Adult-inspired lingerie marketed for young girls

[Sliver]

You may want to be a little cautious when clicking on this link. It goes to a CNN article, but the banner pics do show young girls in lingerie.

The product:

French company Jours Apres Lunes has designed a line of "loungerie" -- a compromise between loungewear and lingerie -- for children between the ages of 4 and 12.

The company's stance:

There is no vulgar connotation...The materials are totally opaque, there is no transparency, no lace. The triangles -- there are only two in the collection -- are used in swimwear for the smallest children and as a first support for young girls, even by young women who are not looking for proper support since the tops I design do not offer any. There is no bra in my collection.

The children are not wearing heels, nor nail polish, nor lipstick...Their hairstyles are exaggerated, just as are games and the child's universe. These models are professional models and not 'Lolitas' who have stolen women's clothing.

Those opposed say:

What's disturbing about Jours Après Lunes is not just the fact that it's lingerie for people who probably shouldn't be old enough to even know what lingerie is, but the photographs on their website.

My daughter is 5 1/2. I think she'd love this stuff, but I wouldn't buy it for her. She'd love to eat candy all day and I'm not about to let that happen, either. I'm not in a flap about this, but it does seem a little off to me.

[burn_this_city]

[Crazy Bacon Legs]

You realize anyone who has visited this thread is now on a government watch list, right?

[Hack&Lube]

Cue the FBI Party Van!

[Hockeyguy15]

I call top bunk

[Reaper]

At this pace, society will be faced with girls losing their virginity after Kindergarten graduation. Way to go Frenchy Larue.

[Thor]

This just gives me that same creepy vibe like those child beauty pageants in the south USA.

[REDVAN]

Gross.

[Daradon]

It's about time!

[Locke]

This seems ridiculously counter-intuitive.

[JustAnotherGuy]

This must be exciting news for Boblobla. Maybe somebody should send him a pm and a link.

[3 Justin 3]

Damn you cheese eating surrender monkeys. This is sick.

[Mass_nerder]

It's pretty gross, but even more disturbing, what are the parents of these child models thinking?

[Ducay]

The stuff in that collection cover a lot more than 95% of all bathing suits or underwear so it sounds like controversy for controversy's sake.


Good exposure for the company though

[mikey_the_redneck]

The sexualization of children in our culture is disgusting and this company should be burnt to the ground.

Any parents who buy lingerie for girls so young should have their heads examined.

The moral decay continues....

[Stay Golden]

Demented!
Allso when a pedo rapes a little kid it should be called RAPE not sexual assault because their is nothing sexual about RAPE.
Anyone that is amused or gets off on little kids being objectified is twisted and evil.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

The sexualization of children in our culture is disgusting and this company should be burnt to the ground.

Any parents who buy lingerie for girls so young should have their heads examined.

The moral decay continues....

For the first time ever, I agree with you.

[jar_e]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

It's pretty gross, but even more disturbing, what are the parents of these child models thinking?

$$$$$$$$$$

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

Damn you cheese eating surrender monkeys. This is sick.

Don't worry. It's not just the French.

Abercrombie & Fitch (sp?) marketed push-up/padded bikinis to the same age demographic not too long ago. (edit - whoops. Should have read the article. It already mentioned that).

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

I call top bunk

I'll be in my bunk...