It’s so fascinating to troll comments on subjects like this because I know what I’m going to see before I even begin scrolling through.
I know there are going to be the moms who are outraged at the inappropriateness and other moms who are going to be like—Oh! How cute!
There are going to be those who shout in all caps—HOW DARE GAP DRESS OUR LITTLE GIRLS LIKE STRIPPERS?!
And don’t forget the requisite practical—It’s all just marketing; the head honchos translating grown-up clothes into mini-versions for kids.
So where does the average, level-headed mom fall?
Well, if that mom is me, which I’m not sure she is, I would say what I notice is all my forty-year-old woman baggage coming up.
The first thing that jumped out to me was the owl shirt the shorts are teamed up with along with the tag line—sequins are a hoot!
My mind went immediately to the restaurant Hooters! But, trust me, that’s my mind, not where my daughter’s mind would go.
She would just be like—Oh! Pretty! Sequined shorts and an owl shirt!
And I guess I’d fall into the middle-zone on this. How short are they? With tights they’d probably be cute and fine. But, no, I’m not rushing out to buy these for my daughter, but do I feel there’s some evil plan out there by the Gap executives to over-sexualize my daughter? Nah—probably not.
They’re probably just marketing what they think will sell. And little girls like sequins—not dressing like strippers.
Would you let your daughter wear sequined short-shorts?
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