Spanish artist SiiGii has designed a wearable, inflatable lilo from latex that enables users to lounge on a pool float in the summer without aggravating their allergy to the sun.
The blow-up bathing suit, titled Floating Above Limits, is part of SiiGii's wider collection S.A.D: Sun Allergy Diaries, which includes three designs that aim to find ways of overcoming the artist's rare condition that makes them allergic to the sun.
Made of latex, the all-in-one bathing suit wraps around the head like a swimming cap to ensure maximum coverage, and features two inflatable areas behind the head and around the body in the shape of a pool float.
When the suit is inflated, the wearer can float on water, bathing in the sun ? something they would otherwise be unable to do due to their allergy.
"I grew up on the beach. At age 11, I developed an allergy to the sun which awakened a feeling of artificiality in me," the designer, who was born in Spain, explained.
"Suddenly I had to start protecting myself from nature... in conflict with something considered so beautiful, nourishing and relaxing. Ever since I have been developing systems of protection so my story could have a happy ending."

"Floating Above Limits explains that when we cooperate with our conditions instead of rejecting them, we can enter uncharted territories," SiiGii contined.
"Simply put, I could never lay on a float and relax in the sun. I had to become the float. The power in overcoming ...