Abercrombie and Fitch selling Padded Bikini tops for pre-teens!

KANSAS CITY, MO.: A children's swimsuit is causing so much controversy that its maker has pulled it off their website, but not before upsetting parents and experts who say that a padded bikini top is grossly inappropriate for girls as young as seven years old.

"It gets young girls to think about themselves in developmental ways before its developmentally appropriate," said Professor Gail Dines, an activist and feminist at Wheelock College in Boston who adds that the swimwear could welcome inappropriate attention from adult men.


The swimwear's maker, Abercrombie and Fitch, is no stranger to controversy, having in the past sold thong underwear in their children's store. Now the padded bikini top has parents shaking their heads.