Chapter 15: A Mortifying Measurement
The Measurement
I shook my head in disbelief, crouched low and shivering, still completely unclothed. My hands were wedged tightly between my thighs as I huddled on the cold floor, silently praying for a miracle—or a black hole.
After a bit there was at the door. “Knock-knock!” Julie chirped, far too cheerfully.
“Yes?” I answered the salesgirl anxiously.
But instead of a response, I heard the unmistakable click of a key sliding into the lock.
“What—hey!” I yelped, just as the door popped open and Julie waltzed in. “What’re you…I’m na....I'm not dressed!”
“Not a problem,” she said without batting an eyelash, as if it was standard procedure for her. In her hand was a measuring tape and a clipboard. On the clipboard was a sheet of paper with a drawing of the outline of a female human figure. “We just need to get you sized properly. Head to toe. Nothing to be embarrassed about.”
“Oh! Please, I don’t need…at least let me get dressed first?” I stammered, inching backward in vain.
Julie smiled sweetly. “No need for that, honeybun. Nothing I’ve never seen before, so there’s no need to be bashful. Besides, it’s much easier to get exact measurements this way. While you're naked. Now be a good boy and stand up straight for me, hmm?”
With a pitiful groan, I rose slowly, keeping both hands firmly clamped over my modesty. I stared straight ahead, face burning, as Julie casually left the door cracked open. Naturally, Becky, Brenda, and the young teens needed no further invitation. The door creaked wider as their wide-eyed faces peeked in, hungry for more spectacle. Of course, Julie made no effort to discourage them.
Trying (and failing) to suppress her smirk, Julie knelt behind me and gently lifted my right heel. “If you’ll hold down this end with your heel, I’ll go ahead and get your height.” She stood and extended the tape to the top of my head. “Stand tall now….aaand….five-nine and a half. Excellent!”
She looked around. “Shoot, I forgot the scale. Don’t go anywhere,” she said with a wink, already halfway out the door.
“It’s okay!” I called back anxiously. “Why do you need my.…I weigh one thirty-fi—”
“I’ll be right back! It’s best to weigh you while you’re naked!” she hollered from the sales floor, much louder than I thought necessary.
The giggling girls continued to hang about the doorway while I waited impatiently for the salesgirl. I turned my back to the girls and bent to a crouch. It was a full five minutes before Julie returned.
“Sorry for the delay,” she said brightly, stepping back in with the scale. “Had to help another customer. But don’t worry, I’m all yours now.”
Wonderful.
She laid the scale on the floor and motioned for me to step on. When I did, she announced what I already knew. “One thirty-five. Five-nine and a half, one-thirty-five,” she said, scribbling onto the clipboard.
She looked up at the girls. “Excuse me, but could I trouble one of you girls to write down this information for me as I call it out?”
Becky jumped at the opportunity. “No problem,” she beamed as she stepped into the room and took the clipboard.
“Thank you so much,” said Julie.
I stood helplessly, still covering myself as best I could, while Becky took her place beside Julie—both clearly reveling in the moment.
“Okay, let’s get your neck size, sweetie. Chin up,” Julie said, gently tilting my head with her fingertips. “Once we get all your measurements, you can go to our website and do your lingerie shopping online....looks like fourteen inches exactly. Lovely swan neck you’ve got.”
I groaned softly.
"Okay, I’ll need you to hold your arms straight out to your sides, sweetheart, so we can get your chest size.”
“Please,” I whispered, “just… let me put something on.”
Julie rolled her eyes like I was being dramatic. “Now, now, we’ve been over this. Your measurements are much more accurate when you’re nice and naked. Now be a good boy and make this easy for me. Arms out, soldier. Nice and straight, like you’re ready to take off.”
I glanced at Brenda and saw the unspoken command in her eyes. With a defeated sigh, I knew what I had to do. Slowly, painfully, I moved my hands from my crotch, exposing myself to the full view—and full judgment—of the room.
“Atta boy,” Julie said with a grin, her tone sugary sweet. I caught her eyes flicking down to where my hands had just been. Her smirk widened, unmistakably amused by the view.
“See how easy that was? Now let’s get these arms up," she said as she took hold of each of my arms and lifted them up. “There we go—flying position. Hold that pose....perfect!”
She slipped behind me for the chest measurement, most assuredly to give the girls an unobstructed view of my exposed genitals. Becky and Brenda had seen me naked before, but they were grinning brightly, as their enjoyment of my humiliation seemed to have no limits. The young teenyboppers were grabbing onto each other and giggling uncontrollably while staring at my genitals. It was all I could do to keep from running off.
“Thirty-two inches,” Julie announced. She walked around and gave my chest an appraising look. “That’s a double A cup, for sure.”
