52? She had better be a milf to be putting THAT on.

Is 52 her age, or waist size?

Them are some tacky underthings.

I've had metal decorations on underthings before and I can't possibly fathom how it could hit her in the eye.

@Motherfirefly: 52? She had better be a milf to be putting THAT on.

I'm glad you said that and not me. I'd get roasted for making a sexist comment.

Are you sure it wasn't the sight of herself in that gawd awful thing that damaged her cornea?

I'm going to be sick. Please settle this out of court.

Even if this actually happened, I would be way too embarrassed to file suit about it. Those things look like cupcake frosting.

I think this is definitely a case of user error. Now, if her red, white & blue panties that plays "Yankee Doodle" were to cause an electric shock there might be a case.

Battle against visible panty lines, whatever. Like that's any trashier than seeing a woman's thong ride up to the middle of her back when she leans over.

a decorative metallic piece affixed to her thong became airborne and struck her in the eye as she was attempting to put on the garment

@zentex:
Maybe she thought it was a slingshot!

Whale tail meets Cougar.

Everytime I wear women's underwear around my head, I have the same problem!

Obviously it is a safety measure to blind people from 52 year olds trying on that type of lingerie.

@NameGoesHere:

Well, even then in that case it's still a malfunction... it's only safe if it blinds the spectator, not the 52 year old.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I dont care for metal on my undergarments, decorative or not...

Are those holes in the nipple region?

Please get this image out of my head!!!!!

Who do I sue for the mental anguish of picturing the above scenario?

@CharlieInSeattle: Please get this image out of my head!!!!!

Check out the pic on TSG's page about the lawsuit. That may help.

@Motherfirefly: At that age, she could be a GILF!

Why do I get the feeling that she's a bit, erm, portly and tried to stretch out the thong a bit too far, slingshotting the metal skyward?

@ornj:

Yes, and I think there's one on the crotchular area too.

Tacky Tacky Tacky

ewwwwww. That garment is not age appropriate for a 52 year old woman. Time for some granny panties old lady.

@ARPRINCE:
*groan*. A "Gilf"??? LOL.

I'm grossed out at the thought of someone trying on underwear in a store!

@ARPRINCE: I always misread GILF as GELF, as in the big furry space beasts from Red Dwarf. Now I have a mental picture stuck in my head of a Gelf wearing that awful lingerie.
[www.totalreddwarf.co.uk]

That is... hilarious. As, um, unsettling as the mental imagery might be, the idea of somehow tangling up a thong so much that a metal thing will fly that much and still have force to damage someone is quite hard to fathom.

I think this is one of the funniest stories Consumerist has posted in a long time.

@ cmdrsass:

Time for Victoria's Secret to put an ID-ing process in place to keep people in age appropriate undergarments.

PS How do you set up a link to a comment like I tried to set up above and failed?

VS needs to hire Johnny Cochran. Make her put it on in court. If the thong doesn't fit, you must acquit!

Isn't Heather Locklear almost 50? Just sayin', ya know? I'm not touting 52 year olds but get yourself down to the Jersey Shore during June or in September and check em out!

Design problem seems vague to me. Do you think he is referring to the inclusion of that strange new material "Elastic". This could account for the slingshot effect. However this design problem is found in almost all underwear made today. It couldn't be the metalic spangle as that decorative property was probably one reason she purchased these extra cheesy panties to begin with.

mmmmm

The headline got me excited but the first line made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

@stezton: I might have missed it somewhere in the official document but I don't think they said she was trying them on in the store.

@donopolis: I think the defect is the fact that the metallic thing actually came loose.

I think the lesson here is to avoid underwear decorated in anything that could be described as metallic shards.

I feel like I'm reading Yahoo's OMG.
@heavylee-again: It's still sexist no matter who said it. I'd expect more tact from a person who has "hire me" plastered across their website. :/

There is probably some fat bald guy with a pitiful 3 inch when erect dick, who has never been able to find a clit, out there right now, wishing he could get some 52 year old, much less one that's willing to lose an eye so she can wear slut undies for him.

@Juggernaut: Michelle Pfeiffer is 50. And I love the assumption that if she's 50 she's gotta be fat. Nitwits, Victoria's Secret doesn't even sell underwear that would fit a fat person. Lane Bryant takes care of selling undies to the fatties. Duh. So you got a thin 52 year old. If she turns out to have been too fat to wear it without it breaking, what will be heard in court.

@stezton : She didn't try it on, she bought it and was allegedly injured at home. It states in the court documents (on the link posted above) that the "defendants (Victoria's Secret) knew the product would be purchased and used without inspection for defects." Maybe she ordered it online, though I think the specific phrasing of "used without inspection for defects" is going to make that part of the claim hard to prove.

let me be the first to say that this thread is just fine without pics.

I think by the age of 40, people should realize they aren't in their 20s.
I tried to keep a straight face about this, but this is just hilarious.

@zentex:

I agree. The thong was not meant to be put on her head.

Ya know, first it's people who don't inspect their shard laden undies for defects, next it's gonna be people sitting on toilet seats without first making sure it's not coated in gluey-goo.

Wow, unbelievably youth-obsessed, presumptuous comments on here. Not every woman over 35 is fat and gross.

Though this one might be a bit dim.

Rene Russo 54!! Didn't someone recently say 50 is the new 30?

Is it wrong that I'm imagining her put the thong on and the metal piece shooting off, ricocheting off the walls a couple of times (complete with sound effects), and finally hitting her square in the eye? Because if that's wrong, I don't wanna be right. And it's cracking me up.

Susan Sarandon is 62
That's Sixty-Two

It's stories like this that usually start:

"I was vacuuming in the nude when I suddenly fell on the ketchup bottle..."

@alphafemale: Hehe, Tim Robbins' mom!

Ugh, another useless lawsuit. :(

@luz: I think the assumption is that any woman over 25 is fat and gross.

I for one can't imagine that anyone would buy underwear with holes in it unless they had a reasonable expectation that someone would see them in it. The fact that she bought it implies that at least one person thinks she's hot.

Why does her age matters at all? If the metal pieces aren't secure on the garment how would being 20 years younger have prevented it from coming off?