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Single mum says 'knickers to sex' and makes a million (Clothing promoting abstinence)
UK Telegraph ^ | 7/31/05 | Elizabeth Day

Posted on 07/31/2005 1:31:20 PM PDT by wagglebee

A range of clothing emblazoned with slogans promoting virginity until marriage is set to make its founder a millionaire.

Wait Wear, an American company that sells to Britain over the internet, features £8 pants with "No vows, no sex" printed on the front, and £14 T-shirts bearing the phrase "No trespassing on this property: my father is watching", or the simple "I'm saving it!". The clothing is so popular that Wait Wear's founder and director, Yvette Thomas, expects turnover of more than £1 million this year - 250 times up on 2004.

"The response has been overwhelming," said Miss Thomas, a 39-year-old unmarried mother of three who became sexually active at 15. "When you become sexually involved outside marriage it clouds your thinking, and prevents you from seeing individuals for who they really are."

Despite her past, Miss Thomas insists that abstinence is "in alignment with God's laws". Six years ago she saw the error of her ways and says she has been celibate ever since.

Last year more than 400 British adolescents signed up to the American abstinence movement, The Silver Ring Thing, whose members wear a silver ring as a symbol of chastity.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: abstinence; clothing; familyvalues; fashion; morality; silverringthing; teensex; virginity; waitwear
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Despite her past, Miss Thomas insists that abstinence is "in alignment with God's laws". Six years ago she saw the error of her ways and says she has been celibate ever since.

She should be commended for this.

1 posted on 07/31/2005 1:31:20 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: NYer; Coleus; Salvation

Pro-family values, abstinence ping.


2 posted on 07/31/2005 1:32:23 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

3 posted on 07/31/2005 1:35:20 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: cyborg

LOL. What does the man wear?

4 posted on 07/31/2005 1:37:28 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: wagglebee
Six years ago she saw the error of her ways and says she has been celibate ever since.

She should be commended for this.

Most definitely.

5 posted on 07/31/2005 1:38:18 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: martin_fierro

Ummm... what's the point of printing "I'm saving it!" on your underwear?

If you are committed to saving it, exactly who is the message for since nobody else should see it?


6 posted on 07/31/2005 1:39:42 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: wagglebee

I think she should too, but I do have to admit that I had a great belly laugh when it covered her marriage status and the fact that she has three children.

One other thing occured to me though. Why would you put that writing across panties if the idea is to remain celebate. Is this another, oh that isn't really sex moment?


7 posted on 07/31/2005 1:40:31 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
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To: Petronski

That is the men's version.


8 posted on 07/31/2005 1:41:47 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: Petronski
LOL. What does the man wear?

No kidding. I wouldn't wear those.

9 posted on 07/31/2005 1:41:55 PM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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If you are committed to saving it, exactly who is the message for since nobody else should see it?

I'm afraid I have absolutely NO frame of reference.

10 posted on 07/31/2005 1:43:24 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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later pingout.


11 posted on 07/31/2005 1:43:38 PM PDT by little jeremiah (A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, are incompatible with freedom. P. Henry)
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To: wagglebee
I'm waiting too!!!!

And It's Worth it!!!

12 posted on 07/31/2005 1:43:44 PM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("I will Declare the Beauty of The LORD.")
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That is the men's version.

Sorta get it. Girls wear the tanks. Guys wear the underwear. Why not both guys & girls wear the tanks?

13 posted on 07/31/2005 1:43:53 PM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: Petronski

LOL good grief.


14 posted on 07/31/2005 1:44:07 PM PDT by cyborg (to love,honor and obey...)
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To: wagglebee

GOOD FOR HER!!!!

The more you spread yourself around, the less prized you are.

High mileage takes its toll.


15 posted on 07/31/2005 1:44:44 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: the Deejay

The girls have their own versions of abstinance draws. Still, exactly who is supposed to be getting the message?


16 posted on 07/31/2005 1:46:29 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: nmh

Oh yes. contrary to popular belief, most men are turned off by girls who've been around the block too many times. The doublestandards and hypocrisy is amazing but it is what it is.


17 posted on 07/31/2005 1:46:48 PM PDT by cyborg (to love,honor and obey...)
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That is the men's version.

Uhhhh...Pink Men's briefs????

Besides, I don't think that the "flap" is aligned "properly".

18 posted on 07/31/2005 1:48:40 PM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("I will Declare the Beauty of The LORD.")
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To: nmh

Meanwhile, women seem to run like hell from any man who hasn't slept around.


19 posted on 07/31/2005 1:49:49 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: wagglebee
whose members wear a silver ring as a symbol of chastity

Where do they wear the ring, and does it have a key?

20 posted on 07/31/2005 1:50:31 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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