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You can ban ONE summer look. Which?

898 replies

awfulapril · 25/05/2026 15:34

Which kind of outfit or particular item are you seeing in the hot weather that you'd like to ban Man or woman.

illogical hatred preferred
i think bikini tops anywhere other than a Beach. At

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NameChangeMay2026 · 27/05/2026 16:53

Us Brits really don't have much style compared to the Continentals, do we. And nothing exposes our failings more than an early heatwave! 🤣

thenightsky · 27/05/2026 17:23

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 27/05/2026 16:39

Yes just what I said! Don’t they look in the mirror or people they’re with say something?

My parents always used to say if I was going out looking like a fright... 'you're not going out like that are you'? (Mum and dad peering over their glasses at teenage me, swanning out of the door).

gatorlizzie · 27/05/2026 18:14

Today it's been a mixed bag - the young girls about 12 who are starting out with the Nike minuscule pants on and crop top accompanied by spider lashes pulling at their clothes all the time. Then there's been masses of tight denim shorts - why? In the heat ! Suffocated privates!! Yes there's been the women in sundresses with no bras on - why?? 😬 . It's not difficult to look neat and tidy in hot weather 🤷‍♀️

Allseeingallknowing · 27/05/2026 19:27

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 27/05/2026 16:39

Yes just what I said! Don’t they look in the mirror or people they’re with say something?

It’s deliberate, surely!

StarlightLady · 27/05/2026 20:16

gatorlizzie · 27/05/2026 18:14

Today it's been a mixed bag - the young girls about 12 who are starting out with the Nike minuscule pants on and crop top accompanied by spider lashes pulling at their clothes all the time. Then there's been masses of tight denim shorts - why? In the heat ! Suffocated privates!! Yes there's been the women in sundresses with no bras on - why?? 😬 . It's not difficult to look neat and tidy in hot weather 🤷‍♀️

The practical in me does not get tight denim shorts but also thinks bras are not comfy in very hot weather. Maybe that’s why? Apart from work I’ve had a free range 36F for several days. Those who don’t like it can avert their gaze.

tartyflette · 27/05/2026 20:30

PistachioTiramisu · 25/05/2026 16:17

Those awful baggy, knee-length shorts which certain men seemingly can't wait to put on when it's hot, especially when they slip down over their large stomachs. Ugh!!

Ok I see your baggy knee length shorts and I raise you my DH’s tight, short shorts. Excellent for the pervy scoutmaster look.
(yes, he’s been told.)

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 27/05/2026 20:32

Men taking their tops off to go to the fucking supermarket

SwirlyGates · 27/05/2026 20:54

StarlightLady · 27/05/2026 20:16

The practical in me does not get tight denim shorts but also thinks bras are not comfy in very hot weather. Maybe that’s why? Apart from work I’ve had a free range 36F for several days. Those who don’t like it can avert their gaze.

I went free range for about 10 years after one very hot summer. (A-cup mind you.) I only went back to bras when I was breastfeeding and they turned into rocks, with every brush of clothes over my nipples adding to the discomfort.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 27/05/2026 20:59

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 27/05/2026 20:32

Men taking their tops off to go to the fucking supermarket

I don’t mind if it’s a fit toned body on a preferably younger man but no old beer gut thanks.

Khayker · 27/05/2026 21:47

Mens shirtless beer bellies hanging over their shorts. I think most men have body dismorphia while some just don't care. The amount of women I see who manage to look great in hot weather...and then there's men, some of which think its a green pass to look like a slob. Yuk!

echt · 27/05/2026 22:29

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 27/05/2026 20:59

I don’t mind if it’s a fit toned body on a preferably younger man but no old beer gut thanks.

How do you feel about overweight older women getting their dinner ladies' arms out on a hot day? Or at all?

Illegally18 · 27/05/2026 23:32

SwirlyGates · 27/05/2026 20:54

I went free range for about 10 years after one very hot summer. (A-cup mind you.) I only went back to bras when I was breastfeeding and they turned into rocks, with every brush of clothes over my nipples adding to the discomfort.

An a- cup is a very different kettle of fish to an f-cup, in free ranging terms!

canuckup · 28/05/2026 03:20

Some of these 😂

'men's legs' 😅

BlackIsleBlush · 28/05/2026 08:10

Women smothered in head to roe black. Especially when they're toting the shopping in one hand, kid in the other, about three paces behind a bloke comfortably attired in shorts and designer sunnies, encumbered by nothing more than a small man bag.

itsgettingweird · 28/05/2026 08:16

Latest trend here seems to be nude all in one short suits which are tight (like cycle shorts and vest top).

what is it with needing to look naked in the street 🫣🤣

Ive also noticed a trend this year for denim hot pants with the flies undone and open (looks like they are designed that way) and they are worn with decorated pants (again it seems to be designed to show off the underwear - which I prefer people to keep under their clothing)

Gawd I’m getting old 👀🤣

AddictedToBooks · 28/05/2026 08:33

ThisJadeBear · 25/05/2026 15:40

Sports socks and sliders. Grim.

Agree - my 17 year old nephew always wears sports socks and sliders and then has the cheek to slate other people's dress sense lol

SwirlyGates · 28/05/2026 10:25

Illegally18 · 27/05/2026 23:32

An a- cup is a very different kettle of fish to an f-cup, in free ranging terms!

Of course. But it didn't stop people asking why I wasn't wearing a bra. "Because I don't need one," apparently wasn't a good enough answer.

Anyway, that hot summer gave me 10 years of freedom!

StarlightLady · 28/05/2026 11:07

SwirlyGates · 28/05/2026 10:25

Of course. But it didn't stop people asking why I wasn't wearing a bra. "Because I don't need one," apparently wasn't a good enough answer.

Anyway, that hot summer gave me 10 years of freedom!

The only thing(s) that have a right to ask me why I’m not wearing a bra are my tits. 😀

SirChenjins · 28/05/2026 12:06

Obviously I'm not your tits(!) but doesn't it feel very sticky and sweaty underneath your boobs if you're just letting them hang down? A cotton bra lifts my Ds up and helps absorb the sweat during hot days.

StarlightLady · 28/05/2026 12:31

SirChenjins · 28/05/2026 12:06

Obviously I'm not your tits(!) but doesn't it feel very sticky and sweaty underneath your boobs if you're just letting them hang down? A cotton bra lifts my Ds up and helps absorb the sweat during hot days.

I get more hot and sweaty with a bra partly because of the back band. The restriction of the cups on my boobs makes me hotter too.

l can't imagine cotton (no stretch) offering a lot of support anyway.

Gettingbysomehow · 28/05/2026 13:00

NameChangeMay2026 · 27/05/2026 16:40

The trend of summer dresses with trainers needs to die, now! IMO it doesn't look all cool and bohemian, it just looks like your feet and body are from two different people! Summer dresses need sandals. That is the law.

🤭

YES!!!!!!!!

truffleruffle · 28/05/2026 13:38

ThisJadeBear · 25/05/2026 15:40

Sports socks and sliders. Grim.

Even worse hugely patterned socks and crazy patterned crocs 🤣

SwirlyGates · 28/05/2026 16:49

AddictedToBooks · 28/05/2026 08:33

Agree - my 17 year old nephew always wears sports socks and sliders and then has the cheek to slate other people's dress sense lol

I will add to the list, sliders in any form. To me they look like something you'd wear in a communal shower to avoid getting toe fungus.

ruethewhirl · 28/05/2026 17:11

SwirlyGates · 28/05/2026 16:49

I will add to the list, sliders in any form. To me they look like something you'd wear in a communal shower to avoid getting toe fungus.

Except the toe fungus is more aesthetic.