'Baby it's cold outside!' Kim Kardashian poses in a 'furkini' as she plays in the snow for saucy photoshoot by Kanye West

PUBLISHED: 22:45, 20 January 2015 | UPDATED: 10:18, 21 January 2015

There can't be many buyers out there for a fur bikini.

But Kim Kardashian proved just how useful such a seemingly impractical garment could be as she played in the snow wearing her 'furkini'.

Having seemingly waxed every hair from her sun-kissed body, the beauty avoided frostbite to her most private regions with the help of a thick covering of fur.

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'Baby it's cold outside!' Kim Kardashian poses in a FUR bikini as she plays in the snow for saucy snaps posted on her Twitter page

However the 34-year-old might want to think about protecting the rest of her shapely figure, with her skimpy furkini surely unable to cope with the task of warming more than a few square inches of her abundant curves.

In a series of Twitter snaps the beauty posed against a snowy backdrop, seductively flipping her long brown locks around her face.

'Baby it's cold outside...' she tweeted, making sure nobody had missed her unusual garment by adding 'furkini!'

Yabba Dabba Doo! Kim's outfit brought to mind the classic cartoon The Flintstones

'Boots with the fur?' Kim's toes were at least kept nice and warm

Perhaps predictably, it was fashion-obsessed Kanye West who was behind the photoshoot, even taking the pictures himself.

She appeared to be taking inspiration on the odd choice of swimwear from iconic actress Raquel Welch, who originally wowed in a similar two-piece in 1966 movie One Million Years B.C. as a cave girl.

And while Kim's bikini may seem an unusual choice, the reality star's love of fur is well documented.

Indeed so much fur does she wear, that the mother-of-one has been targeted by anti-fur protesters in the past.

However it certainly doesn't seem to have dissuaded her from wearing the controversial fabric.

At least, on this occasion, it didn't take a lot of fur to create her garment.

The original: Raquel Welch first rocked a similar fur-lined bikini back in 1966 movie One Million Years B.C., defining the two-piece for a generation

Who wore it best: Is Kim the pretender as Raquel is the original cave girl?

The photoshoot was released by Kim after she returned from a snowy getaway with her husband and a group of their friends.

Ever the Instagram-lover, she had shared snap after snap from the slopes, as she and Kanye went skiing together.

The brunette beauty also shared a black and white snap of herself with seven old friends.

'Best 24 hr ski trip with 8 couples! All my best friends from childhood, nope they won't let me tag them or name them. I respect their privacy by just posting a pic lol,' she wrote to her more than 28million followers on Instagram.

Out and about: On Tuesday, Kim was spotted running errands in Beverly Hills as she had natural, complimentary make-up on her face

Pedal to the metal: The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star enjoyed the day driving around in her black Mercedes Benz SUV

Perhaps Kim's decision to release her bikini shoot was inspired by Kanye's ex-girlfriend Amber Rose's Instagram.

The hip-hop muse, who dated rapper Kanye for for two years, showed off her one-of-a-kind figure in a series of bikinis this week - the most eye-catching of which was simply carefully placed black string.

It led to her being labelled the new Queen Of Instagram, something Kim is unlikely to be too pleased about.

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