Best inflatable pool floats for adults
History records a thousand status-marking symbols. The eagle, the lion, the orb and sceptre… Fast forward to 2019 and to the latest trappings of It Girls and influencers everywhere: the new-gen lilo.
It started three years ago when pop-princess Taylor Swift and her then-boyfriend catapulted the inflatable swan into the Insta-stratosphere, driving a huge spike in sales. Since then, the pool toy has multiplied and diversified to become a hundred different members of the animal kingdom, be parodied by leading artists, and even collaborated on by a major fashion house.
We've tracked the most covetable pool floats below:
Phallic, expressionless and odd, this 'swan-thing' is the brain child of British artist David Shrigley. Originally designed as a limited edition sculptural piece, the Shrigley Swan has been blown up into a pool-ready masterpiece, and is loved by sneering hipsters worldwide.
