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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:
Zanatdy · 17/03/2026 03:08

Always knickers first

ApolloandDaphne · 17/03/2026 05:11

Socks first then knickers. After that my bra and top and trousers last.

loislovesstewie · 17/03/2026 06:24

I've just checked and I am dressing in the approved manner. Knickers, bra, socks, jeans, t shirt then jumper. 😁

Umidontknow · 17/03/2026 06:31

Is this the same woman that smiled with her bottom teeth 😆

MildlyAnnoyed · 17/03/2026 07:29

Knickers. Always knickers first.

huuskymam · 17/03/2026 07:34

I work my way upwards, socks, knickers, jeans, bra, t shirt, jumper.

Idontcareforthat · 17/03/2026 07:34

Putting a bra on first is almost as bad as taking socks off last IMO

bloomchamp · 17/03/2026 07:42

I put bra on first. I need help with my knickers as I can’t bend down. So it feels polite to cover my boobs so they are not swinging in whoever’s dressing my bottoms half’s face lol

Alwaysthehost · 17/03/2026 08:57

It has enraged me for years and years every time I watch ‘eyes wide shut’ and Nicole Kidman does exactly this.

ScreentimeInTheMeantime · 17/03/2026 09:36

MrsKateColumbo · 15/03/2026 19:53

Sometimes pants, sometimes bra - no specific order

This seems wild to me.

Probably I should get out more.

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 17/03/2026 09:38

Cover the fundaments before anything else, always knickers first.

Plumnora · 17/03/2026 10:28

I've often put my bra on first! Sorry!

sumayyah · 17/03/2026 10:42

Im a bra first kinda gal

Deodorant, bra, knickers, bit of perfume, dress then a bit more perfume

Everything else can wait until im about to head out the door

DearDenimEagle · 17/03/2026 10:47

I don’t wear a bra, so knickers first

Daftypants · 17/03/2026 11:31

I tend to shower and get the top half of me dry , then apply body lotion + deodorant to top half then the rest of my skincare .
Then apply my daily facial sunscreen and when that’s settling on my face I get my bra and top on .
Then knickers and body lotion on legs ..

Lizchapman · 17/03/2026 11:34

I I can’t understand the obsession with what gets covered up first: I’m getting dressed inside my bedroom on my own so it really doesn’t seem a massive rush to cover up 😂

BunnyLake · 17/03/2026 12:26

Knickers first. I don’t wear bras anymore.

EmmaSummerHat · 17/03/2026 12:32

Socks or coat first surely??? 😆😆

lilkitten · 17/03/2026 12:34

I put bra on first, so I can then put deodorant on. I put all other clothes on while waiting for the deodorant to dry.

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 17/03/2026 12:38

Lizchapman · 17/03/2026 11:34

I I can’t understand the obsession with what gets covered up first: I’m getting dressed inside my bedroom on my own so it really doesn’t seem a massive rush to cover up 😂

It's psychological. Pyjama bottoms always go on before top. And they must be removed in reverse order. I can't imagine how wrong it would feel to be bottomless but with a top on - poor Donald Duck must be in a constant state of low-level panic.

FinallyMovingHouse · 17/03/2026 12:39

Knickers, then socks (cold), then jeans, then bra and top.

PuzzledObserver · 17/03/2026 13:10

lilkitten · 17/03/2026 12:34

I put bra on first, so I can then put deodorant on. I put all other clothes on while waiting for the deodorant to dry.

No, no, no! You put deodorant on before your bra, otherwise some of the deodorant might go on the bra.

I use aerosol deodorant, but if I used roll on which needed time to dry, then deodorant would go on first, and knickers next. Only if deodorant was still not dry would I do socks and the jeans, before bra. But surely, for the love of God, people can see that you need to put ALL your underwear (knickers, bra, vest if worn) on before ANY of your outer clothes. Otherwise, civilisation will break down.

MissMogs · 17/03/2026 13:16

showmethegin · 15/03/2026 19:55

If you do top half before bottom half surely you’re just standing there like Winnie the Pooh? Nuts

😂😂😂😂😂

lilkitten · 17/03/2026 13:28

PuzzledObserver · 17/03/2026 13:10

No, no, no! You put deodorant on before your bra, otherwise some of the deodorant might go on the bra.

I use aerosol deodorant, but if I used roll on which needed time to dry, then deodorant would go on first, and knickers next. Only if deodorant was still not dry would I do socks and the jeans, before bra. But surely, for the love of God, people can see that you need to put ALL your underwear (knickers, bra, vest if worn) on before ANY of your outer clothes. Otherwise, civilisation will break down.

I tend to just walk around naked (lucky the kids aren't up that early) and do bra, knickers, bottoms, socks (never socks before jeans, they just catch too much), and finally top.

Faceonthewrongfoot · 17/03/2026 14:51

I get dressed in the order of 'if there was a fire and I had to run out of the house, what would be least embarrassing'. Therefore knickers first because I could always use my towel to cover my top half, or worse case, I'm 'just' topless and that's less embarrassing than being bottomless. Bra next so now I'm stood outside in a bikini and that's ok. Then trousers so no bum cheeks for people to see. Then top. Socks go on last because they won't matter in a fire.....

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