[courtney_synn]

Originally Posted by mounty

are they called 'knicker shorts' or has DS made that up?

No they actually are called knicker shorts

[Sprite123]

Is there a more classier alternative to 'bum cheeks'?

Better descriptive wording please!

[courtney_synn]

Originally Posted by Sprite123

Is there a more classier alternative to 'bum cheeks'?

Better descriptive wording please!

Arse pillows?

[AnnaliseZ]

Originally Posted by Kate-

You have to have the figure. i have the figure and wear shorts with leggings.

My cousin, she has a massive bottom and wears leggings and very short top, no shame and looks classless.

I wear cut jeans shorts usally blue, and blak leggings with tan belt - I'm told i look elegant.

IMo, you need a good figure and shorts need to be slightly lose otherwise makes you look cheap

How very 2009

[Sprite123]

Originally Posted by Kate-

You have to have the figure. i have the figure and wear shorts with leggings.

My cousin, she has a massive bottom and wears leggings and very short top, no shame and looks classless.

I wear cut jeans shorts usally blue, and blak leggings with tan belt - I'm told i look elegant.

IMo, you need a good figure and shorts need to be slightly lose otherwise makes you look cheap

To counter balance this, I would say beauty is the eye of the beholder.

Though, in fairness, we know this article of clothing is appealing to a certain type of figure and overall appearance.

What I'm saying though is that you're being critical of somebody else of which suggest that they shouldn't go anywhere near hotpants.

Personally, I wouldn't want anybody deprived - life's too short.

[Sprite123]

Originally Posted by courtney_synn

Arse pillows?

A big X! No!

[courtney_synn]

Originally Posted by AnnaliseZ

How very 2009

Real LOL

[priscilla]

my knicker shorts/shorts are not loose they are tight, does that mean i look cheap

[Christa]

Originally Posted by AnnaliseZ

How very 2009

I'd have said 1989.

[Christa]

Originally Posted by Sprite123

What an absolutely narrow view!

There are plenty of ladies with a dress size of 12 to 14 who l could look beautiful in a pair of hot pants.

And I'm sure they'd have a lot to say about this!

They may well have a lot to say but they're still too big to be wearing hotpants.

[neon tiger]

I was working as an assistant at summer school last month where the students were 11-13. The shorts they were wearing were ridiculously short! They had no tights on and their bum cheeks really were in full view. Bearing in mind that this was in Donegal, they must have been freezing.
One of the teachers had a word with some of them and told them they couldn't come to the college with so much flesh on show.
Now I've no problem with girls with a good figure wearing them (I'm not brave enough without tights) but on 12 year olds?!

[mounty]

Originally Posted by courtney_synn

No they actually are called knicker shorts

aye must be then, as they're all over google image search

[Sprite123]

Originally Posted by neon tiger

I was working as an assistant at summer school last month where the students were 11-13. The shorts they were wearing were ridiculously short! They had no tights on and their bum cheeks really were in full view. Bearing in mind that this was in Donegal, they must have been freezing.
One of the teachers had a word with some of them and told them they couldn't come to the college with so much flesh on show.
Now I've no problem with girls with a good figure wearing them (I'm not brave enough without tights) but on 12 year olds?!

Society overall need to take responsibility and that includes the people allowing these garments to be manufactured for such young age - shorts are shorts at the end of the day, but there are boundaries, and decency.

[neon tiger]

Originally Posted by Sprite123

Society overall need to take responsibility and that includes the people allowing these garments to be manufactured for such young age - shorts are shorts at the end of the day, but there are boundaries, and decency.

They were asked if their parents knew they were wearing them and they said they bought them for them!

[Sprite123]

Originally Posted by neon tiger

They were asked if their parents knew they were wearing them and they said they bought them for them!

In a lot of ways, I'm not surprised by this attitude.

We live in different times to previous decades where there's a lot more tolerance, but even so, there should be standards - especially at school - stricter guidelines needed and parents should know better!

[whydoiwatch]

Originally Posted by pixel_pixel

Like all things related to Summer/fashion, only if you have the figure to wear such items!

I have seen some absolutely shocking sights this Summer.

Some people have no shame sadly

Do you also live in Manchester?! I applaud some people's bravery because unless I wanted to clear the town, you'd never see me in a pair. The last time I wore hotpants was in 1996, when I was 19 and I could justify it. Heck, I don't even wear shorts.

[whydoiwatch]

Originally Posted by Kate-

You have to have the figure. i have the figure and wear shorts with leggings.

My cousin, she has a massive bottom and wears leggings and very short top, no shame and looks classless.

I wear cut jeans shorts usally blue, and blak leggings with tan belt - I'm told i look elegant.

IMo, you need a good figure and shorts need to be slightly lose otherwise makes you look cheap

Unless they are tweed shorts (and that is pushing it), leggings look awful under shorts.

[goonst]

I saw a girl in town the other day who wasn't wearing knicker shorts, she was wearing knickers. White lacy knickers. She had at least the decency to wear white non-lacy knickers underneath, but still. She was skinny as a rake but I don't think anyone should really wear knickers as an equivalent to shorts or trousers. It was just a bit odd.

Also haha at "size 10 only? How narrow. Size 12 to 14 could also look beautiful." But size 16s can go f*ck 'emselves, what a broad view.

[priscilla]

Originally Posted by goonst

I saw a girl in town the other day who wasn't wearing knicker shorts, she was wearing knickers. White lacy knickers. She had at least the decency to wear white non-lacy knickers underneath, but still. She was skinny as a rake but I don't think anyone should really wear knickers as an equivalent to shorts or trousers. It was just a bit odd.

Also haha at "size 10 only? How narrow. Size 12 to 14 could also look beautiful." But size 16s can go f*ck 'emselves, what a broad view.

So she was wearing two knickers ??
i would never do that, i will stick to wearing my knicker shorts

[River 07]

In my town it only seems to be 13/14 year olds that wear them.

I saw one girl, very tall buy looked about 13 and her hotpants must have been home made. They looked more like hot-thongs.
What made it worse for me is that I got the impression she was with her parents and family.

Some of them do look nice, but as I says, it's really only 13-14 year olds that wear them here and many are shorter than short.

[captainkremmen]

Originally Posted by priscilla

my knicker shorts/shorts are not loose they are tight, does that mean i look cheap

I shall give my honest opinion if a picture is forthcoming.

(well, it was worth a try).

[captainkremmen]

Originally Posted by Sprite123

Society overall need to take responsibility and that includes the people allowing these garments to be manufactured for such young age - shorts are shorts at the end of the day, but there are boundaries, and decency.

I suspect most aren't specifically made for 12/13/14 year olds, but if a 12/13/14 year old is a size 6 or 8, they are going to fit them.

The only way to stop it from happening would be for manufacturers to stop making them in smaller sizes, but that would probably provoke a backlash from annoyed adult women who are smaller sizes.

[Beau_Soir]

Originally Posted by Casual

Some men, especially those over 30, seem incapable of realising that a tight fitted t-shirt is not the most flattering thing to wear when they have a beer belly you can rest a pint glass on.

Have to agree with this. I see far more inappropriatey attired men in the summer months than women.

[elliecat]

women have worn hot pants for years it just seems that this year it is more fashionable which is why you see women of all shapes and sizes, some nice some not so nice, wearing them.

[priscilla]

Originally Posted by captainkremmen

I shall give my honest opinion if a picture is forthcoming.

(well, it was worth a try).

Haha