Woman’s online shopping fail as $20 dress is completely see-through

Brooklyn Taylor, from Perth, had fallen in love with racy halter-neck gown by Australian designer Natalie Rolt but couldn’t afford to buy it.

The distinctive gown features a daring cut-out that exposes its wearer’s midriff as well as a risque thigh-high split that can be adjusted with a string that can tighten or loosen ruching across the hips.

So when she saw an advert online offering a near identical dress for $20, she decided to buy the item and see what showed up.

In a hilarious TikTok video the 23-year-old shared her “fake dress fail” – revealing the white gown that arrived was completely see through.

“Obviously I knew it was a fake,” Brooklyn, who goes by username @sooklyn on the social media platform, explains, before asking: “Is that even legal?”

“But I also thought, ‘let’s just order it and see what comes’.”

She then held up a long piece of white fabric to the camera before declaring: “Let’s just try it on.”

After slipping into the gown, Brooklyn returns to the screen with her arm covering the cut out area across her breasts to protect her modesty.

“It’s see-through, it’s see-through, but like, wow,” she tells the camera.”

“They’ve got the shape, they’ve got the shape, they got it. But who can wear this out?

“Baby girl, it is see-through.”

The content creator’s 183,000 followers were quick to chime in with advice, some suggesting she lined the dress with another fabric.

“Maybe wear a white skirt underneath and pasties? Or sew a liner into it?” one fan wrote.

“Get a liner put in, it’s like $20 at a local alternations place,” another agreed.

“Oh yeah just sew a lining in, you’ll be good,” someone else stated.

Others said it looked “good” for the budget price, while some told Brooklyn she should buy the “real” version if she wanted it so badly to which she replied: “I do not have $560 to spare.”

While some pushed Brooklyn to reveal where the “fake” was bought so they could get their hands on it too, but she remained tight-lipped, urging people to “support actual designers”.

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