Am I being prudish, or do I have a point?

Ah-I've seen the image in full now and can tell it is an elbow! However I couldn't tell from the cropped version!

I think they've done it on purpose!

I am also a lesbian and I CANNOT see how that isn't a boob!?!

To advertise underwear though shouldn't the models be wearing some?

I couldn’t buy from stripe and stare unless I remortgaged ….

I agree with you, OP. Using virtually naked women for advertising is almost always unnecessary. Fair enough to show a woman in her pants if pants are on sale, but she can (and often is, to be fair) wear a vest or T shirt as well, or only be pictured from the waist down. The extra flesh on display is for marketing/titillation purposes only. Even worse if the model looks like a very young girl.

Ooh, and NOW I've seen the updates 🤣 I never learn!

like it’s the norm for women to go cavorting in their knickers whilst simultaneously shaving their nethers

That’d be some trick - I imagine shaving with knickers on would be quite difficult.

It depends on what device you are viewing the image on as to whether or not it gets cropped. An easy mistake though - her elbow does look like a breast!

Here is the image in full.Here is the image in full.

You've made a right elbow of yourself.

YANBU and I think more people should feel free to come out as unapologetically prudish.

We should all be advocating for dignity and less gratuitous female nudity in advertising and media generally. It’s brandished like it’s the norm for women to go cavorting in their knickers whilst simultaneously shaving their nethers or getting off on orgasmic moisturising etc. It’s bollocks. Most of the real women I know at this time of year are in several layers of whatever is warm and comfy day and night.

Star and stripe knickers are shit anyway. Nice looking and marketed cleverly but overpriced cheap fabric.

I'm not judging her, I'm judging the company for sharing a photo of her wearing only pants without including her face.

It's an underwear company. Do you expect every single picture to include the model's face?

Based on?

I think I understand your point. They are sexualising underwear which doesn’t need to happen. She could have had a bra on. Well done for bringing it to their attention.

Are you offended by the sight of naked elbows then?

YANBU, and well done for sending that response.
As a side note, nothing wrong with being a prude: I consider myself to be one, and carry my prudeness around very comfortably.

Delighted by this thread, the diagram, and the revelation it's an elbow. Wonderful.

I'm now browsing their lovely pjs, damn you.

Well OP, you’ve made a right tit of yourself but have made a lot of people laugh, I’d say that’s win for today!

PLEASE let us know if the company replies 😂

Please tell us what they said when you apologised. It sounds like your intentions were good. I don't know if you realise the screenshot has your first name in, if you want to hide under a rock about this forever 😁

I'm in my 60s and think you have too much time on your hands - even if it hadn't been an elbow!!!

I think she is the one working for the company.

This thread has made my (sick) day, as I’m lying in my tatty dressing gown 🤣 Thank you OP for your service! 🫡

This is so funny 🤣🤣🤣

I read a few pages of comments and saw the offending pic - knew immediately it was an elbow! Why would her nip be up there?!

Thank you for brightening up an otherwise dull Wednesday @AmIJustAPrude 🤣🤣🤣

Cannot believe you emailed to complain too 🤣

The woman (I hope) or girl on the left is very thin, which immediately made me assume she was a teenager. One of her breasts is clearly visible.

So to clarify…

She isn’t very thin (just a slim model)
She isn’t a teenager (looks in her 30s)
One of her breasts ISN’T clearly visible.

But apart from all that, you were bang on the money OP.

I’m howling at this.

I wouldn’t have looked at that and associated it with teenagers.

Stripe and Stare are a British company, but they market and sell internationally, including in countries where that body type is the average one. Unsurprisingly, they’re going to want to appeal to the widest market of potential customers, and will feature slim, ‘skinny’ women as models as well.

wtf is this rambling nonsense
a) she's not "half the height" of the other model. She's a few inches shorter at most, not 2foot8.
b) Even if she was short (I think she's definitely over 5 foot), short women are still adults!
c) why can't (slightly) larger women be photographed next to smaller ones? Are all your friends and family exactly the same size as you? Presumably as it's a company selling lingerie, the aim is to show that their products fit women of different sizes, therefore having two models exactly the same shape would defeat the point...
d) wtf are "Nappies?"
e) if you mean her breasts, you can't actually see them, if you'd read the whole thread, or even just OP's updates you would see that what OP thought was a boob was an ELBOW

I'd be changing my username frequently too if this was the kind of rubbish I spouted....