https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:51:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop/page/2#post-824157 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:06:16 +0000 Bagaline 824157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cocolion:<br /> your comment reminds me of something similar that happened when I was a student, working in a big restaurant where the barmaid and 3 of the waitresses got their boobs done. I couldn't believe how they were showing and comparing the good doctor's job! And they were women who would never have done something like that before: It's as if after the surgery, their breasts had become some sort of "objects".</p> <p>As for the client almost naked in the shop, a SA should have reminded her that she was not on a nudist beach (one of which I frequented a few times long ago - which is to say that I'm far from prudish), there is a time and a place for everything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop/page/2#post-824001 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:11:17 +0000 Kari 824001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How strange! And this didn't even take place in the area by the dressing rooms? I'd be weirded out too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop/page/2#post-823986 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:56:49 +0000 Kristin L 823986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That would be a big turn-off from going back to the store. Like others have said, there is a time and place for things, and I don't think a store in front of mixed company is appropriate for stripping down to underwear and walking around. And the whole staff helping one person and not being able to help (or even offer to help) would make me think twice about going back. Have you considered writing the store about your experience? </p> <p>And you make a good point Jules. I was an art school model for a time in college and part of my job was posing nude (note - there was no touching of ANY kind allowed, and if there had been I would have been out in a skinny minute). Personally, I have no problems not wearing clothes at certain times. However, I feel like I have to think of other's comfort sometimes over my own. Which is why I won't go walking around my parents house in my birthday suit or wear really short shorts and bikini top to go shopping. Or anytime in the winter. It's simply not appropriate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop/page/2#post-823981 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:45:02 +0000 Jules 823981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was wondering if she might be a model or dancer or other profession where people apparently do get used to changing/being naked in front of others. However, she should still consider societal norms and others' comfort level. I have a friend who is very open about being naked and changing in front of others and she always talks about it in terms of *her* comfort level and how *she* thinks others should feel about it. But sometimes wearing underwear on the massage table, for example, is a courtesy to the service provider. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop/page/2#post-823979 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:34:31 +0000 Angie 823979@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well. It's not something you see every day, Becky :)</p> <p>Some people are extremely comfortable with their own nudity. Kate Moss comes to mind. Some people become that way because they take their clothes off for a living. You never know what's behind it.</p> <p>And I don't find nudity gross. But because it is a private thing for most people - seeing someone naked in the toy area of a clothing shop would be very strange. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823974 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:26:14 +0000 Mander 823974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wonder if she had just become so accustomed to strangers seeing and touching her body, as a pregnant woman, that she thought nothing of it. I've heard from many people that when they were pregnant strangers felt no compunction in putting their hands on their bellies. Maybe this happened to her? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823973 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:25:53 +0000 Janet 823973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, I believe there's a time and a place for celebrating your body, and a public place like a store where families could be shopping is not one of them. Why was the fitting room not good enough for her? And why does one need an entourage to try on clothes? And why didn't the SA politely tell her she needed to use a fitting room? </p> <p>I realize that here in the US there are a lot of weird hang ups about nudity (better cover up that statue's breast!), but I do believe in a certain level of modesty in public places. </p> <p>And a related fun fact: there is a nudist colony about four miles away from my house! I never knew what the big fenced, gated property along the country road in the woods was until a neighbor clued us in. So we live in a place known for 1) a huge Renaissance fair, 2) an abandoned state hospital, 3) a tiny wedding chapel, and 4) a nudist colony. Hehe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823967 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:10:14 +0000 moira 823967@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a strange and very funny story. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823966 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:06:33 +0000 moira 823966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a strange and very funny story. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823810 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:24:47 +0000 Jules 823810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd probably be most annoyed that I couldn't get service </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823804 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:17:26 +0000 Suz 823804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember a time when there were communal dressing rooms. You went inside to a big room lined with mirrors on all sides and there were all kinds of people trying things on. </p> <p>Ugh. How I welcomed the return of privacy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823727 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:14:25 +0000 Anonymous 823727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How strange and embarrassing. Many stores here have been removing all mirrors in the main areas so that one is forced to go to a fitting room even to see how a scarf, a color, or a bag looks. I wonder if disrobing shoppers have anything to do with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823714 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:00:39 +0000 cobaltblue 823714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>crazyone, I too sometimes try on blazers and coats outside the fitting room, but like you I keep my bra and shirt on while doing it!</p> <p>Zap, your story reminds me of a similar incident I experienced in college. A professor friend was SO happy that she had lost enough weight to fit into cute bras. She asked the male student in the room to cover his eyes ("With pleasure," he replied.) and then lifted her shirt to show me her "star" bra. Good times. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823692 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:42:32 +0000 CocoLion 823692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wonder if she had plastic surgery she was proud of. I had a friend who got her boobs done and lifted her top to show me. Then she told me to feel them. I declined, saying "that's OK, but they look great!" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823690 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:41:54 +0000 Jaime 823690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've seen this large scale locally during a sale when all the fitting rooms are full - but I can't say there were any men around. I am sort of in awe of their lack of self-consciousness and could never do it myself - whether I would want to or not. