Would you wear a dress like that (or let your daughter do so)?

[pne]

aka $500 for a piece of string that may stop you from even getting into the prom (barely work-safe).

Apparently, the model in that picture is wearing the dress back-to-front; this is supposedly the dress worn the right way around (from this comment by allah_sulu). As yendi points out, that way of wearing the dress "doesn't require Krazy glue to avoid violating decency laws".

Comments

[robnorth.livejournal.com]

Provocative dressing != open invitation, it = woman full of confidence in herself and her body and is therefore something to be admired, not frowned upon.

That's true. But communication isn't just what you say and how you say it — it's what the other person sees/hears and how they see/hear it.

Whenever my daughters (ages 7 to 11) are tempted to wear something iffy, I remind them that no matter what they might be trying to "say" with the outfit, many boys and men will "read" something completely different, e.g. "Mmmmmmm, she wants me!" This, most of the time, is Not What Was Intended.

Maybe I'm just a perv, but I read that dress as saying "Look, I'm easily accessible for your tactile pleasure!" Me and some-huge-percentage of all other males out there. So unless that's the message one wants to portray, I'd say leave it on the rack.

[karen2205]

Whenever my daughters (ages 7 to 11) are tempted to wear something iffy,

Your daughters are rather younger than the virtual adults who attend proms:-) I agree, if I had daughters of that age, ie. before they were aware of how provocative dressing might be interpreted by others, I'd protect them by pointing them towards more modest clothes. But I don't think that's at all appropriate when dealing with someone aged 16-17ish.

I read that dress as saying "Look, I'm easily accessible for your tactile pleasure!"

Which is entirely your problem and not that of the dress wearer. If you act on that thought process and progress to touching rather than just looking (and remember some women really enjoy those looks!) and get thumped/arrested then you've only yourself to blame.

So unless that's the message one wants to portray, I'd say leave it on the rack.

Nope, why should someone constrain what she chooses to wear because of the way strangers might interpret her choice of clothing? Why should she care what you think? (now, yes, I don't think that is a particularly nice dress, and yes, there are times and places when such clothing should be covered eg. walking home after going out).

(err, I'm kind of argumentative atm - haven't slept all night, due to caffeniated coffee yesterday)