Hey guys, welcome back to Skin Anarchy.

Today is a Fashion Friday special.

I'm super excited about hosting this brand because some are here and I think we're coming to an end,

but I think we're always looking for really great options when it comes to swimwear and

just sun protection at the same time.

So without further ado, I want to introduce you guys to the founder of Wattskin. Lois Robbins. Welcome, Lois. I'm so excited to host you. Thank you, Dr. Acta. So happy to be here with you. Yeah, I'm excited to dive in. I really love your brand. I think that it's so nice for people like me because I'm always having issues, you know, finding something

great for myself when it comes to swimwear. So when I discovered Watskin, I was like, oh, this is

beautiful. More people need to need to see it. But I would love to learn more about you, Lois. You have such

a multifaceted career, you know, what made you want to begin a fashion brand? If you can walk us down memory lane?

Sure.

I mean, this was really a situation of necessity as the mother of invention.

I had no intention of becoming a fashion designer or going to the fashion business at all.

But I was diagnosed with a squamous cell on my face, and my doctor told me I should never be in the sun.

I also subsequently found out that I'm predisposed to melanomas.

It was, I designed some things for myself because I was searching on the internet to find something beautiful to wear to protect my skin and allow me to be outside safely and feel good at the same time.

I could not find anything. And so I thought I had this idea that I would make myself a couple of

catsuits and some matching skirts. I don't know why I thought that was a good idea, but it seemed

like a good idea at the time. And I called a friend of mine who was a tailor,

and I said, where can I find some UPF fabric and some great zippers? And she told me where to go downtown New York. I found some great fabric and some fun zippers. I had her come up to my part. And I said, okay, so this is what I'm thinking. I'd like you to make me six catsuits, and I want a wrap skirt and a strong tied skirt and she made them for me and I

started wearing them everywhere. Oh, just for me. I wasn't thinking about other people at the time.

I started wearing them everywhere I went and over a period of two years, I kept getting stopped

whenever I wore them at least six, eight, ten times some days. Where did you get that? I love what you're wearing.

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