To fancy a pair of Mary's knickers?

[Freshlettice]

Although not Mary in them
Seriously, I rather like the black and cream ones.

I like the fact they are 100% British made. I am rather tempted myself.

It's not going well though, is it!!

I will definitely buy a pair. I think they look nice and a tenner seems an ok price.

I like the idea of buying British. If the range expands then I would consider buying them.

Did anyone read Private Eye about this? Apparently other UK knicker makers are very pissed off - including one brand that hired her company Yellow Door as consultants and had the gimmick of putting the machinist's name on the label which she's totally ripped off.

I didn't know women were still wearing non-cotton knickers, and wouldn't want nylon type again.

Wow, didn't know about the other firms being peed off, maybe I'll think again then.
They have cotton gussets, so not all over nylon. Although I do usually wear cotton ones with a lacy trim. I just liked the shape of them, quite substantial without being those awful hi-leg things.

I liked them, especially the black and cream - I hated the name though "Kinky Knickers"? :(

I like the "Love your country" in the gusset though, and retro branding. £10 is a good price too and I like the idea of buying British and not from a sweatshop

They are called Mary?s Kinky Knickers.

Hideous name and for that alone, I'm out!

Kinky Knickers? Who on earth thought that was a good idea? That would stop me buying them too. That and the nylon thing.

£10 for a pair of knickers???? Are they made of spider silk or something?

10GBP for a pair of pants??

Dear Lord!

They looked really nice quality but agree with comments about the brand name. Just not nice!

YABU. Buy them from 'Who Made Your Pants?'. They've been making 'ethical' pants in their Southampton factory for a lot longer than old Mary has. They employ only women, giving opportunities to women who have had a hard time.

Their pants are really lovely. Oh and £10 is how much pants cost if you want the person who made them to be paid a fair price - just as I'd expect you'd want to be paid a fair price for your work startwig

www.whomadeyourpants.co.uk

bearcrumble, I saw that - it was Becky Johnson from Who Made Your Pants?

Hopefully it will prove good advertising for Becky's social enterprise :).

From the Who Made Your Pants website "All our pants are made from upcycled traditional synthetic lingerie materials,"

Not a chance.

Soupy what would you want them made from (for that price)? Cotton?

peggy: For 18 quid and up i would expect cotton and hand made by blind nuns!

Heck - their prices have upped massively since I last bought from them. Agree £18 is ouch. However, I suspect that this is how much it costs to make them .

£18 for a pair of knickers

Mind you - how much do women pay for knickers from myla, agent provocateur and Aubade? Probably twice that.

Well, the last time I bought underwear was between 2004 and 2006, and none of it was expensive, so theoretically could I justify spending that much on fair-trade underwear that supports the British economy?

But I certainly wouldn't buy "Kinky Knickers" or synthetic materials...

"Soupy what would you want them made from (for that price)? Cotton?"

Price has got nothing to do with it. I wouldn't buy synthetic knickers.

I've bought 2 pairs of Marys knickers, they're coming in today's post.

I love the idea of buying British and I don't like the ethical and environmental problems of cheap cotton.

I think £10 is a good price, the Guy from Liberty last night they were great quality so I will be very happy if they last.

Just looked at the site. There's a range of prices. Cheapest is £12.50. But it's all very lacy and lingerie-style.