Forgot to charge your iPod for the beach? Just plug it into a solar-powered iKini...
It may well be something of a niche market.
But for those fed up with their iPod running out of power when lazing about in a bikini, help is at hand.
It comes in the shape of a £120 swimsuit made of solar panels that can charge everything from an MP3 to a camera.
She's electric: The Solar Bikini is powered by the sun and has USB sockets stitched in for the wearer to plug in an electronic device
The designer, New York-based Andrew Schneider, is even hoping to create a pair of trunks that can cool beer.
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He spends up to 80 hours creating each bikini with 40 paper thin flexible, photo-voltaic panels and conductive thread.
The user can even take a dip. ‘You just need to be dry before hooking up,’ he added.
Anyone worried about getting a shock from their swimwear needn’t be.
‘You wouldn’t even feel the charge,’ insisted Mr Schneider.
USB socket: The swimsuit is powered by photo-voltaic panels sewn together with conductive thread
Each bikini is made to measure and involves up to 80 hours of painstaking hand-stitching. Unsurprisingly, they cost more than £120 each
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