See-Through Chic: Making a Statement with a Transparent Dress

Well, let me tell ya, this here “transparent dress” thing, it’s somethin’ else. I ain’t never seen nothin’ like it in my day. Back when I was a young’un, we wore clothes that covered ya up, you know? Didn’t want folks seein’ more than they should. But these young girls today, they somethin’ else.

See-through clothes, they call ’em. I seen pictures, them movie stars wearin’ ’em. Said one of ’em, Clara Bow or somethin’, she wore one back in the day, 1925 it was. Made her famous, they said. Scandalous, that’s what they called it then. Now, they call it “empowerment” or some such nonsense. “Confident,” they say. Hmph, I call it plain crazy.

These dresses, they ain’t got no substance. Just thin little bits of nothin’, like mosquito nets or somethin’. You can see right through ’em! Everything hangin’ out for the whole world to see. I don’t get it, I tell ya. What’s the point of wearin’ clothes if they don’t cover you up?

• They say it’s fashionable.
• They say it’s trendy.
• They say it’s a “statement.”

Statement of what? That you got nothin’ to hide? Well, some things are better left hidden, if you ask me. It’s like that singer, Rihanna, they say she wears ’em all the time. And that “Mugler catsuit” thing, looks like somethin’ a cat burglar would wear, tight and see-through. They say it’s mainstream now. Imagine that!

And it ain’t just dresses, mind you. They got see-through skirts now too. For the fall, they say. And in the spring, they gonna keep wearin’ ’em. Romantic, they call it. I don’t see nothin’ romantic about showin’ your underwear to the whole world. It’s just plain…well, I ain’t gonna say it. My mama would wash my mouth out with soap if she heard me.

They even got somethin’ called “naked dressing.” Naked dressin’! Why not just go outside naked then? At least that would be honest. But no, they gotta put on this little wisp of nothin’ and call it a dress. And these fashion designers, they makin’ a fortune off this stuff. Can you believe it? People payin’ good money for clothes that don’t even hide nothin’.

Now, I ain’t sayin’ I know everything about fashion. I’m just a simple old woman. But I know what’s decent and what ain’t. And these see-through clothes, they just ain’t decent. If you ask me, they lookin’ for attention, that’s what it is. Wantin’ everyone to look at ’em. Well, they gettin’ what they want, I guess.

If you don’t want your clothes to be see-through, I heard you gotta pick the right fabric. Thick stuff, like denim. Not that thin stuff, like chiffon or somethin’. And you can wear somethin’ underneath, like a slip. That’s what my mama always told me. “Always wear a slip, girl,” she’d say. “You don’t want folks seein’ more than they should.”

But these young folks today, they don’t listen to nobody. They do what they want. And if they wanna wear see-through clothes, well, I guess that’s their business. But I still think it’s crazy. Just plain crazy.

So, that’s my two cents on this “transparent dress” business. Take it or leave it. I’m just tellin’ it like I see it. And I see a whole lot of nothin’ bein’ covered up by a whole lot of nothin’.

Tags: Transparent Dress, See-Through Clothes, Naked Dressing, Fashion Trends, Sheer Clothing, Clara Bow, Rihanna, Mugler Catsuit, Revealing Clothes, Modesty.