The Labour shadow Culture Secretary - wearing this in the HoC?

Well the dress has now sold out on ASOS so some people liked it. Plus she’s auctioning it for charity so all’s we’ll that ends well.

annep1 Normally, I'd agree with you, but I honestly do think that some posters have been doing a very realistic job of impersonating a stereotypical judgmental old biddy who doesn't listen to anybody else.

Namsnanny Have you actually read why she was wearing that dress, what she'd been doing during the day and why she was in the HoC?

The amount of knicker twisting and pearl twitching is ridiculous.

I think most of us just calmly gave our views on the top, I don't think that qualifies as "ripping apart".

I assume you're an old biddy as you're not too busy living your life........

Well done!

Doesn't it seem a bit unbelievable that a 50 something woman who has spent time as an actress and politician, both jobs that require lots of time spent in the public eye, doesn't understand the attention a dress like this would garner?

I find it hard to accept, that with her background, she was oblivious of how her image would be perceived.

Therefore it was a choice of hers.

IMV it was worn to draw attention. To herself and her career or the point she was making.
I for one wasn't aware of her before.

If she was a conservative, I might have thought it was to draw attention away from some of the topical problems of the day.

I do think that women are always judged by their appearance, often unfairly.
But this propensity by society can be used as a calculated tool too.
It happens every day in the press. Careers are built and dashed on it.

Perhaps she read my post asking if she had been a Girl Guide

Be prepared!!

She’s auctioning it for the girl guides - seems a good end to a storm in a teacup. news.sky.com/story/mp-tracy-brabin-auctions-shouldergate-dress-after-social-media-storm-11928007

Eloethan I recall similar sorts of remarks being made about Theresa May's summer holiday dress.
What someone wears on holiday is totally irrelevant. It has nothing to do with their work clothing.

Magsymoo Women in public life have a hard enough job being taken seriously..........
Well that's exactly the reason she shouldn't be wearing this.

I recall similar sorts of remarks being made about Theresa May's summer holiday dress.

Why is it that people focus on such trivialities when there are so many serious issues to discuss?

‘dressgate’ is being discussed on ‘The Pledge’ at the moment.

No I don't think only old folk think the top doesn't look too good, but perhaps young folk are too busy living their lives to get obsessed by this. The amount of knicker twisting and pearl twitching is ridiculous. Women in public life have a hard enough job being taken seriously without other women ripping them apart as well for a minor fashion faux pas.

"Old biddies" . Not really acceptable language. Why do you assume only older people think the top doesn't look good. I know lots of young ladies who wouldn't be caught dead in this top.

It’s not a duck - it’s a shoulder.

I wouldn't mind, but she isn't even good at ACTING like an MP

If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it usually is a duck.

It doesn’t say it all though.

ananimous has got a point. The picture says it all and that is what the thread is about. You don't need to know anything else to give an opinion on the picture.

Some people shop in PJs and slippers - Nowt so strange as folk...

MaizieD*you haven't bothered to read the thread and don't seem to have any idea why she was wearing that dress.*

I don't care what you think. I don't care what she said.

I've got eyes in my head, and a fully operational bllsht filter...

I think what speaks volumes, ananimous is that you haven't bothered to read the thread and don't seem to have any idea why she was wearing that dress.

It speaks even more volumes if you do know but still need to bitch about it....

Magistrates are clearly made of sterner stuff.

A good dose of healthy perspective from the Court there Iam64 - some on here could learn from that.

Would you say that was court attire than? - speaks volumes!