Gold-thread-woven swimsuits

Models display gold-thread-woven swimsuits and a long dress with a shawl at Ginza Tanaka Jewelry store in Tokyo Wednesday, July 4, 2007. The swimsuits are hand-woven with 500 grams of a thread that was twined with 6 wires of 90-micron-thin gold (K24) in 32 days, while the long dress with 1,500 grams of a thread that was twined with 4 wires. The long dress is for sale at 30 million yen ($243,902).

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