Mirror , Mirror on the wall

There's another odd thread on the Unmummy Mum. They get sent into her by her followers. This time its a rather skimpy bikini bottom from Beginners Boutique(Beginning even). The comments are funny. I do feel lousy laughing as some are personally mocking the model who was paid to pose in them. It's garnering massive attention for the brand, so I'm sure their sales, not necessarily of this item have rocketed. Some have even questioned are they for real with some of the clothing posted as they get trolled massively. But maybe the jokes not on them and their marketing team are genius.
The clothes are not for me to be honest. Their demographic would tend to have alot less body hair
and be much better at personal grooming. That said I really wouldn't be bothered commenting on the clothes or that the photos are photoshopped. I always presume that the images have been altered and that the models don't wake up looking like that that. Yet, I'm saying it here

 Even before this Ted talk, I had an understanding of it. When I was younger, the internet existed . We didn't get the dial-up version for ages. I did see images on Tv, in magazines and have relatives who 'helpfully' told me what I could do to look better. I love that she acknowledges she won the genetic lottery, which comes with many perks and  still can be insecure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM4Xe6Dlp0Y
 It shouldn't matter how we look but it does impact on how people respond to us. Its theme of the more traditional version of Snow White, she is beautiful but not very clever and loved for it. Her Step-Mother is aging, clever. Jelouse of Snowwhites beauty and naivety wants to kill her for it. Its an exaggeration with an element of truth. Maybe we all feel a flicker of it when people look at our daughters instead of us. It's uncomfortable for them when people say things within earshot about how they are developing. Which is also down to the genetic lottery

My daughter said 'It looks like a saddle for horses with their legs cut off'. That's how her friend described our neighbours new Shetland ponies to me

https://www.facebook.com/BeginningBoutique/photos/a.270254122636/10156282765772637/?type=3&theaterhttps://www.facebook.com/BeginningBoutique/photos/a.270254122636/10156282765772637/?type=3&theater

Scary Mommy has got hold of it now.
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