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Can I just check that everyone puts their knickers on first?

436 replies

binnibonnieboo · 15/03/2026 19:49

Reading a novel, someone puts their bra on, then their knickers. This is so obviously wrong I'm not sure I can read any more. If they get this so wrong, then nothing in the novel is to be trusted! Nobody ever in the history of the universe has put on their bra before their knickers, surely?

OP posts:
Deadringer · 15/03/2026 23:35

Usually knickers first, but if i am really cold i might put on my bra first so I can put on a warm top.

QuietlyWonderful · 15/03/2026 23:36

Knickers first, then a matching bra. I couldn't wear a black bra with white knickers - that's even wronger than bra first.

Butchyrestingface · 15/03/2026 23:38

hazelberry · 15/03/2026 19:53

Knickers need to be on first in case there's a sudden emergency and I have to escape. I'd rather be braless than knickerless

Yes, that's my logic.

CoyGoldenKoi · 15/03/2026 23:40

Bra first.
Boobs don't like gravity without support.
Vulvas are self contained and don't have that issue.

Also, if you get dressed sitting on the bed after a shower, then it's much easier to do top half first, then bottom half (get feet/lower legs in all of it), then stand up and adjust everything into place.

MyNiftySheep · 15/03/2026 23:41

Stepsisterfromhell · 15/03/2026 23:07

No, I’m definitely a drifter and choose willy nilly. 😝 I need inspiration.

I have been wondering though whether the bra-first gals are the ones with the big naturals and the knickers-first gals deprioritise getting the girls under control because they are AA cups? Maybe future posts can specify.

Me: bra first - C cups

Yes, I am in the negative A cup category and put my knickers on first, followed by bra.

I went braless on the school run one day last week (just a drop teenager in car trip), it felt quite liberating.

MyNiftySheep · 15/03/2026 23:43

MyNiftySheep · 15/03/2026 23:41

Yes, I am in the negative A cup category and put my knickers on first, followed by bra.

I went braless on the school run one day last week (just a drop teenager in car trip), it felt quite liberating.

Just to clarify, I did have a jumper on...

CrystalSingerFan · 15/03/2026 23:45

@BauhausOfEliott

"...If I had a bra on with a bare bottom half, I’d feel like some sort of weirdly sexualised Winnie-The-Pooh."

And the winner of today's Internet is...

Wordsmithery · 15/03/2026 23:53

hazelberry · 15/03/2026 19:51

What kind of monster puts their bra on first?

Me 😂

Mmmcheese89 · 15/03/2026 23:55

I half put my knickers on. Half my leggings. Then my bra. Then my top/dress. Then finish my knickers and leggings.

Hear me out. I'm a little disabled. So I sit on the edge of the bed, pull Knicks and leggings up to my knees. Sort the top half. Then quick stand to pull them the rest of the way up.

ItsNotYou852 · 16/03/2026 00:01

So many heathens on here! Obviously it's always knickers first, then deodorant and rest of bottom half while that dries off, then bra and top half. And I'm a DD so there goes that theory 😅

Seeingadistance · 16/03/2026 00:04

itsgettingweird · 15/03/2026 19:53

I’d I’m naked - knickers first.

But if I’m in PJs then I’ll often do bra and then deodorant and top half before doing bottom half - especially if it’s cold!

Yes, this!

FloofBunny · 16/03/2026 00:07

latetothefisting · 15/03/2026 22:44

I find comments like this so weird.

You really think, that with all the porn freely available in the world, perverts are scanning MN forums hoping to get their rocks off from a mention of the word 'knickers?' It's not like anyone on here has given some erotic description of how they get dressed in the morning that's going to get someone slavering with excitement.

And, honestly, so what if some random does get excited at such a (bizarre) niche fetish. They don't know who anyone on here is or even what they look like. It might be weird, but how does it actually hurt anyone?

This thread is part of a pattern, and the more of them there are, the more pervs come. And then they start their own threads. There have been a lot of problems with this.

That's why I disapprove of this thread and any other that aims to get women talking about their peeing habits or private parts or nakedness. Not everyone reading or writing on here is the MN target audience of nice, normal, regular women, and I think everyone should keep that in mind.

ETA: And yeah, no one knows who you are, until some hacker gets your IP address or a data breach reveals your email.

