaled Europe's tallest skyscraper in the Russian capital on Tuesday before being detained by police >>> Spiderman detained after Moscow climb.
Alain Robert climbed to the top of the 799-feet-high Federation office building, Europe's tallest building, in less than a half-hour using a ladder. Police did not try to prevent him from ascending the building or attempt to pursue him, but detained him afterward.
It was not immediately clear why Robert, renowned for climbing without ropes or other equipment, used the ladder on his Moscow ascent.
Spiderman detained after Moscow climb.
In front of a crowd of about 100,000, 'Spider-man' Alain Robert made it to the top of Abu Dhabi's tallest building, the 185m Investment Authority, without safety gear.
The 44-year-old, who suffers from vertigo, used tiny slots in the concrete for purchase.
Free climbing Frenchman Alain Robert...just awesome..
Alain Robert (born August 7, 1962 in Valence, Drôme, France) is a rock and urban climber. Nicknamed "Spider-Man," Robert is an urban climber, free solo climbing rocks and up the vertical, smooth exteriors of skyscrapers.
Robert has climbed more than 70 of the world's tallest structures, including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, with his bare hands and without a safety net.
Alain Robert climbed to the top of the 799-feet-high Federation office building, Europe's tallest building, in less than a half-hour using a ladder. Police did not try to prevent him from ascending the building or attempt to pursue him, but detained him afterward.
It was not immediately clear why Robert, renowned for climbing without ropes or other equipment, used the ladder on his Moscow ascent.
Spiderman detained after Moscow climb.
In front of a crowd of about 100,000, 'Spider-man' Alain Robert made it to the top of Abu Dhabi's tallest building, the 185m Investment Authority, without safety gear.
The 44-year-old, who suffers from vertigo, used tiny slots in the concrete for purchase.
Free climbing Frenchman Alain Robert...just awesome..
Alain Robert (born August 7, 1962 in Valence, Drôme, France) is a rock and urban climber. Nicknamed "Spider-Man," Robert is an urban climber, free solo climbing rocks and up the vertical, smooth exteriors of skyscrapers.
Robert has climbed more than 70 of the world's tallest structures, including the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, with his bare hands and without a safety net.
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