# A&F Thongs For Children! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877 "2002-05-20T00:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/1 "2002-05-20T00:31:49Z")
This is perhaps the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen in the world of fashion: [http://www.jsonline.com/news/gen/may02/43941.asp](http://www.jsonline.com/news/gen/may02/43941.asp) There’s something inherently disturbing about a thong made for a seven year old girl that has “eye candy” or “wink wink” printed on it. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/2 "2002-05-20T00:35:26Z")
Appropriate sig ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/3 "2002-05-20T00:41:24Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/4 "2002-05-20T00:49:40Z")
OMG. I guess they need the thongs to wear with the super low-rise jeans and belly shirts. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/5 "2002-05-20T01:07:48Z")
Please tell me that this is all just some huge hoax. If it is not then I question the sanity of any parent who would buy this kind of thing for their child. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/6 "2002-05-20T01:16:47Z")
The TV station I work at covered this in our newscast, it’s not a hoax, but I doubt they will sell many, or even plan to sell many. Abercrombie & Fitch seem to be in love with “controversy”, earlier this year they marketed T-shirts with crude Asian caractures, then took them off the shelves immidiately. I suspect they do this sort of thing to get free “publicity” when there is a public outcry. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/7 "2002-05-20T01:18:54Z")
Awfully nice of that U. of Md. prof, at the end of the article, to essentially tell parents that, like it or not, they’ve just got to adjust to it. A few university and state officials might be hearing from me about her, since I live in MD. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/8 "2002-05-20T02:26:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Awfully nice of that U. of Md. prof, at the end of the article, to essentially tell parents that, like it or not, they’ve just got to adjust to it. > > A few university and state officials might be hearing from me about her, since I live in MD. \*\* Because I’m sure journalists never take anything out of context for the purpose of a quick “juicy” quote, right? :rolleyes: And if I read it correctly, the prof was quoted as agreeing that it’s “outrageous.” I agree with her: since when has parental indignation ever reversed pop culture trends? All it does is fuel them, as any adolescent will tell you. That said, I also agree that kiddie thongs are a disgusting idea (with “eye candy” printed on them???). ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/9 "2002-05-20T03:14:44Z")
What is that you say, Chicken Little? ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/10 "2002-05-20T03:18:47Z")
I’ve seen kids wearing thongs already. It’s all I can do to shake my head. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/11 "2002-05-20T03:23:29Z")
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this the same Abercrombie & Fitch that recently put out the “clothing catalog” that had more pictures of completely naked boys and girls then it did pictures of people with actual clothes on? Or was that Calvin Kline? ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/12 "2002-05-20T03:26:12Z")
These things don’t come in a size smaller than medium, so they fit ten year olds and up? Who do they think they’re kidding? My twelve year old is already out of children’s sizes and into juniors. A medium in children’s sizes is usually about an 8, or an 8/10, which means it probably fits the average 6 or 7 year old kid. And there’s a **big** difference between being interested in clothes and being old enough for adult styles. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/13 "2002-05-20T03:27:04Z")
Not that I support kiddy thongs or anything, but… These were designed for kids age 10-16, although news papers like to claim that they “look” like they could fit younger kids. Around age ten, girls start wanting adult things. It makes sense that if they see their mom wearing a thong all the time, they are gonna want to wear a thong, too. And fourteen or fifteen year olds usually wear adult underwear anyway. All this does is provide the same options to fifteen year olds that are too small for adult panties. Yes, I think that any underwear being “trendy” is somewhat ridiculous, but I can see why older kids would want to follow these trends. And I can see why companies would want to capitalize on this trend. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/14 "2002-05-20T03:38:15Z")
My niece was about 8 when she noticed thongs in a store. her response was - “Eewww…who’d want to go around with a wedgie all the time.” StG ---
**Author:** ![Lil\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lil\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lil_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/15 "2002-05-20T05:02:37Z")
What’s next? Underoo thongs with the Powerpuff Girls on them? Puh-leeze ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/16 "2002-05-20T06:12:59Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s not appropriate for a 7-year-old, but it is appropriate for a 10-year-old. Once you get about 10, you start to care about your underwear, and you start to care about your > clothes. > [@](#): > > It’s cute and fun and sweet. -Hampton Carney, spokesperson. This guy has to be kidding. When I was 10 I would not have been worrying about thong underwear! WTF is wrong with this company? ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/17 "2002-05-20T14:11:08Z")
I don’t like thongs _now_, at 30, though I understand the various appeals. At 10 or under they would have driving me absolutely batty. I honestly can’t imagine girls that age wanting thongs, though I admit I don’t spend a lot of time around pre-teens. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/18 "2002-05-20T14:18:15Z")
quote from article: “He said he could list at least 100 reasons why a young girl would want thong underwear, the need to hide pantie lines being one of them.” where’s the list? That I would love to see. Its bad enough that its a thong for kids, for god’s sakes, but the “wink wink” and “eye candy” are what repulse me. ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/19 "2002-05-20T17:34:59Z")
I feel sorry for the poor clerks at A&F. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877/20 "2002-05-20T17:48:44Z")
The perfect addition to the “porn star” star t-shirt. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-f-thongs-for-children/109877.md?page=2)