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To think scrunch bum leggings look fucking shit

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shockwaze · 25/10/2023 20:35

Even the name is horrendous

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Busephalus · 02/11/2023 17:20

That's why I hate things too

PotOfViolas · 02/11/2023 16:45

I wouldn't want a seam pressed against my anus all day

Faircastle · 02/11/2023 15:07

I finally spotted a pair in the wild yesterday, the first I have seen. They actually looked OK, but to be fair they were black, opaque and on a woman in her early 20s working in sports education.

elephantblock · 01/11/2023 12:29

Make it stop

BritneyBookClubPresident · 29/10/2023 14:19

WinterDeWinter · 26/10/2023 17:09

Hold on - these are definitely going up inside the crack?

Surely this is sore!? It looks like an intentional wedgie?????

ThickSkinnedSoWhat · 29/10/2023 14:15

Mothership4two · 28/10/2023 00:20

I saw these in the flesh so to speak for the first time today. I spotted a pair in a department store on a quite large lady with quite a big bum (she really did not need extra padding). The padded part didn't cover her bum cheeks so the effect was like she had double buttocks. It didn't look right at all. If she lay down on her stomach, it would look like each of her buttocks was wearing a docker cap type hat. Not flattering and a bit odd looking.

Sorry, but this tickled me 😂

PotOfViolas · 29/10/2023 14:07

Brieaddict · 29/10/2023 03:27

I saw my first scrunch bum leggings in town yesterday. Pale grey with what looked like a black fabric butt hole nestled between the wearer's buttocks. I couldn't help staring and neither could most of the rest of the people around me. Is the faux bum hole an intentional design feature?

I've not seen that type with a different colour butt bit. Will google

VintageTuppence · 29/10/2023 03:32

Well googling that was an education!

I’m not sure which are worse. The ones with extra padding (wtf?) or the ones with the gathered seam down the middle.

Brieaddict · 29/10/2023 03:27

I saw my first scrunch bum leggings in town yesterday. Pale grey with what looked like a black fabric butt hole nestled between the wearer's buttocks. I couldn't help staring and neither could most of the rest of the people around me. Is the faux bum hole an intentional design feature?

HazardLights · 28/10/2023 00:44

Grapewrath · 27/10/2023 07:48

I think they can look great- loads of women wear them in the gym and have gym bums so they are quite flattering imo. Even if they aren’t, who care what other people wear.
This thread is very Mumsnet. Only on here would something like leggings be seen as a ‘class divide’ 🤣

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They’re more of a cheek divide.

Mothership4two · 28/10/2023 00:20

I saw these in the flesh so to speak for the first time today. I spotted a pair in a department store on a quite large lady with quite a big bum (she really did not need extra padding). The padded part didn't cover her bum cheeks so the effect was like she had double buttocks. It didn't look right at all. If she lay down on her stomach, it would look like each of her buttocks was wearing a docker cap type hat. Not flattering and a bit odd looking.

Myhouseisaspiderhotel · 27/10/2023 20:01

LavaGuava · 27/10/2023 19:49

How about these ‘classy’ leggings! Perfect for the school run! 😂

I can't ever imagine finding myself in that pose.

There was woman today walking in front of me wearing some scrunch bum leggings and I feel quite dirty saying I watched her bum the whole time. Not in a creepy way, I'm a married straight woman. I suppose it was in wonderment.

There may as well have been a neon "and here's my bum in case you didn't notice" sign.

Ylvamoon · 27/10/2023 19:53

LavaGuava · 27/10/2023 19:49

How about these ‘classy’ leggings! Perfect for the school run! 😂

Proper Truth or Dare stuff. 😉

LavaGuava · 27/10/2023 19:49

How about these ‘classy’ leggings! Perfect for the school run! 😂

bombastix · 27/10/2023 19:40

You are being unfair. The dress is for a classy, formal event. 7.49 is a bargain too

JFT · 27/10/2023 19:33

PotOfViolas · 27/10/2023 17:57

You can get scrunch butt dresses too

Oh for the love of god make it stop LOL

Do they have scrunch cleavage at the front?

Comeonbarbiebrianharvey · 27/10/2023 18:08

There's a time and a place for them sure, like a gym or exercising or something.

I hate them on nursery/school runs, especially skin coloured or almost see through, it's awkward I don't want people's arses in the queue, I'm terrified my kids will comment on their bums!

They could have just come from the gym yes but it's too revealing, imagine if men wore something similar, willy scrunch.

PotOfViolas · 27/10/2023 17:57

You can get scrunch butt dresses too

bronkie · 27/10/2023 13:14

@AngryBirdsNoMore where did I say "I took this photo today"?

AngryBirdsNoMore · 27/10/2023 13:09

bronkie · 27/10/2023 01:34

Unfortunately for most people the effect is not that flattering.

Ah come on, unless that’s a friend of yours, it’s not nice to take pictures of people and put them on the internet with snarky comments.

LadyWithLapdog · 27/10/2023 13:00

The patriarchy doesn’t need pointing out on a site such as MN, does it? Sadly it does.

WinterDeWinter · 27/10/2023 10:40

JFT · 26/10/2023 23:29

I totally agree. A quick google of the 100 wealthiest entities in the world will quickly reveal the men and their companies who dictate our reality - see who are their CEOs and their major shareholders.

LVMH right up there in terms of leading the world of fashion.

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But even if it were true that fashion and beauty were dominated by women, that wouldn't mean that we don't live in a patriarchy, which like all systems of power co-opts enforcers from within the dominated group.

Much easier to let the oppressed police themselves.

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 27/10/2023 10:24

So I reflected on these creations after my (sweaty) run this am and doing yoga after.

All that excess fabric when sweaty would be rank and so unhygienic Envy

Nanaof1 · 27/10/2023 09:03

biscuitnut · 25/10/2023 21:12

Stop! I just snorted orange squash down my nostrils right onto my phone screen 🤣

This needed pictures! LOL! 😉

SurprisedWithAHorse · 27/10/2023 09:01

theduchessofspork · 27/10/2023 07:58

Clothing is often quite class indicative though. There’s nothing new about that and it’s not an especially MN idea.

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It's not the actual decider though. I doubt Princess Beatrice would ever wear these, but if she did, it wouldn't actually stop her from being royal. Similarly, plenty of working class people today change their fortunes and wear more expensive clothes. But if MN is anything to go by, this just sets them even lower, because money can't buy class and they're gauche and nouveau riche etc etc. And as before, no such criticism when Princess Beatrice does it.

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