Only knickers in the Co-op

A while ago I saw a girl in M&S Food Hall who was wearing just a black lacy bra on her top half. She was carrying her zip up top, so I assume she was wearing it when she left the house.

M&S Food Halls are usually quite chilly; she must have had goose pimples. And why choose M&S Food Hall to appear in your bra?

The bra wasn't very revealing, but it was definitely a bra, not a bikini top or crop top.

But it was better than seeing someone's knickers on display.

I wonder if it’s just an extension of the pjs in the shops thing. If you’re just wearing knickers and a top to bed then you get out of bed and go to the coop in it, as you would your pyjamas.

Sadly I think this is normal now, there was two women walking round my town centre like this the other day, both pushing prams, I just said to my kids looks like they forgot their trousers 😂

How do they they honestly ever expect to be taken seriously?

This.

I’ve got to the point where I treat people based on how they present themselves to me.

I think it's preferable to the girls that walk around on just fishnets and thongs and a skirt that ends before their arse starts.
I'd love for some of them to just put on some knickers

I literally have nightmares about doing the same myself, mortifying. I think that when I see Kanye West's wife in the press, she is often nearly naked. I saw teenage girls with tiny denim shorts on the other day, I said to my daughter does she have her zip undone on purpose? She said yes lots of teenagers do it!!! Oh dear

I saw a similar dressed teen in tesco a couple weeks ago. Dd 15 was with me and she said she does dance classes. Doesn't seem like an appropriate outfit for a supermarket, I'd imagine I'd get huckled by security if I walked about in my knickers.

At least it's better than those "tramp stamps" that were in fashion years ago, knickers aren't a permanent feature !

I saw a girl today walking through a shopping centre. Her skirt was halfway up her buttocks. You could see her actual bum cheeks and I won’t go into detail but I do not believe the girl was aware of what she was exposing. I think people look down and see their clothes but don’t see it from the angle they will be seen in.
I felt bad for her and for some reason I didn’t tell her because I was wary of being seen as shaming her. But hopefully she will be told by a friend.

Laughed out at this! Bravo! 😁

Girls are very different to when we were younger. Non inform day is interesting. Lots of boobs on display and they are very confident. I dread to think what the boys say when they are out of ear shot. I recently told a girl who was vaping in the churchyard, with a group of boys, from my school, that having her buttocks out and swearing in front of people was disrespectful in a churchyard. The boys went very quiet and I was waiting for her response. I was ready. Fortunately she left. It’s not about the shock factor, I am not - it’s just trying to teach youngsters about dressing appropriately for the surroundings.

I might have been tempted to say something but wouldn’t have gone down well. Really grim. There as someone in my bodypump class wearing a bikini (bra top and very short but shorts bottoms) and I thought that was odd .

Sounds totally inappropriate, I would say the same if a 15 year old boy was out and about in just briefs too. Or anyone of any age really.

I would have asked if she needed help tbh

Thing is, kids that age go and come as they please usually. Expect parents at work or doing other things. Obviously we don’t know that for sure. Could have gone to friends and changed.

Was she on her own or with friends/adults?

Did she look scruffy/unkempt or did she have her makeup and hair done?

If I’d seen a teenager in just underwear I’d be pretty concerned, maybe some past trauma, mental health issues or she’s absconded from an abusive situation or care home.

I mean, I could be totally wrong, and she could be a sane person from a normal and caring family - however whoever her parents/carers are absolutely shouldn’t allow her to leave the house like that.

The problem is, if you question it (even on MN) you get the “women can wear what they want”, “stop body shaming”, “it’s all men’s fault they shouldn’t look - it’s their fault if they’re uncomfortable” and so on.

but I totally agree there’s a line. It’s not ok IMO to go out in your undies and of course it’s for attention. Why on earth else would you do that? And I do think boys/men are stuck between a rock and hard place with it all.

@1981RickyVilla , it's actually been a thing for a while now - a grim thing admittedly. I can't remember how long ago I saw some unfortunate starlet wearing a 'suit' of top/blazer/jacket + ... matching knickers. Fortunately, they seem to be the bigger sort of knickers but really !

I wonder if this is the whole point of it: so they can identify you as a 'body-shaming bigot who is probably just jealous anyway' on social media.

It wouldn't surprise me if they or a friend nearby has a discreet camera to record any interactions. I can imagine that tags of 'going to the shop in just my knickers' and 'bigot slut-shaming me' would appeal to at least two demographics of monetisable eyeballs.

I've seen a few sleb shots where the young lady in question has been convinced to wear 'designer' trousers (which are really knickers) in place of real clothes. NB the male slebs are not (being asked to be) doing this.
Google Nicole Kidman's most recent red carpet appearance.

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I can’t imagine going out in just my knickers and nobody making a remark about it, at the very least

I voted YABU by mistake sorry!

I'd worry about the mental health if anyone doing that, of any age.