Welsh mum says she gets 'death stares' for wearing revealing dresses in Tesco

A glamourous mum says she gets 'death stares' when she wears dresses while pushing a trolley around her local supermarket. TikTok star Raekay Bennett, from Neath, took to social media to reveal that fellow customers "shoot daggers" at her in store as a result of her choice of outfit.

But the 23-year-old, whose posts giving out fashion and beauty tips have so far received 6.5million likes, added that she refuses to change her style just because she became a mum last October. Appearing in a recent viral video she can be seen wearing a short, figure-hugging black dress, gold earring and bright red lipstick.

She explained, "(This is) Me walking round Tesco on my weekly shop, dressed like this, pushing my baby, getting death stares off the ‘can I speak to the manager’ hair cut women."

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The TikTok star became a mum last October (raekaybenett/tiktok)

"Oh bore off ini," said Raekay, before bemoaning the assumption that once you've had a child you must suddenly dress like 'a mum'. "It’s like they want to see you in denim overalls crying instead," she added.

And the post has already drawn a huge reaction from other mothers on TikTok. "People expect you to stop being you once you have a baby," replied one.

Another added: "I wore a dress the other day and got out of my car to put the pram up and you’d swear people have never seen a woman with baby wear a dress." A third asked: "Why can't we normalise looking hot in shops in pretty dresses?"

Plenty of her followers were quick to offer encouragement (raekaybenett/tiktok)

Raekay, a drama graduate whose real name is Rachel, also received plenty of complements from her followers. "You look amazing," "Stunning" and "Don't stop being you" were among the many shouts of encouragement posted in response to the clip.

In a previous interview Raekay - whose page you can see here - described her online audience as "imaginary friends that I feel really connected to. "When you're younger there is such pressure to fit in, so if you see someone on the internet completely being themselves it could make others feel okay to do the same."

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