Cue another wave of laughter. Becky dutifully jotted it down like she was recording lab results.
“Okay,” she continued. “Let’s get your waist size now. I’ll need you to hold your arms up high in the air. It’s best to get the waist measurement while you’re all stretched out, in case you ever want to wear a corset.”
I grudgingly raised my arms slightly.
“All the way up, please,” Julie directed.
Reluctantly, I obeyed, raising my arms like a yoga student.
"Now interlock your fingers and face your palms to the sky……no, turn them up, so your body will be nice and taut….there you go, perfect….you’re all stretched out now….I must compliment you on your hygiene….lovely smooth underarms.”
The giggling turned up a notch. It was true—though I had sprouted some pubic hair, my armpits were still hairless.
She walked behind me to take the measurement, affording the other girls what for them was I’m sure a very entertaining view.
“Twenty-eight inches." After a pause, she said, “With a corset I think you’ll have a lovely hourglass figure.”
I dropped my arms again, my hands snapping back over my crotch like magnets.
Julie came back around and faced me. “Okay, we’re almost done. I just need to measure your hips so your panties will be properly sized.”
I groaned softly to myself as Julie knelt once more.
She looked up at me. “You’ll need to hold your arms up and out of the way, please.”
With a defeated sigh, I crossed my arms over my chest and tried to pretend I wasn’t standing there naked, being sized for panties.
Julie wrapped the tape around my hips. Her eyes were no more than two inches from my penis as she purposefully scrutinized her objective—and at that moment, I don’t think it was the tape.
As she stood up, she couldn’t suppress another smirk, only now it was more pronounced. “Definitely an extra small,” was her stinging remark. While everyone laughed, she gave my flushed face a sympathetic pat. “There, that wasn’t so bad, now, was it?”
I didn’t answer. I couldn’t.
As everyone trickled out, still laughing, Julie turned back and chirped, “Be right back with your bra and panties!”
The door clicked shut, and I locked it in a hurry. I leaned against it, face in my palms, and muttered into my hands.
“Oh….my.…fucking....God.”
Bra and Panties
My reprieve was short-lived. Barely two minutes had passed when Julie’s hand appeared over the dressing room door, holding a pair of lavender-colored panties. “Would you try these on for me, please?”
Shuddering, I took the panties and gingerly slipped them on. They hugged me a little too well. I winced as I glanced downward.
“Well?” Julie’s voice was expectant, chipper.
“They’re….fine,” I answered meekly.
Next came the matching bra, unceremoniously draped over the top of the door. I tried ignoring it, but—yeah, no chance.
“Don’t forget your bra,” came the cheery voice from the other side of the door.
I reluctantly slid the shameful garment off the door and stared at it like it might bite me. Which direction did this thing even go? Julie, sensing my struggle, piped up again.
“Slip your arms through the openings, sweetheart, then clasp it in the back. Would you like some help?”
“No!” I blurted far too fast. “I mean….I can do it."
After a full-on wrestling match, I finally managed to secure it. I felt ridiculous, and more than a little humiliated.
“How are we doing in there?” asked the all-too-helpful Julie.
“Fine. They fit fine. Really. I’ll take them….if that’s what you want.”
There was a brief pause.
Maybe she was done?
“Just to be sure, I think we should have a look in the mirror.”
Of course she does.
I closed my eyes for a moment to gather myself. Then I opened the door.
“Oh, you look
adorable,” Julie gushed. “Do you feel as sexy as you look?”
I didn’t dignify that with a response. I power-walked toward the mirror, wishing I had a paper bag for my head.
As expected, I was met by a growing crowd of grinning faces. Becky and Brenda were beaming, their amusement clearly endless. The teenage girls were practically bouncing with glee. The blonde customer from before observed from a distance. She looked quite amused. And now, because this clearly wasn’t humiliating enough, another saleslady and a couple of other women in the store had taken notice of the show.
When I reached the mirror, the girls formed a cozy semicircle around me, looking on with great amusement. Julie sidled up to me.
“Oh yes, this is definitely you,” she said, adjusting the lace along the bra cups with professional ease. “Lavender is such a lovely color on you, don’t you think so?”
The two new customers had wandered closer, watching like they’d stumbled onto the best matinee in the mall. I needed to get out of sight immediately.
“Yes….I mean, no….I mean—I’ll take them, please!”
I spun on my heel and bolted toward the dressing room, desperate for cover. But to my horror, the door was closed—and locked. Someone was already inside. In a mini-panic, I looked around for another dressing room, but there was none to be found.
I knocked on the door. “Excuse me, but can I get in there?” I asked anxiously.
