describe when a piece of clothes is showing

[alpacinou]

Hello,

I want to describe when a woman's bra is showing from underneath her dress. Please look at these two pictures:





Is "stick out" the correct verb to use here?

Picture 1. Her bra strap was sticking out in her back.
Picture 2. Her bra was barely sticking out from underneath her dress.

 

[Raymott]

"Her bra was showing."
"Her bra straps were showing."

Neither of your sentences work.

 

[alpacinou]

"Her bra was showing."
"Her bra straps were showing."

Neither of your sentences work.

I need a little bit of more details. Imagine you want to create a picture in the mind of someone who has not seen the photos.

Does this work?

Her bra straps were showing on her back from underneath her dress.

 

[Rover_KE]

[STRIKE]a piece of clothes[/STRIKE] an article of clothing

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd use only "Her bra straps are/were showing" for the photo in post #1. Mind you, it's not the kind of thing people really comment on these days. How people dress should not be the subject of discussion, comment or judgement from others.

 

[GoesStation]

I'd use only "Her bra straps are/were showing" for the photo in post #1. Mind you, it's not the kind of thing people really comment on these days. How people dress should not be the subject of discussion, comment or judgement from others.

It's OK in a context that requires a detailed description of someone, though -- like describing a photo.

 

[alpacinou]

It's OK in a context the requires a detailed description of someone, though -- like describing a photo.

If you were to describe those photos and embellish a bit, what would you say?

 

[Tdol]

And why and how do you want to describe this? Thread closed. Sexism has no place here.

 

[Tdol]

I am re-opening the thread after the OP communicated with me- they are writing a story that requires this in a description.

Please make it clear if you are asking about something sensitive that you have a good reason to do so.

 

[jutfrank]

And why and how do you want to describe this? Thread closed. Sexism has no place here.

I cannot begin to fathom how wanting to say someone's bra strap is showing could be construed as sexism.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm on the fence as to whether it's sexist or not. If the story contains a detailed description of the clothing of everyone in the picture, including the sole man, then I suppose it's not discriminatory. However, a story that involves such banality as a detailed description of someone's bra strap showing doesn't strike me as gripping reading.

 

[jutfrank]

However, a story that involves such banality as a detailed description of someone's bra strap showing doesn't strike me as gripping reading.

It may be a banal observation, but that doesn't make it sexist. Any sexism would be shown in the wider context, which we don't have access to. This isolated sentence is just a simple observation. It shows no attitude on the part of the speaker.

We have to give alpacinoutd the benefit of the doubt here and presume that he's simply wondering how to express a particular state of affairs in English.