Apologies to Macrida Patterson, V-String Victim

Megan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Yesterday, we wrote about Macrida Patterson, who sustained an eye injury from a bit of metal flying off her thong. After viewing the current selection of v-strings by Victoria's Secret, we determined that it had to have been a truly horrific bedazzled thong with matching veil. Macrida — who, by the way, is by no means fat or "old" looking despite the nasty comments thrown her way at Consumerist — and her lawyer were on the Today show this morning with The Thong, which was blue-green and lacy, not white and bedazzled. We apologize for doubting her fashion sense, though we doubt her choice of a lawyer since he said that her rationale for suing was "we want to make Macrida whole again" and refused to specify how much money they wanted. He sounds like every other skeezy personal injury lawyer we've ever met.

Earlier: Mock A Woman For Her Crimes Against Fashion, Not Her Age or Her Ass

Mock A Woman For Her Crimes Against Fashion, Not Her Age or Her Ass

Megan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:30:03 EDT

Yesterday, our sister site Consumerist published an article about a lawsuit filed against Victoria's Secret by Macrida Patterson, 52, of Los Angeles. The suit alleges that while Ms. Patterson was attempting to try on a v-string from the "Sexy Little Thing" line, a decorative piece flew off and hit her in the eye causing some damage. A perusal of the collection showed me that the only v-string with eye-injuring decoration (heh) was this bedazzled monstrosity. A perusal of Consumerist's comments (urged on by a reader) hurt my eyes worse, though.

Basically, everyone at Consumerist seemed to be operating under the assumption that:

52 is old,
Macrida Patterson is overweight,
Old, overweight women shouldn't wear thongs, and
Old, overweight women cannot be sexy.

Examples below:

"52? She had better be a milf to be putting THAT on."
"Whale tail meets Cougar."
"Obviously it is a safety measure to blind people from 52 year olds trying on that type of lingerie."
"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?"
"ewwwwww. That garment is not age appropriate for a 52 year old woman. Time for some granny panties old lady."
"I think by the age of 40, people should realize they aren't in their 20s."
"can you sue someone for product failure if the size of your ass was really the culprit?"
"Please...I'm injured for life thinking about a 52 year old putting that thing on."

Look, I'll be the first to admit: a woman who would buy this thong ought to be mocked for buying this thong. But comments about her ass and her age? Not cool.

Woman Sues Victoria's Secret Because Of Thong Injury [Consumerist]
Dinged By A G-String? [Smoking Gun]

Jezebel: panty problems

Apologies to Macrida Patterson, V-String Victim

Mock A Woman For Her Crimes Against Fashion, Not Her Age or Her Ass