Okay, I've been trying NOT to post about this, but ...

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... surely the nipple prominence on this website is totally ridiculous? I'm not being prudish, but would anyone feel comfortable going out like that? There are multiple examples on this site.
ninetypercent.com/collections/womens-sale/products/tyro-tank-in-chalk-white

@Risingsun93 Don't feel bad. Wear those nips with pride. I wish my nips were as perky as the model's. I still don't give 2 fks about other peoples' preferences though.

I choose my clothes because they are comfortable yes, but rarely does it go through my mind whether I look sexy or not. That doesnt matter to me.

My nipples are permanently pointy. They are just nipples. I don’t get the big deal with them. Most of us have 2!

Agree, unless I am out for a special occasion, I’m retired and live in fleece tops and leggings and uggs (or wellies if I am in the garden). Comfort is the most important thing as I’m fairly active.

That all said, the human body is a beautiful design. You should never be ashamed of nipples, or anything else. Wear what you want and what makes you comfortable and happy. It does my heart good to see clothes catalogues with these lovely young women … she is lovely.

And, topless beaches on the continent are wonderful. There are all these people, all shapes and sizes, who are just enjoying themselves. But put some sunscreen on those nips…painful if they get sunburned! :-)

Exactly. As do men! They are not special or rude.

Quick tip I use - a tiny amount of Cuticura talc under the breasts after a shower stops the chaffing or sorenes caused by sweating. Smells medical but goes away after a few mins. Antifungal and really soothing. Sorted me out after decades of discomfort.. please do try it.
on another note, a friend and i went to a swanky spa and a man in the jacuzzi had nipples like 1 cm fingertips looking proud as anything. We were both mesmerised despite nether mentioning it until we came home. Weird googling shows some folk actually use special little rubber bands to get this affect. Each to their own :)

I'm with you @PastaBelly! Billy is all perky & upward looking, while Bobby is down & to the left somewhat.

But guess what? All human bodies are slightly different. And wouldn't it be nice if everyone could just go about their business without others feeling it was ok to critique them or feel superior because of their personal differences.

Yes, I think OP is being a prude and yes, I think most blokes should be neutered if they can't interact with another human being without assuming they're there for their own personal sexual gratification 🤷🏼‍♀️

According to 19yo dd flat boobs with prominent nips are very on trend.

How can a breast shape be "on trend"? You can't change them the way you can change your haircut.

There are some really odd designs there, you’re not wrong OP.
I’ve never conducted a survey but don’t most of us have to wear bras for support?

PP who say they wouldn’t put themselves through the discomfort if it wasn’t expected, doesn’t that mean you’re wearing the wrong bra or wrong size? Clothing isn’t supposed to be uncomfortable, you wouldn’t wear ill fitting, uncomfortable shoes, you’d get a different size or design 🤷‍♀️

I'm autistic with sensory problems and a deformed rib (probably caused by bra-wearing as a child) that causes the bra underbust strap to roll up on one side.

There is literally no such thing as a bra that is comfortable and supportive. If I'm lucky, I can have "not in pain from the straps" and "not in pain when I walk down the stairs" from the same bralette.

Bra shopping is an exercise in futility that usually leaves me in tears in the middle of the shop. No, Bravissimo don't help, their fitters are actually the worst offenders for putting me into something painful because they fit the underbust so tightly.

My boobs aren't huge but I've never passed the pencil test!

I would never go braless - I would be so uncomfortable and look like a saggy old granny. And anyone like me jogging would get severe nipple rub! But also - I would hate my nipples to be visible! I always wear T-Shirt bras and would feel gross if my nipples were visible through my clothes.

I also don't want to to see mens' bits through their clothes (OK maybe acceptable on the beach but preferably not at all) - or women with camel toes. Surely there is a level of decency that most of us aspire to? OK - a lovely firm young woman with pert boobs is less offensive than some other nipple options, but really....??

Agree with OP that those adverts are totally unnecessary and probably exploitative!

Is the bra going the way of the corset and the slip, I wonder

I find steel-boned corsets more comfortable than bras because the pressure is spread over a wider area. Sadly, H cup tits won't fit into overbust corsets.

Because prominent nipples like this is very much against the societal norm and is clearly attention seeking which is fine but own it.

My first thought was she looked as though she’d been created by AI 😂Also, attention is taken away from the trousers being sold so not a good move on the part of the company selling them.

Pre baby I had tiny very pert boobs and never bothered with a bra day to day (except nights out where I felt the need to stuff whatever I could in it to appear to have something there...)

