To think the Lionesses' Outfits in this Picture are Ridiculous?

Disrespect because a handful of MNers have taken issue with their outfits. It’s so irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

Those uniforms are part of that disrespect

Only if they have an issue with them. If they liked them and were happy to wear them, then there’s no problem.

Totally agree they are top athletes, and they absolutely should be proud of their achievements. And they are inspirational for generations of young girls.

Female footballers have been short changed and disrespected by theFA and sponsors since forever. (Other women’s teams too),
Those uniforms are part of that disrespect.

Who gives a fuck what they are wearing

I think we’d all agree if they had chosen their own outfits. People are criticising the tie-up with M&S that means the player are contractually obliged to appear in weird beige slacks.

I’ve never seen the England men’s teams looking like that

Omg are you kidding? Back in the 90s they used to wear all sorts of utter shite. Don't you remember the white suits with the red & white striped ties?!!

@RigIttotally agree, although the men’s teams outfits haven’t always been to my taste they are a hell of a lot better than this effort, both in fit and design. Horrible publicity for M&S.

Who gives a fuck what they are wearing

I am so proud of these women. My 8 year old son doesn't see "women footballers" when he watches them play. He sees...
Winners. Champions. He know all the players names, positions. He is growing up respecting our female athletes just the same as our male ones.

Women's matches weren't pro and certainly weren't televised when I was a kid. I love the difference today in just one generation and how we celebrate ALL the talent we have.

Good job you didn’t have to wear them then!

I also thought most of the outfits were awful, no criticism of the team, they’re the uniforms they were given. Absolutely the worst of M&S styling.

Seriously?

and men get a bad rap when all you need is yet another judgemental woman!

You achieved anything great lately?

It’s 2025. They can wear whatever the F they want. Hope that helps 😌

I agree with you OP. The outfits look rubbish. They look like a mishmash of people in business casual office wear. Not like they are the esteemed winners of an highly prized tournament. Such a shame a better uniform couldn’t have been offered to them after their amazing achievement. Nothing to do with their sex, I’d have said the same if a team of men had been dressed so shabbily. If anything, we should be asking why our women have been so shabbily and apparently thoughtlessly dressed. I’ve never seen the England men’s teams looking like that. Maybe that’s the place the sexism comments should be aimed at rather than at the OP who is raising a valid point.

No thanks!

100% 👏👏

The faux concern that they have been coerced into the clothing is actually laughable. Do you feel the same anxiety when Charles Leclerc puts on his sponsors’ watch and baseball cap for the podium?

Coerced into wide leg trousers 🤣🤣.

It’s really disappointing that the OP has returned only to argue the semantic point of whether she was criticising the Lionesses,
or their PR, or M&S. The point that dozens of us have tried to make is that passing negative comments on the clothing worn by women in the public eye is a symptom of a deep-rooted patriarchy which ultimately thinks that women should dress for the male gaze and that their appearance is public property and fair game for comment.

The faux concern that they have been coerced into the clothing is actually laughable. Do you feel the same anxiety when Charles Leclerc puts on his sponsors’ watch and baseball cap for the podium?

@BasilParsley

Describing their outfits as ‘ridiculous’ was mean and unnecessarily rude.

The design may not be to your taste, or you may not like the colour or tailoring or the general styling, but there is nothing ridiculous about what they are wearing. It’s an awful put down and a great way to make any young woman in the limelight feel unnecessarily self conscious. I am not the only poster who has said this, and so I think you are being deliberately obtuse with your question.

I thought this too. Woeful choice of clothes. Makes no sense at all.

The outfits were not "ridiculous" to quote you @BasilParsley

Sarina said it was an absolute honour to stand in the rose garden at No Ten Downing Street.

They don't need to be fashion icons just to suit you. They are top athletes who are proud of their sporting achievements. Why can't you just accept their success and how inspirational they are to young girls instead of just looking at what they are wearing?

Its not a fashion shoot, they,ve got to the event,been told to put those clothes on and there we have it, heck,theres alot more going on in the world then baggy trousers

All M n S clothes are horrific. Everything they make is either the wrong cut, the wrong colour, the wrong fabric - usually all 3. They’ve had the misfortune of being sponsored by them.