So you probably saw our first teaser video circulating around, and here’s some more graphics for you to feast your eyes on!
As we said before, we get asked all the time– what should I wear to the beach or the pool? We get this question from pre-op transguys, non-binary folks, androgynous individuals, tomboys, people who just don’t like their chests or just don’t like the options they have for concealing it, etc.
So, for a while now we’ve been throwing around the idea for a ftm/masculine swim top. Years of personal experience with heightened dysphoria during the summer and seeing others struggle to find an appropriate top to wear while swimming (or even in every day activities) and not seeing any adequate options have spurred us to create a solution.
Our solution is the Bareskin Top. We’ve combined the silhouette of a traditional half binder and compression sports bra to create a comfortable top that binds but still lets you get a tan and feel closer to being shirtless than anything else out there. We plan to offer this top in a range of skin tones so that the wearer can have a passably topless masculine aesthetic, this is less visually triggering than wearing a bikini top, sports bra, binder, or shirt and allows for more confidence and comfort.
The top image includes two of the lighter skinned Bareskin top prototypes we made. Keep in mind these are very rough first drafts of the intended final product (Mama Rhodes sewed them) but you get the idea. The bottom image is a mockup of the desired color range for the tops. We are hoping to have five colors, we may end up with only four in the initial run depending on fundraising. We looked to packers and color options that those are provided in to inspire the color range for these tops.
Not only is this innovative because you can wear the top to swim in and feel shirtless, but it also comes in multiple skin tones making it less noticeable for everyday wear–allowing you to feel more confident from the gym to the bedroom. No other binder on the market provides you this option of something as simple and subtle as matching your skin tone.
We’ve created a prototype ourselves and had multiple created since, we are currently seeking manufacturers to mass produce the top (our release goal is Spring Break 2016) and are planning to launch a crowdfunding campaign in the coming months to fund this project. At the current time we aren’t doing preorders (we got some asks about that) but once we have a manufacturer in mind and a kickstarter launched you can donate to that to help get this project underway and we may be able to accept preorders at that time.
We appreciate your support and want to get the community behind this because everybody deserves to feel confident in their Bareskin.
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Huge shoutout to Yoomi Park for shooting these photos and to Kayla and Chris for modeling.
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