Sunday Rest: bodycon. Word Not To Use Today.

What's the con with bodycon?

A bodycon dress is tight-fitting:

 

photo by Kalvin Chan

but some have sleeves, and some are fairly long. They're not all low-cut, either. Still, the one thing you can say about a bodycon dress is that it leaves no room at all for deceiving anyone about what's inside.

So what is the con?

Originally the expression was body conscious (because who could not be body-conscious in a dress that fits slightly more tightly than your own skin?) but later the term morphed into body-confidence.

Then in the 1980s the idea went to Japan, where it became 

ボディコン, or bodykon if you write it in the Roman alphabet.

It's possible to use this word as an adjective: I fancy something quite bodycon. 

But tight-fitting would do just as well, and doesn't sound as if you're trying to fool anyone.

Sunday Rest: bodycon. For the confident and the fashion-conscious!