Bikini ban 'over the top', says shopper as she is booted out in mall mixup

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By Daniel Bourchier

Northern Territory News

February 13, 2009 07:27am


A WOMAN is outraged after she was kicked out of the Northern Territory's biggest shopping centre for wearing a bikini top.

Barbara Rilatt and her husband Neil, both 28, were furious to be asked by security if they had a T-shirt to cover up her upper body or to leave Casuarina Square last week.

Centre manager Ben Gill said the incident was a misunderstanding as bikini tops were not banned in Casuarina Square.

Ms Rilatt, a nurse of Lee Point, said the incident was upsetting.

"How could you offend someone by being comfortable?" she said.

"The security guard - a woman - came up and said put on a shirt or leave.

"It is fine to wear your jeans down your crack, but not to wear a bikini top?"

Mr Gill said he understood Ms Rilatt was wearing a bra and not a bikini top.

"If she was wearing a bikini, we have made an error," he said.
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Wearing a bra should not be discriminated against. We should as a community support the bra the same way the bra supports our ladies.

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Clinton of Sydney

"I would suggest it came down to a misunderstanding.

"If someone was wearing underwear, then we would ask them to cover up."