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WTF is this new trend

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nonoono · 23/08/2026 15:33

AIBU to think the trend for Lingerie lace and silk as outer wear is really odd?
Everywhere I look there’s cheap lace appliquéd onto skirts and t shirts.

Then today I saw bra’s, as t-shirt motif’s.

AIBU to think this trend is awful.

WTF is this new trend
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Washingupdone · 23/08/2026 18:30

Hideous it may be but I would prefer to see my DGD wear that than, the low cut high cut t-shirt that shows all. At least there is a bit of cover.

FlouncyAndGone · 23/08/2026 18:31

Its not my style, but I don't hate it!
I'd never wear it though, as there would somewhat of a gap between my spaniels ears and the pretty little lace thing under my chin(s) 🤣

PineappleCoconut · 23/08/2026 18:42

I now need to know about the 90s M&S nightie and feather boa
Because I’m imagining these

WTF is this new trend
Mummyoflittledragon · 23/08/2026 18:52

PineappleCoconut · 23/08/2026 18:42

I now need to know about the 90s M&S nightie and feather boa
Because I’m imagining these

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https://www.next.co.uk/style/su830848/h91174?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23944989972&gbraid=0AAAAADm_5UUns86Gae6rdFUDYQHRBxcmp&gclid=CjwKCAjwtKrUBhAhEiwAr77ZomCHq0qLrHPLClo5YMFEo1GgxiA26LmWQDlIa90PkhH2-N3SyXQwJRoCK2MQAvD_BwE

idk if this one will work as it’s a sale item. But this is just a lace nightdress sold as day wear. We didn’t have so much choice a few decades ago and it was often cheaper to buy a nightdress rather than a day dress, which basically looked identical.

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 23/08/2026 19:23

All the 'Look at Me's' will buy it and then complain that people are looking at them, lol.

getthroughonemoreday · 23/08/2026 20:07

Hadn't seen this new trend until now, and I don't like it. Looks cheap, in more ways than one.

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 23/08/2026 20:20

Tabbitha · 23/08/2026 17:54

These mofo's

Do you think the design team had a meeting"right what can we flog to these gullible fuckers"

Wallah..the pic you posted.😂

abracadabra1980 · 23/08/2026 20:24

Mycatisreal · 23/08/2026 15:46

Madonna started all that in 1984

This!

smallglassbottle · 23/08/2026 20:28

I think clothes designers are actually taking the piss out of women and it's not funny. Clothing now is so stupid and ugly. Horrible materials as well. I suppose the expensive, classic stuff will be okay, but mainstream clothing is a joke.

Beachlover1993 · 23/08/2026 23:37

nonoono · 23/08/2026 15:33

AIBU to think the trend for Lingerie lace and silk as outer wear is really odd?
Everywhere I look there’s cheap lace appliquéd onto skirts and t shirts.

Then today I saw bra’s, as t-shirt motif’s.

AIBU to think this trend is awful.

I do think its odd, it looks odd, it your going to wear a sheer top and lacy bra under i get it but not that

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 23/08/2026 23:54

CruCru · 23/08/2026 23:33

Do any of you remember this dress?

https://wearebeirt.com/2017/06/29/style-watch-that-voluminous-pink-ms-dress/

Fairly controversial, M&S were left with loads of stock because no one wanted it. It would have gone to landfill.

Looks like something Bubble of abfab fame would wear.

sunsu · 24/08/2026 00:49

Gosh, this thread is really sad. I’d love to see what you all wear since you’re so full of judgement for others! I hate seeing women tear other women down, especially over something so superficial as fashion choices. Wear what you like and try not be so miserable!!

AlvisParsley · 24/08/2026 02:08

They've been around for months. I can't stand this trend.

Shavedfennel56789 · 24/08/2026 02:51

smallglassbottle · 23/08/2026 20:28

I think clothes designers are actually taking the piss out of women and it's not funny. Clothing now is so stupid and ugly. Horrible materials as well. I suppose the expensive, classic stuff will be okay, but mainstream clothing is a joke.

I couldn’t agree more!

Lavenderandbrown · 24/08/2026 03:11

This photo of Liz Taylor? I always think this photo says…having the best sex of my life

WTF is this new trend
FreddysFingers · 24/08/2026 03:17

nonoono · 23/08/2026 15:37

This type of thing also

Vile 🤣🤣🤣

Muntoru · 24/08/2026 03:35

Yess! That and see through lace tops with no bras underneath 🤢

DeftGoldHedgehog · 24/08/2026 04:45

Quite easy to just not wear it yourself. Or did you come here for a good bitch about other women?

greenmacchiato · 24/08/2026 05:09

I don't know anyone who wears this and I'm not even sure I saw this trend offline but I can imagine younger girls thinking its fun or edgy so they'd buy it in a second. To each their own though, we all had some questionable fashion choices

GarlicAnything · 24/08/2026 05:11

In the 1970s, I wore:
A completely transparent mini smock dress;
Very short hotpants with very high platform heels;
Floaty, transparent, cheesecloth tops;
Floaty, semi-transparent maxi skirts;
Very short mini-skirts;
Extremely wide trousers;
No bra, ever.

