Only knickers in the Co-op

[1981RickyVilla]

A teenage girl (aged 15 or 16, roughly) in front of me in the Co-op was wearing a crop-top and a pair of knickers only. Not bikini bottoms, not short shorts but cotton M & S midi style knickers. I didn’t say anything (none of my business and she probably wouldn’t have approved my sartorial choices either). If I had been her mother, seeing her before she left the house, I would have said that it looked unhygienic and wasn’t an appropriate way to go to the shops.
YABU: People of whatever age can dress how they like when they go to the Co-op.
YANBU: A mini-skirt or pair of shorts are a minimum requirement when you’re off to the shops.

For a previous poster - if you vote the wrong way you can just press the one you meant and it will change.

There is an obvious difference between a bikini bottom and actual knickers, the former are solid, the latter often have lace etc so not full coverage.

I didn't realise pants were a trend now. Ive seen the short shorts that barely cover their bums. But not pants. Yuck.

Well thats one way of putting it 🤣

"a rock and a hard place" nah they're just pleased to see them

Doubt it. It’s just teen girls dressing in a risqué way. Hardly anything new.

I waa 8n morrisons a few months ago and i women was wearing a longish t shirt that jusy about covered her backside,the problem was she was struggling to carry a heavy item and kept having to bend down ,i dont think she was wearing knickers ,i honestly tried to avert my eyes but she was right in front of me.👀

Sounds similar to clothing worn on a night out!

It really is easy not to look.

I’m a very conservative dresser and have no issue looking elsewhere. Not sure why men centre themselves here, it just confirms that they think womens’ and girls’ bodies are primarily meant for them.

I mean that’s the whole point… to be confident in your body even if you’re not a waif like their mums and grandmothers want them to be. Being fat isn’t the worst thing someone can be do try to remember that.

Not much worse than the awful shorts that are so skin tight they go right up their bum crack. Why do I need to see a perfect outline of your arse? Put it away, you just look like a twat.

There's a time and a place for revealing clothing. Night club/beach/party - OK, supermarket, not the place. 'Wear what you want' has its limits; would people think it OK to be naked in the supermarket?

What about a 60 year old man walking round the Co-op in just his Y-fronts? People on here would be saying he was a pervert, 'involving others in his fetish' etc.

I think the point was well made upthread that while these girls know that men will be looking at them (regardless of whether that’s their intention or not), they don’t stop to consider the type of man who will be looking. Younger and younger girls are dressing this way. We live opposite a secondary school and it’s noticeable that at the morning school run the girls are arriving in mostly statutory school uniform, but at home time skirts are rolled up to the buttocks, ties are off in favour of buttons being undone to reveal coloured bras and in some cases the uniform is unrecognisable as such. It’s an absolute paedophile’s dream.

Why do you assume they dress for men and not their friends? Which secondary girls are hanging out with men?

@tarheelbaby
Wow.
The emporer's new pants!

I remember not long after upskirting was (quite rightly) outlawed, walking to the train station one afternoon behind a young woman in a skirt so short that the cheeks of her bare arse were jingling in the breeze VERY visibly indeed. I don't what they think they look like 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'd worry about her mental health too. It's one thing wearing skimpy clothes as a fashion choice. But shopping in your actual underwear is pretty bizarre.

I live near a secondary school. None of the girls wear cycling shorts under their extremely short stretchy black skirts. They don't all wear black tights either.
I felt embarrassed for a girl who was stepping up into the bus as I passed recently. I'm sure she didn't realise how much she was showing.

Snort!

At the Co-op near us, people frequently go in in their nightwear. This takes that trend to a new (low) level.

Never seen this in our local co op! Nor in the local sainsbos. Mind you, it’s a “village” in SE London.

I’ve seen women in my local city shopping centre wearing flesh coloured crop tops and shorts, like underwear. One girl I seriously thought she was naked. She wasn’t. Time and a place people. Time and place.

My first thought is she has her phone out to post all the "unwanted" attention without actually revealing what she's wearing to her followers.
Click bait.
It's definitely a TikTok trend.
I see it all the time.

I don’t expect to have to avert my eyes from someone out in public, so why should men have to? Are they meant to just walk around staring at the ground? Sure men shouldn’t be leering at anyone but to expect them to be constantly on guard and look away when someone is inappropriately dressed is ridiculous.

I’m actually quite disturbed by the fact that young women have been brain washed into believing that it’s “empowering” to be practically naked. It’s not.

I didn’t say men should look away, I said anyone can look away.

I agree that women being sold the lie that being naked is empowering is hugely damaging but it really is easy for both men and women to look away.

So many women here describing in fetish like detail about women’s arse cheeks jiggling or whatever, it sounds like they enjoy it. Just look away, look at your phone.

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere in the replies but I am confused. Was it just that she couldn't be arsed putting on clothes on her bottom half (similar to the people I see in pyjamas at Tesco or on the school run), or was she doing it out of some misguided attempt to look sexy? Either way it's grim but for different reasons.

I think it comes down to what’s appropriate for certain situations- a night out, on the beach etc, it’s fine. Popping to the local shop is inappropriate and attention seeking imo.
I’ve seen a couple of questionable outfits at my local Asda fairly recently. One lady( early 20s) was wearing a very revealing pair of hot pants, it was a chilly day so she stood out, and caught the attention of pretty much everyone. I felt embarrassed for her but she and her friend seemed nonchalant.