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05 July 2011
Is this shirt too tight? Luckily, pronounced nipple seems to be diminishing but I've gotten the vociferous opinion it is far too tight. Your opinions, please.
It is a stretchy material. It seems to me whenever you can make out I have boobs, I get the comment it is too tight. They are greatly diminished, so something needs to be reasonably fitted for them to be evident.
This is definitely not too tight, IMHO. I wouldn't wear it to my professional workplace (well, I would with a cardigan over), but I would totally wear it anywhere else. I'm well-endowed and skinny, and I go with a very, very close fit for casual clothes (cause you only live once!).
I don't wear padded bras (see well-endowed, above). I swear by these: Bezi Bra Discs. No nips ever.
I love how you're wearing it with a less-fitted skirt. Nice contrast.
Yes, it's too tight. You have uni-boob, which is the sign. A shirt that was a little looser would show each breast separately and wouldn't have the horizontal wrinkles over your (non-existent) tummy.
From all this I figure the shirt is a bit tight but many people do not mind this so much. Nipples, on the other hand, are a big no-no.
I do think it is a bit tight but it is kind of meant to be, unlike the t-shirts I got that kind of run small that I didn't want to bother returning.
Ultimately, I'd probably want to wear it with something. The bottom wasn't bothering me because it wasn't gripping my gut.
I'd like to hear more on the unacceptable nature of nipples.
I have a pretty conservative aging-lady style of dress, but I simply cannot understand the no-nipples crusade that appears to be sweeping the country, or at least sweeping the lingerie department*.
Nipples exist. They will occasionally show their shape through clothing. People who will be scandalized by a nipple bump are going to have a hard time making their way through this big scary world.
*Crikey, I hate t-shirt bras, but it's all I can find in stores. The contour cup is my mortal enemy. I would rather show nip every day than ever put another contour cup on my protesting boobs. I have had to order all my bras online to avoid that foamy prison. MY BOOBS YEARN FOR FREEDOM.
I think nipples are a fashion no-no for the same reason that clothes that show butt details or are so short as to display "private" parts are not in the very best taste possible.
In general, I think it is more stylish and classy to keep the parts of us that everyone has but normally don't share with strangers out of casual public view.
Having said that, I don't think anyone has to wear ridiculous undergarments or swathe themselves in impenetrable layers. Usually a little looseness or a little bit of layering does the trick.
Whereas I would classify nipples with belly-buttons: they vary pretty wildly from person to person and some will occasionally show through all but the most restrictive clothing. It's worth noting that this stricture is typically imposed only on women; male nipples are apparently unobjectionable except in the most formal settings. Patently unfair!
clothes that show butt details
I'm can't even guess "butt details" means. I'm half trying to think of a feature on or about the behind that is structurally or socially similar to nipples and half trying not to think about it at all.
...unless you mean buttcrack rear cleavage. If so, I am with you that I'd prefer not to see it, but in my mind, it is a whole different category than a little nipple poke-through. I'd classify crackage with actual uncovered aerola, because both are actual nakedness of often-covered parts. A covered nipple that's visible in outline is a whole other thing than actually seeing the body part unobscured.
I have probably exhausted my willingness to discuss nipples on the internet for this week.
Okay, just to add: Nipple bumps themselves are just a fact of nature. You get cold, they stand out, that's life. I think the anti-nipple phase is actually seeing nipples through fabric. Visible nipples makes a nice outfit rather slutty, for lack of a better term. I don't need to know the size of your aereola, please have another layer. I happen to wear those "petal" bras and tee shirt bras because I work in a cold room with all men - less distracting. Wouldn't want one of my butchers to slice off a finger.
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