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823683 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:33:06 +0000 ironkurtin 823683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou, I agree that some body products may not be lovely to look at or imbibe, but man - your position seems really extreme to me!</p> <p>In NYC nudity was a protected political statement. Sometimes it also caused car accidents. Especially if the statement-maker was attractive.</p> <p>I'm torn on this naked lady. On one hand, well, props for feeling so comfortable with yourself. It would be wonderful if the naked body weren't loaded and we were all perfectly unashamed in our skin, right? On the other hand, we're not there yet - so minus points for being insensitive to other people's comfort. Plus, I don't believe a maternity store is the appropriate place for your own bodily social agenda, TBH. And minus to the store for allowing this to happen, because they lost a customer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823680 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:31:35 +0000 Anonymous 823680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL@ Rachy... You had me at cow;)<br /> No, I would freak out. I have issues with stranger nudity, I am not comfortable being around random naked or almost naked people. That would not be allowed here. Sometimes I get in trouble by trying a blazer outside of a fitting room, I swear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823672 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:24:20 +0000 crazyone 823672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>why wasn't she at least wearing a bra?!?</p> <p>I try on jackets and sweaters in the store proper rather than going to the fitting room, but that's because I can still be wearing proper clothing to try those items on.</p> <p>I find it even more bizarre that there were so many people facilitating her behavior. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823665 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:18:29 +0000 cobaltblue 823665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Krista! I guess she was afraid the sale would get away from her!</p> <p>Rachy, it's really interesting that you'd bring up having your arm up a cow. Having had both that experience and the one today, I can say that while the cow thing was more conventionally gross, the naked lady (who was quite lovely and probably just the physique most expectant mothers would want) was not gross persay but definitely created a socially uncomfortable situation. I choose the gross but not inappropriate cow! What a strange conversation... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823653 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:56:33 +0000 Krista 823653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I rounded the corner in an Old Navy once to find an elderly lady whipping off her jeans so she could try on a pair of pants from the sale rack. I was mortified and dove into the closest clothes rack to avoid eye contact. She barely blinked.</p> <p>I'm with your husband - it's embarrassing to see naked people in a store. But it makes for some really great storytelling after the fact! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823517 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:01:13 +0000 rachylou 823517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ya. I agree. It's not for me the mere sight, and I was raised hippie and was educated about the adult body way before I even hit kindergarten. For me, I've worked in hi tech manufacturing and food production so long, I immediate think about health and cleanliness. You wouldn't want naked people making your food: the hair, all the skin that flakes off naturally, the blood from the wounds because people are unprotected... And then there's just the average delicate sensibility. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823515 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:58:36 +0000 Anonymous 823515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, what a strange experience! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823501 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:43:23 +0000 Irene 823501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, if nakedness was something gross there wouldn't be shampoo ads with naked women in them (not that I like the idea, but if that was gross they wouldn't use it for selling). (Some) naked bodies can be appealing to some people, I think there's no need to mention that. I personally have no problems with seeing other people's naked bodies, be it children, adults or elderly people. It's just a body for me. It is true that human bodies produce 'disgusting' liquids and substances, but they are not disgusting to everyone either. </p> <p>But I do agree that there are some cultural rules that make living in a society easier and agreeable for everybody involved, and that flashing your everything to the world could be considered a lack of respect to others who might feel uncomfortable seeing you like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823482 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:50:10 +0000 Raisin 823482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, I would have been kind of ticked actually, if I were there with my husband and son. My son is 5, almost 6, so if there was a woman prancing around naked he would certainly notice, and I wouldn't think it's appropriate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823477 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:43:41 +0000 Lyn D. 823477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Funny you should bring this up.<br /> During my pilates class last week a very pregnant lady hoisted up her t-shirt to reveal her tummy. I thought this was a little strange- I guess she felt hot or something, though with hot flushes I would be running around COMPLETELY naked if I had this unselfconscious attitude too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823476 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:43:13 +0000 rachylou 823476@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mm. Yes. The human body is still gross, no matter who. Some more welcome than others, but still gross. Poop is gross. Snot is gross. Vomit is gross. Wounds and sores are gross. Slugs are gross. Raw meat is gross. Having your arm up to the shoulder inside a cow is gross. Nature is gross. You have to have an iron stomach to work with bodies, dead or live.</p> <p>But the grossest is going to hippie camp and watching all the me-too people strip off and dive into the sweat lodge. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823463 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:23:23 +0000 cobaltblue 823463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I'm glad I'm not just a prudish body-hater. I don't find bodies gross, but I did find the situation inappropriate and uncomfortable. I sure wouldn't want my wares displayed like that - the shop is wholly glass-fronted and located in a busy, upscale shopping area! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823456 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:17:03 +0000 rute 823456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No way! The store has a changing room for a reason!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823449 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:02:04 +0000 Irene 823449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't agree with naked people being gross -are your children and SO gross to you in their nakedness? :)</p> <p>I do agree that THAT was weird. VERY. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nudist-at-the-maternity-shop#post-823446 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:57:35 +0000 rachylou 823446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Never. And as a former shop girl, I tell you, one of the attendants should have shooed her back into the dressing room. That's public space on the shop floor. What if someone saw her through the window? Police could ticket her rightfully for public indecency.</p> <p>Also, I don't care what anyone says about the body beautiful. Naked people are gross. Cover up those germs! There's a reason for no shoes, no shirt, no service. </p>