Abercrombie & Fitch Selling Padded Bikini Tops for Tweens

You are a typical teenager with an underdeveloped brain and judgment. You should have nothing to say about the matter because you are "not qualified".

My daughter is 12 and is well endowed. Even if a bra or swimsuit is lined you can still see nipples. I would buy a suit with padding.

Emma, you say you are a teenager. I have no problem with you wearing a padded bikini top if you so want. However, these swim tops are being sold to girls as young as 7. THAT is what is bothering people.

I'm with Emma on this. It's not geared towards seven year olds, this thing is for girls from about 9-14. At 9, many girls need bras and the padding will hide "nippling" and provide a little support. As for the older ranges these are meant for, they definitely need something like this. Abercrombie & Fitch have plenty of other things to answer for, but this isn't one of them. People should be more upset about their business model than this product. If your pre-teen isn't developed enough to need them yet, fine. Not all girls between 8-12 are so lucky. I was a B cup before I reached the eighth grade and I wish they'd made padded bathing suits for young girls 10 years ago because it would've saved me a ton of teasing for being the first in my class to develop breasts.

@bill most teens nowadays are smarter than adults.

Emma, It was a long time ago that I was a "tween", but I still remember how uncomfortable it was when I would wear a swimsuit and my new breats would react to the cold water. I don't see anything wrong with a padded top for tweens/teens as long as it is in the cup area for concealing rather then for "push-up". I don't, however, agree with children 8-16 wearing "bikinis". I think parents are asking for trouble when they choose skimpy suits and clothing for their girls. I honestly had more trouble with the "super skinny" jeans, and "short shorts" they are selling on their site to the same age group. Any FYI I have 5 children 25 years old to 8 years old, for anyone who wanted to know my perspective.

The big difference Emma is that we're talking about 7yr old girls, not teenagers. So, yeah, a big difference.

They are saying the bathing suit was aimed at 7 y/o. Were you anywhere near developed at 7???? I think not. Read the article again.

You're all sick f**ks.
Note well: it's the 'moms' who want this garbage for their mini-twits.
Why should 'mom' need to wait until her twit is twenty-one to start living a 'do-over.'
To wait all those years? By then, the tattoo aiming down 'mom's' a** will have stretched so badly--no one will know where she wants it.
Sooooo sick you are.

To be fair, there ARE some girls these days that are develpoing at a much younger age especially with all the hormones they're pumping into our food today!! I know a girl, Liz, who started growing her breasts when she was 7 and started having her periods when she was 9!! My friend's daughter was too big for her C-cups by the time she was 13!! When I saw the bra on the wash line, I thought it belonged to my friend, but she said it was her daughter's and raved about how nuts it was that she was already too big for it at 13!! I've also heard of a girl that started growing breasts at 5!! It COULD be that these "bras" are aimed at these types of girls. However, other than in those types of instances, I DO agree with those that say this is not a good idea! Here we are, going overboard to protect our kids from predators and, at the same time, we're supposed to buy the newest A&F gear to tart them up even more and at a much younger age??? Is this stuff sold to support a young girl's breasts, or is it sold to support the neighborhood pervert's kink??

BETCHA HAVE SOME NICE TATTOOS ALSO..RIGHT ?

Emma, honey, the big deal is that young girls should be free to be young girls and not conform to some nonsense made up by perverted Executives at Abercrombie, The big deal is the world is filled with pedophiles who, though they may not need help sexualizing children, thrive on these types of clothing, possibly leading to young children being sexually abused. And many, many children are sexually abused. I work with them and it's heartbreaking. The big deal is that it is not appropriate, and hopefully you will understand all of my objections, and others, when you have a child to love and protect. No one is saying teens cannot have padded tops but younger girls, no, honey. It's just not okay or even safe for them.

think you're stretching a bit.