After years of research re knickers and vpl, I have concluded...

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Big, comfy, cotton knickers are by far the best for avoiding vpl. I've tried them all, multiple thongs, the very thin ones sold as no vpl but apart from the obvious advantages of being big comfy and cotton, the big ones are by far the best. You don't want elastic around the legs , so shorts best and they need to be maybe half a size bigger than you think but definitely the way to go.

IMO they look better than fancy pants without clothes too

I have come to the conclusion that no knickers are best for avoiding VPL with 100% certainty.

Thongs are gross, when people see them hanging out if your jeans, we do not think how sexy, and yes both sexes are sniggering.

I feel your pain op.
I still cling on to some microfibre shorts from marks that were amazing. Now they are nowhere to be found in shops.

The H&M recommended on here high waisted are ok in terms of no vpl and shaping but fucking uncomfortable.

Like you op I'm having more success with cotton shorts I think they are from matalan!!

I bought a thing for the first time in years from marks. Honestly duck that felt horrific. I like myself enough not to inflict that one mysrkf!!

Yy to the sizing up. I overheard the best advice from a teenager in primark in torquay years ago - it was 'god you can't buy your actual size in knickers!!! Gives you a fat roll even if you're tiny!!!' Mind blown!!

Sizing up in knickers has been a life changer for me. I tell everyone to do it.

I have never understood the penchant for thongs. Don't they give you a rash in your bottom crack? and itch/irritate like buggery?

@KaptainKaveman “like buggery” spat my tea out reading that. Sums up things quite well

Thongs not things!!

I find them hideous to contemplate. Don't they get stinky as well?

See I'll be in thongs til the day I die.
No VPL, don't take up any room in the washing machine, what's not to like?

oh but you do get vpl with thongs. it looks like you are wear teeny tiny knickers with big wobbly bum cheeks hanging out.

puttergal don't they get stinky and make your bumble sore?

bumhole!!!

Cant beat knickers up to your armpits! Pull up high and wear them big!

At some point between 20ish and 30ish I became mumsy stopped perceiving VPL as inherently problematic, and actually slightly prefer the way my bum looks with a v faint knicker line across it. Not like too-tight buttock-sliced-in-half style, but the idea of trying to look like I’m not wearing any knickers now seems really weird!

Or shorts are good too

Shorts wouldn't really work under a mini skirt.

Sizing up is essential but I go 2 sizes up. So comfy.

So I’ve come to the conclusion that different shapes knickers suit different shapes bums. Mine is a sticky out rounded one, any knickers ride up so with a thong it’s less fabric and I don’t notice it - with boxers, shorts, other knickers I’m constantly pulling them out!
As to stinky - well I don’t tend to sniff my pants when I take them off - but not sure why they would smell more than anyone else’s? I certainly don’t pass out from the stench when I remove them though!

As an aside 'bumble' is WAY better than 'bumhole'

I am very short and ladies knickers are just cut wrong for my shortness

Comfy knickers have been hard to find but mainly proper shorts (nice and modest under short dresses or skirts) or GAP breathe rang - no VPL as nothing digging on!

@KaptainKaveman

I have never understood the penchant for thongs. Don't they give you a rash in your bottom crack? and itch/irritate like buggery?

They don't go that far up your bum, no matter how tight they are!

In answer to the question to me, I guess they (thongs) would only go stinky if your bum hole was stinky/not clean.
I do try and have a clean bum build as much as possible - so it's not been a problem.
I agree different knickers suit different shaped bums, I always size up and wear cotton only.
I never get rashes etc (been wearing thongs for 20 years)

Sizing up! How much do you size up?? this is probably why they’re never comfortable on me

Has anyone seen Pen15? The thing episode is hilarious.

I agree op, big pants for the win. I always wear a size bigger than I am and I have no vpl issues!

*thong!