A woman’s voice replied smoothly, “I beg your pardon, young man, but I’m busy in here.”
The occupant paused and peeked at me over the door, looking me up and down with open amusement. Tall Blonde Lady from before. Grinning widely, she calmly said, “She’s right, you know. It
is a lovely color on you.”
My nightmare continued. I stood stiffly by the dressing room door, one arm crossed over my chest, the other shielding the front of the panties. It wasn’t until later, replaying the scene in my mind with a shiver, that it struck me: I was striking the exact pose any modest girl in my situation probably would’ve assumed. And once that realization sank in, it only deepened my shame.
Becky, Brenda, and the two teenagers clustered around, savoring every second of my mortifying exposure.
Eventually, mercifully, the dressing room vacated. I scrambled inside and slammed the door shut, breathing a sigh of relief like never before.
But then I realized....my clothes were still missing.
I poked my head above the door and looked around, but they were nowhere to be seen. I spotted Julie a few yards away. She was still grinning.
“May I please have my clothes now?” I called out to her.
“Sure!” came Julie’s cheerful voice. “I’ll get them for you. First, though, hand me your new bra and panties, and I’ll wrap them up for you.”
Naked Again
I sighed and peeled off the offending garments. They were snatched from the door in a blink, and once again I was left naked and waiting....and waiting.…and waiting.…
“Excuse me?” I shouted, now with impertinence. “I’m still waiting for my clothes!”
“Sorry, I’m helping another customer. Your clothes are hanging on the rack with the babydolls. You’ll have to get them yourself.”
I groaned. I should have known it would come to that.
Peeking out, I scanned the store. I had no idea what a babydoll even was, but clearly I wasn’t going to find my outfit without parading through the store naked again. Desperate, I grabbed a tennis shoe. I held it over my genitals, which fit perfectly inside the opening of the shoe.
I made a break for it.
The store exploded in laughter. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw several people peering through the window—one of them actually pointing at me with glee.
I darted from rack to rack like a deranged shopper on Black Friday, searching for anything that resembled my clothes. No luck. Tall Blonde was headed toward the dressing room again, and I barely beat her to it.
I slammed the door behind me and yelled, “Please! Can somebody please bring me my fucking clothes?!”
The Teddy
There was silence. Then, slowly, ominously….a fuchsia teddy was draped over the door.
Becky’s voice followed. “That’s no way for a young lady to talk. Now put on your new teddy and let’s go home.”
“Oh, shit,” I muttered to myself. I pulled the teddy off the door and leaned against the wall, feeling hopeless. “Ohhh, shit.”
There was a knock. “Open the door!” Becky demanded.
In a rush, I pulled the teddy on—again—and turned the knob. Becky burst in, holding a shopping bag.
“If you’d just asked nicely,” she teased, “I would’ve given these to you.”
She showed me the contents—my shorts, t-shirt, underpants—and then she dropped in my shoes and the frilly socks.
“Let’s go,” she said with a sunny smile.
“Oh God, please, Beck! I can’t—not in the mall!”
Becky simply smiled and tugged at my elbow.
I pulled loose and tentatively ventured out of the dressing room. Once again, I was the center of attention. I briskly walked toward the exit.
But there was Julie, waving merrily from behind the counter.
“Yoo-hoo! Don’t forget to pay for your lingerie, sir!” she called, delighting in every syllable.
I gave Brenda a desperate look. She smiled and nodded toward the counter. Becky reached into the shopping bag, retrieved the credit card, and handed it to Julie. She took an unusually long time to complete the transaction while I stood there, basking in my degradation.
At last, the smiling Julie handed me the pink bag containing my new bra and panty set. The bag had giant “VS” logo emblazoned on both sides.
“Thank you so much,” she said. “You’re my new favorite customer. Please come back soon. I’ll be happy to help you
any time.”
I turned away to leave and Becky jabbed me in the ribs.
"Thank you for your help,” I mumbled, trying not to cry.
“Oh, trust me,” Julie said, her smile wicked, “the pleasure was all mine.”
The walk through the mall was its own special kind of torment. Becky and Brenda each took one of my hands, parading me like a show pony. The young girls trailed behind, openly giggling. I tried to walk fast, but my sister and Brenda held me back.
I even had to wait while they ordered an ice cream.
By the time we reached the exit, I’d lost count of how many people had stared, whispered, pointed, laughed. I heard one wolf whistle, an “Oh, how darling!” and—just to truly cement my humiliation—a loud, “Look at the pretty boy in the lingerie!” I can’t tell you how many shades of red I turned throughout that walk.
When we exited the mall the two young teenage girls stopped at the door and watched us cross the street into the parking lot. As we got in the car the sound of their giggling voices still rang in my ears.