SantiagoShaming · 16/03/2026 00:34

I’d never thought about the order I dress until this very day, but I definitely do it in the same order every time. Knickers, then bra, then bottoms, then top, then socks. I think I’d feel all wrong doing it any other way

DoAWheelie · 16/03/2026 00:40

Socks first, then pull knickers up to my knees while still sat on the bed, trousers up to knees, then put on shoes, stand up and pull up.

Then bra and top, and finally I brush my hair. Full bottom to top.

JT12 · 16/03/2026 01:24

Absolutely bra first 😁

BauhausOfEliott · 16/03/2026 04:17

FloofBunny · 16/03/2026 00:07

This thread is part of a pattern, and the more of them there are, the more pervs come. And then they start their own threads. There have been a lot of problems with this.

That's why I disapprove of this thread and any other that aims to get women talking about their peeing habits or private parts or nakedness. Not everyone reading or writing on here is the MN target audience of nice, normal, regular women, and I think everyone should keep that in mind.

ETA: And yeah, no one knows who you are, until some hacker gets your IP address or a data breach reveals your email.

Edited

There are sometimes fetish threads on Mumsnet.

This one reads absolutely nothing like a fetish thread. It doesn’t have any of the hallmarks of one. If it was someone with a lingerie kink they wouldn’t be asking what order people dress in, they’d be asking much more detailed stuff about underwear styles and how they feel etc, and asking a lot of follow up questions.

There are always going to be threads about women’s health, women’s clothes and women’s bodies on Mumsnet, because it’s a women’s forum. There are few other outlets in most women‘s lives for them to discuss things like discomfort during their periods and so on with a representative audience.

If you don’t want to join in with those threads, simply don’t.

binnibonnieboo · 16/03/2026 04:45

brunettemic · 15/03/2026 22:31

You think the bra/knickers question is bad…I once saw something saying do you go sock/sock/shoe/shoe or sock/shoe/sock/shoe and my first thought was what sort of psychopath does the latter.

There's been some really disturbing content on this thread, this might be the worst.

OP posts:
StarlightLady · 16/03/2026 06:55

It’s quite chilly now, but in the warm weather it’s often bra, long summer dress, no knickers 🤫.

Lostearrings · 16/03/2026 07:28

I’m going to spend the day wondering how many women try putting their clothes on in a different order today and feel discombobulated all day as a result.
I’m pants first 90% of the time. Not if I’m changing in or out of a swimsuit and a few other situations. I think it’s probably due mainly to the fact that, despite it being almost 40 years since I got
my first bra, I’d been putting my knickers on first for 11 or so years before that so already did that automatically as the first thing.

Conniebygaslight · 16/03/2026 07:52

I also learned recently that there are people who DON'T have a side of the bed they just mix it up. Who the hell does that?!!

MissyMooPoo2 · 16/03/2026 08:04

k1233 · 15/03/2026 20:13

Knickers first so deodorant has time to dry. Stops white marks on tops.

Knickers first to protect one's modesty!

StarlightLady · 16/03/2026 08:15

MissyMooPoo2 · 16/03/2026 08:04

Knickers first to protect one's modesty!

One’s modesty? If l’m happy for someone to see me in my knickers then l’m happy for them to see me without my knickers.

Waitingforthesunnydays · 16/03/2026 08:17

Usually knickers first but sometimes I may grab a bra before the knickers and put that on first..always feels a bit wrong though. NEVER socks first though 😮

binnibonnieboo · 16/03/2026 08:49

FloofBunny · 16/03/2026 00:07

This thread is part of a pattern, and the more of them there are, the more pervs come. And then they start their own threads. There have been a lot of problems with this.

That's why I disapprove of this thread and any other that aims to get women talking about their peeing habits or private parts or nakedness. Not everyone reading or writing on here is the MN target audience of nice, normal, regular women, and I think everyone should keep that in mind.

ETA: And yeah, no one knows who you are, until some hacker gets your IP address or a data breach reveals your email.

Edited

The thread is a fun thread about the different ways people get dressed. I use the word knickers. That doesn't make me a perv!

OP posts:
StarlightLady · 16/03/2026 09:07

binnibonnieboo · 16/03/2026 08:49

The thread is a fun thread about the different ways people get dressed. I use the word knickers. That doesn't make me a perv!

This thread has been a bit of fun (thank you OP) in a distressingly crazy world. I’m sure that if men were looking for, let’s say, “entertainment”, there are other sites that would better cater for such needs, not laughing about when we put our knix on.

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