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What knickers do you wear?

98 replies

NeedCoffeeToSurvive · 06/05/2021 16:19

Couldn't think of a less blunt title so I apologise for that, I went shopping for some new underwear and the number of different styles amazed me, it made me wonder what is most popular or most commonly worn.
Me personally I've always gone with a BoyShort because I find them most comfortable and any styles that sit directly on the bikini line usually cause me a rash so I avoid them.

What do other women mostly wear?

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coogee · 06/05/2021 17:12

G strings or thohgs. Nothing if they show and there no danger of exposing myself.

lockdownrainbow · 06/05/2021 17:12

Full briefs

NeedCoffeeToSurvive · 06/05/2021 17:15

@bonbonours

Tangas in microfibre because I find them much more comfy. Big pants (no matter what shape, or how many sizes up I go) just end up scrunched up in my bum crack. At least with a tanga or thong it's just a tiny strip of material so not uncomfortable. I wore them even when I was pregnant. It's absolutely not to look sexy but totally for comfort reasons. I wear soft crop tops instead of proper bras for the same reason. I can't tolerate uncomfortable underwear any more.
I actually bought some Tangas sets in Microfibre that have a matching little crop top/sports bra type thing, the fabric is so soft and they looked comfortable, definitely out of my usual comfort zone but I like them.
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@PanamaPattie

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ColdTattyWaitingForSummer · 06/05/2021 17:21

According to your picture, classic! I used to wear smaller ones, but bought a pack of bigger pants from M&S recently (to get over the minimum for free delivery) and oh my gosh! They’re so comfortable. Five pairs for £12, and they’re pretty much all I wear these days.

KurtWilde · 06/05/2021 17:24

High cut for me.

Buzzer3555 · 06/05/2021 17:28

Nothing for me but fresh air

Palavah · 06/05/2021 17:32

Surely it depends on what else is being worn on the bottom half?

EmpressSuiko · 06/05/2021 17:36

Since having children I stick to high waisted full brief or high waisted Brazilian due to my stretch marks!

merryhouse · 06/05/2021 17:37

High-cut briefs usually, though I've been known to buy classic if that's what's there.

80sMum · 06/05/2021 17:38

In my youth I wore tangas, then graduated to bikinis, then in my late 40s I moved on to hipsters and now, in my 60s, I'm in the full briefs, though there's not a lot that's "brief" about them if I'm honest! Grin

I've never worn thongs. They look so uncomfortable!

HopingForOurRainbowBaby · 06/05/2021 17:38

Full briefs nowadays. Spent my teenage years wearing thongs and g strings but I was 7 stone slimmer back then. Probably also got thrush more times then I cared to imagine wearing them as well

ShowOfHands · 06/05/2021 17:40

I don't wear boy shorts because they're cut right on the bikini line ime.

I wear women's boxers. Mostly these: www.myoddballs.com/collections/ladies-boxers

Itsyoouu · 06/05/2021 17:40

High cut for me but I'm really long in the body so they end up like minis

LST · 06/05/2021 17:41

Boyshorts

hiredandsqueak · 06/05/2021 17:42

Full briefs here, so comfy. Remember sniggering when dm wore "big knickers". Bought some for after birth of dc and never went back to the knickers I used to wear.

sapnupuas · 06/05/2021 17:55

Always shorts. But usually lace ones.

JustGiveMeGin · 06/05/2021 18:00

Depends on my mood and my outfit, also what I intend to do later Grin

IntermittentParps · 06/05/2021 18:03

Bikinis, according to those pics. The bottoms of boy-short legs get annoyingly rolled up in jeans/leggings legs, I find.
I wear a thong sometimes for exercising in public in skintight leggings, too.

Oh and cotton. I'm increasingly irate at how many otherwise nice-seeming knickers turn out to be of man-made fabric.

BurbageBrook · 06/05/2021 18:08

I like boyshorts or hipsters the best day to day. Slip on the occasional thong pre-seduction...

GeorgeTheFirst · 06/05/2021 18:14

Hipsters. Didn't expect to be in the minority!

3rdtimemummy2845 · 06/05/2021 18:15

Currently I wear the big knickers. I've just had 3rd baby & omg they're the comfiest knickers I have ever worn. I am stretching out wearing them tbh. I had baby 3 weeks ago & only bought them for the early days after birth so I was comfy but here I am still wearing them 😂 My go to is usually thongs which who knows if I'll go back.

ofwarren · 06/05/2021 18:22

Full brief for me.
So comfy!

Cocolapew · 06/05/2021 18:32

Full briefs, they are comfy and sit better under trousers.

CallMeCleo · 06/05/2021 18:42

none