To ask wtf is up with the name of these clothing brands?

[Latinorapida]

Nobody’s child

Little Mistress

Never fully dressed.

Im sure there are more.

I just don’t get it. It’s cringe and depressed.

Also, ‘never fully dressed’ now do children’s clothing too. I just could not buy my child clothing from a company with that name. I don’t know if I’m reading it wrong, I don’t think I am, it just seems to have some kind of suggestive implication.

AIBU?

I was really tempted by Missguided's maternity line when I was pregnant with ds3 but I couldn't quite bring myself to walk around with 'missguided' written across my bump (although I probably was!).

"Little Mistress" is a more formal and antiquated term of endearment for a girl. Like "young Master Smith" for a boy.

"Dirty" fries refers to them being unceremoniously covered in sauce. I.e. not neatly presented, as they originated as street food.

You'd have to be pretty repressed to find any of the original examples even slightly suggestive.

There’s a few brands mentioned here I wasn’t aware of whose clothes look great - thanks, pearl-clutchers!

Well don't Order anything from never fully dressed then op- the packaging has a drawing of some boobies on it. Or it did last time I ordered from them.
I can't get too bothered about it really. Though I don't particularly like pretty little thing as a name/concept for a brand given how it targets teens as it's main audience

@FruitMelange

And Pretty Little Thing- I thought it meant the garment. As in it sells pretty little things, like purses and the like Me too. I'm surprised anyone could make any other inference.

Because men used to use the term "She's a pretty little thing...." back when you could say things like that without everyone being offended

I always dislike 'Not your daughter' I mean, wtf?!

OP, please don’t ever look at the Oddballs website…

Do you think men think about all of this?

Oh ignore me, phone glitch, wrong post! As you were 😬

I'm in my 50s and I've seen Annie once, probably over 35 years ago. It was rubbish and I don''t remember that song at all. As others have already pointed out, some Bowie lyrics are pretty filthy, I remember being in the car with my mum as a teenager and being mortifed by the
'falls wanking to the floor' lyric. And 'Wham Bam thank you ma'am!'

Provocative shop names aren't new either. Remember Malcom McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's shop in the King's Road at the start of punk? For those that are too young it was called Sex. and sold a lot of bondage gear, and was pretty popular .

@GrannytoaUnicorn

I always dislike 'Not your daughter' I mean, wtf?!

It's "not your daughter's" i.e. clothes made for adult women's shapes, not teens.

I'm sure someone else has said it but Fat Face refers to the large side of a mountain, not a person's face.

@CharlotteGoldenblattYork

I always think Fat Face is a terrible name!

Agreed! It’s a shame as I like their clothes too

Re fat face:

Annie the film is shit.

The book is amazing, but the film is crap.

@crazyjinglist

YABU. I would be against brand names with really offensive words in them, and I hate clothes with misogynist or offensive slogans on them, but I don't think the examples you picked are a problem at all (especially since you seem to have misunderstood the meaning behind two of them!). I can't understand why you're objecting to Nobody's Child (even without the underlying meaning).

You must either be really sensitive or have a filthy mind, OP!

… must be the latter

Every time I see a Sweaty Betty:

She wore big knickers and she worked at the sewage farm.
Macc Lads
Don't Google the rest of the lyrics if you're of a delicate disposition.
I didn't know the song from Annie either.

Yeah there's one with the word slut in it. I just don't understand

I know NFD has been explained but Nobodys Child got it's name from it's original target audience, who were young adults who didn't like to be called child/children.

They are actually a hugely ethical, concious brand if you read about them.

Perhaps they should have changed the name for a kids line. But that would mean alienating an audience that have grown up with them and likely want to now buy clothes for their own kids. So it makes no business sense.

@Twofurrycats

Every time I see a Sweaty Betty:

She wore big knickers and she worked at the sewage farm.
Macc Lads
Don't Google the rest of the lyrics if you're of a delicate disposition.
I didn't know the song from Annie either.

Finally someone operating at my level 😂