'Dumbfounded' mum makes thousands laugh with her huge skirt video

Published date20 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Naomi Lashington was excited when an outfit for her upcoming holiday was delivered but when she opened the package she was 'dumbfounded' by one item's size

The 30-year-old says she kept unfolding Pretty Little Thing's Charcoal Ruched Hem Maxi Cargo Skirt like a 'fruit winder' before filming her reaction to trying it on.

Footage shows the annoyed charity worker holding the £4 skirt in front of her to show how it stretches up to her chin. She claims she could 'hang it up as a curtain' and that it's made for the wife of Roald Dahl's book character the Big Friendly Giant (BFG).

A second clip shows her step into the 'oversized' skirt and pulling it up until only her neck and head are poking out of the top.

She hops backwards to show it looking like a 'sleeping bag' before turning to show its stylistic rear slit, which Naomi says stretches up to her 'bum crack.' .

The mum-of-one says was annoyed she couldn't wear the skirt for her trip to New York a fortnight ago and she won't be shopping at Pretty Little Thing again after facing multiple sizing issues.

Naomi's videos have been viewed more than one million times with users in stitches at her description and modelling of the bizarre-looking garment.

She claims she returned the item and received a refund.

Naomi said: "It was literally the same size as me and I'm 5ft 2in so whose lower half is 5ft 2in? I had that excitement when you get an order delivered but when I opened it up the skirt was like a fruit winder. It kept coming and coming.

"When I filmed the try-on video that was my natural reaction because I didn't expect it to go under my chin. You can tell it's oversized on the website but I didn't realise it would be that oversized. It's a...

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