It’s hard to say what age is the right age to start wearing a bra – I guess it’s just whenever you have the bust to fill one, and need supporting. However, surely the age of 8 is a little too far?
A large retailer has been slated for selling bras that start from as young as age 8, with sizes from size 28AA to 34A. A pink gingham print bra, for very cheap, was deisgned to give young and petite girls the appearance of a developed bust. With gel bras, push up bras and plunge bras, too many girls are changing the way they look at a young age.
With children now aspiring to be like role models such as Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez (all Disney stars) then can we really blame the girls for wanting to have the same shape of them too? Therefore, I suppose there was indeed a gap in the market for this product. It is however, inappropriate and this sort of dress shouldn’t be encouraged to pre-teenagers.
Other retailers have been criticised for inappropriate products before, and one was once forced to stop selling padded bikinis to 7 and 8 year olds. The fact that it also states that there is matching lingerie available encourages children to wear matching sets – something that adults do to look sexy!
I seriously think that kids these days grow up too fast! Having a bra is the start of really growing up, so why do that at 8 years of age?!