Comments on: Remember the Abercrombie Push up Bikini Top?

By: Toddlers Wearing Nail Polish: Too Young or Too Cute?

Toddlers Wearing Nail Polish: Too Young or Too Cute? — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:11:33 +0000

[...] young for kids and keeping them out of the hands and off the bodies of MY children, my mind goes to push-up bikinis and high [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:52:00 +0000

I was walking through with my husband the other day…picking up socks for my 7 yr old, maybe. They had 2 styles of bra – PADDED…even some with lace…And what looked like a cropped spaghetti-strap tank top. I showed my husband…B/c I *needed* a bra when I was 9 or 10. My mom found very small women’s sports bras for me to wear…When I was 11. I felt my mom waited too long to address it…but anyway…TO me, this means my daughter might need a bra when she’s 9 or 10…And our options will be a glorified undershirt or Victoria Secret Junior. It’s gross.

By: Lissak

Lissak — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:59:00 +0000

My daughter is 3, and has yet to wear a bikini. I don’t see any real need for that. That being said, I may grab a tankini or 2 when she’s more interested in potty training, purely for practical purposes. But for now, one pieces it is.

As far as the molded/push up bra debate…. I’ve never given it much thought for myself. I buy what’s comfortable for myself. Push-up isn’t. Molded is. Finding a bra in my size (that isn’t exorbitantly expensive) is tough, so I do what fits and is comfortable without much thinking about anybody’s pleasure but MINE…because at the end of the day, I have to haul these breasts around. If the bra makes the sweater look good… bonus!

Now, whether I’ll let my preteen wear one when we get to that point? So far, she has many sensitivities when it comes to comfort as well… so I have a feeling we’re going to have our work cut out for us without worrying too much if she wears one type or another.

By: Laural Out Loud

Laural Out Loud — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:19:00 +0000

Here in the States, my six-year-old daughter wears a tankini, and only because she has such a long torso that I figure a tankini is better than a one piece that goes up and shows off her butt! In Brazil, she wears a bikini. I don’t think they even sell one piece suits there. For me, it’s most definitely a culutral issue. I don’t mind my daughter exposing more of her skin in a culture where people don’t bat an eyelash at seeing skin. I think they’d walk around naked if they could! But here, showing skin has a much more sexually charged connotation.

By: Peeved Michelle

Peeved Michelle — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:38:00 +0000

Molded bras don’t necessarily add volume. I wear a molded bra for two reasons: to shape my saggy mom boobs, and to hide pointy nipples. Young girls may not have as much of a problem as grown women do with either one of those things, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have those issues at all.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:38:00 +0000

I saw push-up bras at Target in the junior section and found it really disturbing. The display sign showed a push-up wearing girl who looked to be in her very early teens.

By: Monique

Monique — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:13:00 +0000

I’ve bought my girls bikinis and then felt completely awful about it afterwards. My more recent purchases have been 1 pieces or tankini-type tops where it covers MUCH more than bikinis do.

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By: To Bikini, or Not to Bikini

To Bikini, or Not to Bikini — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:51:10 +0000

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By: Cat Davis @ 3 Kids and Us

Cat Davis @ 3 Kids and Us — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:41:00 +0000

When my daughters are 18, they can wear whatever they want. Until then, there are no bikinis or padded bras going to be on them. My one itty bitty breaking of that rule was when I bought my 2 year old a bikini. But, it’s in no way sexy. I found it in the online Disney store and it’s just a simple mini mouse bikini with a ruffled bottom and a top cut like a thick strapped sports bra … and it’s only for our backyard. When we go to public swimming place, the girls wear one pieces. I can live with being a prudish mom.