Beyonce (sort of) bares her boobs for the world to see

In hindsight, wouldn’t it have been easier for Beyoncé to have strutted on-stage in a white wife-beater, pulled it up over her head mid-song, and then flashed one of the most famous set of knockers in the western world?

That, evidently, would have been too easy.

As you might have heard by now, boobs were one (actually, make that two) highlights of this week's Mrs. Carter Show World Tour kick-off concert in Belgrade.

The fine folks of Serbia got a special treat when Beyoncé proved she was in the mood for more than the usual Spandex and fishnet stockings. The 32-year-old singer hit the ground running (as opposed to falling down the stairs) in an eye-popping outfit that’s quickly been dubbed the “boobysuit”.

The highlight of said costume: two breasts that looked like twin mounds of honey-glazed Häagen-Dazs coffee ice-cream capped by nipples resembling Grade A rock candy.

Making one wonder if they’d ever been to a GG Allin show, pop-culture prudes across the world were quick to condemn the outfit as “dismaying” and “vulgar”.

Beyoncé’s camp fired back that the outfit was actually a painstakingly assembled piece of art.

The boobysuit—which was imagined by the singer, her mother, stylist Ty Hunter, and the design duo the Blonds—was first hand-painted, and then hand-embroidered with 30,000 Swarovski crystals.

The total time required to build the suit was 600 man hours, which was roughly 599 hours and fifty eight minutes more than it took the average teenage male to finish pleasuring himself to the sweet, sweet sight of Beyoncé (sort of) whipping her fabled ya-yas out in public.

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