The Vagaries of Fashion

I'm sure you've all heard the agonising question "Does my bum look big in this?" I have always understood that if the answer to this question was "yes", then the female concerned (because it was always a female) would choose to wear something else. I'm sure the majority, if not all, of my male colleagues, understood the question in the same way. But it appears now that we may have been wrong all along. The latest marketing craze, it seems, is padded knickers, intended to deliberately make a woman's bum look bigger than normal. These we are assured, are selling like hot cakes. I'm not sure which is more contrary ...... fashion or women!