Borrowing summer clothes

[IDontGiveAPuck]

My SIL and I get on fairly well.
Every year her family go on holiday in summer in Europe some, mostly SC.
This year she asked if she could borrow some summer clothes including shorts, dresses and bikinis.
AIBU in thinking that it is an odd request especially since she can afford a holiday and bikinis can be picked up for around £12 from supermarkets.
They both earn a decent wage, drive 2 cars and have a good home

It's something I would ask my sister and no one else. It's not about affording them really, it's just handy to not have to shop.
I'd take it as a compliment.
Do you want to lend them though? I can imagine feeling very awkward saying no.

That's annoying. Why doesn't she have her own clothes (sorry, I know you've made this point)?

A girl I was friendly with at sixth form college (but someone I didn't know all that well) asked me to lend her a load of clothes. It was weird - and made me think she'd wrecked hers somehow (I didn't lend them).

It's still August. Aren't you still wearing dresses and shorts yourself? It isn't as though you'd have packed them away for winter yet.

It's not an odd request in itself. Shopping is a faff- and that's even if you enjoy the process of acquiring excessive amounts of clothing- and supermarkets never seem to stock what you want, when you actually want it. I couldn't find shorts for my ten year old last week. It's fucking August!!!!

Whether it's weird in the context of your personal relationship is a matter for you to judge.

Are you the same size, and do you have similar taste?

Yeah it's weird, especially asking to borrow someone's bikini.

I have two sisters and one close friend and have borrowed clothes from or lent clothes to them all at many times over the years. But it's always a specific request - 'Oh I love that top, could I borrow it for Dans birthday meal' or 'I don't have a jacket to go with xyz, can i borrow your leather one' and so on, every month or two.

Asking someone to hand over an entire holiday wardrobe is weird whatever your relationship IMO.

I think this is a bit weird, yes.

And I wouldn't want to lend/borrow someone else's bikini.

Depends why she asked. Very little summer stuff left in the shops at this point so maybe she just can't find anything? I wouldn't mind someone asking me as long as I could be sure my things would be looked after. And one in the bag for when I needed something at short notice for when they could help me out

Is she tight with money? I think its odd.You can get nice bits in Primark for next to nothing so I'd never borrow, I'd be scared of messing them up with sea, sand, suncream etc .

I'd love to have the balls to ask my friends/SIL's this. It seems so wasteful to buy a wardrobe of clothes that get worn for a two week holiday once a year. I wish we could all pool our seasonal clothes. It's only a little bit about being stingy but mainly I hate waste.

The bikini part is odd and I'd say no to that as would you want to wear it again after? Maybe she's having money problems you don't know about

Ick. Maybe summer dresses if you have especially nice ones she likes, but borrowing a bikini is no different to borrowing someones knickers!

Are you about the same size? It is a weird request. Did she say why?

You can get bikinis on ebay if she can't find any in the shops, although I saw a decent range in M&S the other day. But unless she is slim and flat chested, she is unlikely to find anything suitable in supermarkets.

GAP Outlet is good for shorts and beach dresses if they've disappeared in favour of autumnal woolies too.

Why is it odd to borrow a bikini? You'd wash it before wearing it again. Even knickers if you ended up staying over at a friend's an borrowed some??

I'm not squeamish about others (clean) underwear or swim wear. I have borrowed a friends swimsuit before when I was at hers and we decided to go swimming last minute. I've borrowed a pair of my sisters knickers when I was caught out by a period...no problem in a 'needs must' situation.

To ask to borrow someone's bikini or underwear though is odd.