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Lewis G. Burton in his chicken skin suit. [Photo: AnimalNy.com]
A bonkers artist caused a stir in London when he walked around the capital dressed head to toe in suit made of chicken skin.
Lewis G. Burton performed the fowl fashion parade for a project called FLESH, which according to its website is "an experiment that aims to examine the relationship between identity and its commodification through social medias."
It's not clear if that's eggs-actly what passers-by in London thought when they witnessed Lewis strolling around in his gobsmacking garb.
In fact, many web users compared the artist's outfit to a poultry version of a 'gimp suit' favoured by fetish fans.
Lewis was sewn into the suit by fellow FLESH artist Victor Ivanov.
And their website blurb added: "By creating an entity from chicken skin, a commodified object in itself, the artists are then introducing it into the social sphere, both online and offline."
Reddit user Greeny 133 commented: "I actually saw the final performance piece for this at the artists' final major project. It smelled very bad."
