# Backless? It's practically \*buttless\*! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076 "2004-10-07T19:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/1 "2004-10-07T19:13:17Z")
[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040929/ids\_photos\_en/r2264886129.jpg&e=2](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040929/ids_photos_en/r2264886129.jpg&e=2) Check out that matching thong! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/2 "2004-10-07T19:19:42Z")
Zowie! :d ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/3 "2004-10-07T19:20:13Z")
Well that’s dumb. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/4 "2004-10-07T19:32:39Z")
Is this dress for casualor business wear? Man, I wish the woman around MY office would dress this way…well, ah,maybe not (most of them are rather full-figured). Who but a supermodel can actually WEAR something like this? Is the thong intended for swimming after work? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/5 "2004-10-07T19:40:48Z")
That is one scary expression on her face. Um, for reference, look towards the top of the photo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/6 "2004-10-07T20:22:41Z")
She looks cold. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/7 "2004-10-07T20:22:50Z")
Scary expression indeed! Maybe she’s just realizing the sanitary issues associated with wearing this “dress”. For more entertainment, follow the link to the slideshow. Among other delightful ensembles, you’ll see a woman seemingly done up as a clown, another woman wearing a surgical mask on her face and apparently sporting large wooden slabs tied to each foot. And for contrast, the occasional attractive, tasteful outfit crops up just to confuse you. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/8 "2004-10-07T20:23:40Z")
For a bonus, you get the lady from Guatemala in the Miss Earth contest, representing The Element Silicon. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/9 "2004-10-07T20:24:53Z")
Them’s some butt-ugly clothes. Hey, you knew _somebody_ was gonna say it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/10 "2004-10-07T20:25:31Z")
> [@Mama Zappa](#): > > For more entertainment, follow the link to the slideshow. Among other delightful ensembles, you’ll see a woman seemingly done up as a clown, another woman wearing a surgical mask on her face and apparently sporting large wooden slabs tied to each foot. And for contrast, the occasional attractive, tasteful outfit crops up just to confuse you. Which only goes to show you why I will never _ever ever_ understand the world of “fashion”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/11 "2004-10-07T20:32:07Z")
> [@Mama Zappa](#): > > another woman wearing a surgical mask on her face and apparently sporting large wooden slabs tied to each foot Michael Jackson’s next wife? ---
**Author:** ![akwally1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akwally1/32/3220_2.png) [@akwally1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akwally1)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/12 "2004-10-07T20:35:34Z")
Hey, you’d be wearing an ummm…angry?..befuddled?..orgasmic?..expression (take your pick, I’ve no frigging idea what she’s trying to put across, no pun intended) if you had a silver crab holding your underwear together. Wally ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/13 "2004-10-07T20:51:39Z")
Her expression scares me. Like demons are trying to claw their way out of her skull or something :eek: Next time someone starts to ask me to do something I don’t want to do, I’ll pull that expression half way into their sentence. 😛 “Hey Incubus could you get me a… :o …errr nevermind!” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/14 "2004-10-07T20:59:54Z")
Number 32, 75 in the slide show make even a model look fat ! 110 is cool/crazy apparently it is Ready-to-Wear. But plenty of good an interesting ideas to be seen as well. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/15 "2004-10-07T22:22:40Z")
I think that’s the guy that repaired my refrigerator. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/16 "2004-10-07T22:25:10Z")
[Holy crap!](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041007/ids_photos_en/r2089398440.jpg&e=6&ncid=) Will someone that keeps up with the topsy-turvy world of modern fashion explain that one to me? Or does that look as stupid as I think it does? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/17 "2004-10-07T22:43:50Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > [Holy crap!](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041007/ids_photos_en/r2089398440.jpg&e=6&ncid=) > > Will someone that keeps up with the topsy-turvy world of modern fashion explain that one to me? Or does that look as stupid as I think it does? You’re not hep to surgical masks and shoes made out of grass and sod? Where you _been,_ brotha? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/18 "2004-10-07T22:51:54Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > [Holy crap!](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041007/ids_photos_en/r2089398440.jpg&e=6&ncid=) > > Will someone that keeps up with the topsy-turvy world of modern fashion explain that one to me? Or does that look as stupid as I think it does? Looks like something stolen from the defect rack to me, but then I also can’t fathom why anyone would wear that green thing - sorry, clothing clothes. That’s clinging. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/19 "2004-10-07T22:54:25Z")
I don’t even think that’s a dress. I think it’s a scarf that’s slipped a tad. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076/20 "2004-10-07T23:00:56Z")
So what’s the deal with the clown suits and terrorist attire. No butt? All I saw was a bunch of asses. High fashion really cracks me up. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backless-its-practically-buttless/268076.md?page=2)