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Getty Images for Art Hearts Fash The models risked exposing the full monty as they walked the runway in front of stunned onlookers. While the designs may be skimpy, they’re also incredibly intricate and take the tapers ages to get each model runway ready. A Miami Swim Week show is attracting attention after its models walked the runway wearing nothing but adhesive tape across their bodies. The steamy show, which took place on Saturday night, was the brainchild of Joel Alvarez, a designer dubbed “The King of Tape.”Īlvarez’s sticky swimsuits come from his Black Tape Project brand and left little to the imagination as the models strutted their stuff.īut while the designs may be skimpy, they’re also incredibly intricate, and it takes ages to get each model runway ready.Ĭhanel Rivera, one of the women who walked the show, revealed on Instagram that it took a team 12 hours to tape her body with Alvarez’s adhesive design. It brings new meaning to the term “sex tape.”Ī Miami Swim Week show is attracting attention after its models walked the runway wearing nothing but adhesive tape across their privates. Jessie James Decker laughs off mom-shamers as she poses in bikini Why I bare all, by Sports Illustrated’s Olivia Ponton SI model Martha Stewart hosted ‘key parties and told husband she cheated’ Surf’s up this summer: Shop the best swim trunks for 2023 beach and pool days