In the 1980s:
Power suits with big shoulder pads, stilettoes;
Huge puff sleeves, often with shoulder pads;
Silk shirts as dresses, half undone;
Bright-coloured mini ra-ra skirts;
Anything made of black lace;
Chiffon shirts with black lace bra showing through;
Insane amounts of eye makeup.

In the 1990s:
Low-slung cargo pants with high-slung thongs;
Crop tops and bikini tops;
Silky slip dresses;
Extremely short denim cut-offs;
Extremely wide trousers again;
Doc Martens.

Come the 2000s, fashion's mostly recycling the looks I've worn before and the menopause is putting paid to my crop-top body. I hated skinny trousers and spent about ten years in leggings with long tops, gradually veering towards sack-shaped tube dresses in any length.

2020s:
Extremely wide trousers and clumpy shoes are back! Hurrah! I'm not letting go of these until I simply can't get any more. Wearing them with big, loose tops (fuck that 'flattering your figure shite) that often have big, puff sleeves;
Loose, transparent tops with visible bra underneath (yes, at my age);
Gigantic, long skirts.

Fashion's fun! I enjoy seeing The Young People doing new things with old ideas - and old things with new ones. I'll never comment on them the way some miserable people commented on my outfits of yore.

The bra t-shirts are hilarious 😆 I assume they're supposed to be at least 'ironic'.

Globules · 24/08/2026 05:16

Those t-shirts are hilarious. Just no.

I thought this thread would be about the silky baby dolls that are now being worn with jeans, trimmed with lace and going down to the knees.

I find that a really bizarre look too.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 24/08/2026 05:19

GarlicAnything · 24/08/2026 05:11

In the 1970s, I wore:
A completely transparent mini smock dress;
Very short hotpants with very high platform heels;
Floaty, transparent, cheesecloth tops;
Floaty, semi-transparent maxi skirts;
Very short mini-skirts;
Extremely wide trousers;
No bra, ever.

In the 1980s:
Power suits with big shoulder pads, stilettoes;
Huge puff sleeves, often with shoulder pads;
Silk shirts as dresses, half undone;
Bright-coloured mini ra-ra skirts;
Anything made of black lace;
Chiffon shirts with black lace bra showing through;
Insane amounts of eye makeup.

In the 1990s:
Low-slung cargo pants with high-slung thongs;
Crop tops and bikini tops;
Silky slip dresses;
Extremely short denim cut-offs;
Extremely wide trousers again;
Doc Martens.

Come the 2000s, fashion's mostly recycling the looks I've worn before and the menopause is putting paid to my crop-top body. I hated skinny trousers and spent about ten years in leggings with long tops, gradually veering towards sack-shaped tube dresses in any length.

2020s:
Extremely wide trousers and clumpy shoes are back! Hurrah! I'm not letting go of these until I simply can't get any more. Wearing them with big, loose tops (fuck that 'flattering your figure shite) that often have big, puff sleeves;
Loose, transparent tops with visible bra underneath (yes, at my age);
Gigantic, long skirts.

Fashion's fun! I enjoy seeing The Young People doing new things with old ideas - and old things with new ones. I'll never comment on them the way some miserable people commented on my outfits of yore.

The bra t-shirts are hilarious 😆 I assume they're supposed to be at least 'ironic'.

how do you remember this?

SweetnsourNZ · 24/08/2026 05:22

WeatherbyGeorgeDupris · 23/08/2026 15:36

Don't know if it's new or just come round again - I had a skirt in the 2000s that older people were always stopping me to tell me "your slip is showing" because it had a bit of silk and lace at the bottom. I also used to wear M and S nighties as club dresses, with a boa and sandals.

Its something that does seem to be cyclic. I remember in the 80s skirts having white cotton scalloped edging. Not as racy as the later look but was still meant to look like a petticoat edge.

GarlicAnything · 24/08/2026 05:26

Mumtobabyhavoc · 24/08/2026 05:19

how do you remember this?

I'm interested enough in fashion to have worked in it 🤗 Funnily enough, like most fashion personnel, my work clothes were mainly old, black & baggy. Shoes and accessories did matter, though. And hair - I had some astonishing hair in the 1980s! I mean, I did have a Farrah and a Diana, but then there was the spiky apricot pom-pom 🤔