Post baby alas I definitely need to wear a bra or anything more than a brisk walk they will fly all over the place.

I'm not horrified by the image. A tad ott but nothing too dramatic.

The thing I find funny is people get tetchy over nipples when every human on the planet has them.

I've not worn padded bras for years. I prefer sports bra crop tops. The support is sufficient for a smaller busted person and padding is hot and annoying. I always remove padding from swimwear as well. Why should anyone disguise their nipples, it's normal

Nothing is made now; It's all crafted.This epitomises the drivel that permeates advertising and the press, when every vaguely talented for not a lot performer is a "celeb" or "star" - and when they conk out because of drugs people are "heart broken" though they were such idiots it was utterly predictable.

Very late but still remembering nipple issues and have a couple of other related memories that may make you chuckle OP. You have started triggering, I think. The first is from the 1990s. My colleague warned me not to look at this customer too closely as she had protruding nipples so taped them..Decades later your comment meant I still cant get the image of 2 elastopast crosses very obviously showing through her blouse, poor thing! Still feel sorry for her, and wonder who the idiot was who made her feel self conscious enough to apply fresh criss crossed plasters every day just to hide her nipples - ouch! The other bra related memory is one of my GMs. She grew up wearing a shaped vest known as a liberty bodice. When they stopped being made she bought simple vests and threaded ribbon around the underbust line to gather at the front with a bow. Her DD and my DM took her for a real bra when she was 80. She thought it was "stuff and nonsense". During lockdown I gave up my wired bras for a vest top with a liner (no idea what they are called, I get them in Primark/Matalan/Tu et al) suggested by my DD and never looked back. Only wear a bra for extra lift when it suits the thing I am wearing. Otherwise I think these lined vests reinvented the liberty bodice, many thanks!!

Don't let anyone ever change how you feel about your body.

You get to decide how you feel about your body.

No one can take that from you without your permission.

Don't give a bunch of strangers power over you. You'll never make them happy.

I do think that bras is a fairly new invention and that people didn't wear them (or at least padded bras) for millenia. However, people also wore much thicker garments or more garments. It was cotton underneath and then something like linen and wool on top. So nobodys nipples were that prominent.
Yes nipples are normal, but so are every part of the body.
So whilst it's normal and I'm not advocating that everyone wear a bra, it's disingenuous to pretend they are not drawing your attention in those pictures.
It's also weirdly perverted to make out as if they've got nothing to do with sex ('boobs are not sexual to me' etc)
Breasts are secondary sex organs. You can't change that because they're somehow 'not sexual to you at all.

I mean we can all have our opinions on where bras are comfy, not comfy, you want to wear one or not, but really it isn't hard to say that the nipples in those pictures are particularly noticable and not by accident.

@WarmthAndDepth which country do you speak of? Sounds pleasant

I do feel as though women's bodies shouldn't be shamed, but I actually feel nipples are private, only for me and my husband, and I don't want to see others really. And I love breasts, love breast feeding, but on a day to day basis I prefer when out to wear a bra, and actually a thick almost padded one because I don't actually want anyone seeing mine.

@Ohhbaby Breasts are secondary 'sex organs', but a sex organ in this context doesn't mean organs we engage in our sexual activity: it is referencing sex as a noun as opposed to a verb, as in 'I'm an adult human female ‐my sex is female. As such I have XX chromosomes, produce a large gamete, and at birth, my sex is observed by a visible vulva. My primary sex organs include my ovaries and my uterus. Secondary sex characteristics include growth of breast tissue in puberty, and subsequently the capacity to lactate.'
Primary and secondary sex organs and characteristics refer to the capacity to reproduce and sustain progeny, not whether or not a body part is 'sexual' or associated with 'having sex'.

It is not 'weirdly perverted' if someone feels breasts are not sexual -that's their experience, just as TeenLifeMum believes that our nipples, if visible, are as highly sexualised as erect penises, and that the existence of wet t-shirt contests is the ultimate gotcha to anyone who disagrees, missing the point that it isn't about the men who perceive us, but about our relationships with, and the integrity of, our own bodies.

I think that context is everything, and the social and cultural constructs around female sexuality through the inescapable lens of the male gaze informs so much of our feelings about our own bodies that issues like nipples and body hair easily become problematic.

Every woman should have the right to consider their nipples private. Likewise, to say you don’t want to see others is very much something different. If another woman is comfortable with her body, that is her business.