Cycle shorts under dresses

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Hello there. Please can you recommend some good cycle shorts to wear under dresses? I would like them to smooth me out a bit but I don’t want anything too restrictive as will be wearing them in Egypt in August and will be hot. Thank you

Are you wanting to wear them to cover up a bit more or anti chaffe?

Snag Tights ones are good for anti chafing, I'm not sure about smoothing though. they do 'cooling' ones.

Do you mean anti chafe? Primark are great and good value. M&S are cotton rather than Lycra.

My favourite ones are Sainsburys sports ones, wicking, hold in my belly

I like the M & S ones, I bought them in black, white and nude last year. I can't find them online now though?

Found them!

https://www.marksandspencer.com/2pk-shaping-shorts/p/clp60533883?intid=mobileappppdpshare

Popsy are the best ones

Sorry not anti chafe. More just a bit of cover up and some shaping

Thank you so much!

These havr better reviews as ‘under dress shorts’
www.marksandspencer.com/high-rise-sleep-knicker-shorts/p/clp60495080?intid=mobile_app_pdp_share

The Snag cooling ones are great

I've just bought some lace M&S ones from their new range and very pleased with them.

Step One (yes originally mens but they do ladies as well

You can also get culotte slips in M&S. They might be cooler than tight shorts and are anti static so good for shape.

These are fab. I made it my mission last year to trial all the under-dress shorts (although I wasn’t interested in shapewear, which these definitely are not) and these were the winners by a country mile. I found the tights material type ones horrible on hot days personally, but also rated the Amazon ones which are more like long men’s “trunk” type pants in a kind of cotton jersey.

This year it has been too cold for dresses so they’re all waiting patiently 😂

Big Bloomer company are my favourites!

The idea of adding extra layers in hot egypt seems slighty ridiculous actually, no offence.

OP I wore these under dresses in a very hot Jordan last month and they were sooooo cool and comfortable.

I agree. OP you are going to melt! Temperatures can hit the 40s.

I’ve been looking for some of these for ages, thanks OP and PPs!

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@StarlightLady i know I’ve been before. TBH it’s only in the evenings as I’ll be mostly in swimwear during the day

Thank you. Some of the reviews say they roll up. Did you have this problem?

I found these rolled around and didn’t like them at all. I’m a 10/12 with a big arse and thighs. I think the website said they were - from memory - something like one size, fits up to an 18, so maybe they would be better on someone larger. They also came up super-high on me, I could have tucked them into my bra! (That wasn’t my vibe but might be what others are after of course.)

The M&S ones are rubbish! Given they're slightly too short in the leg, they ride up your thighs. I'm 5'8" and 10-12 and am constantly pulling the legs down.
Gave up on knickers years ago as I don't like the camel toe feeling or VPL. Thongs are my idea of hell!
Uniqlo cycle shorts are my go to, 27%elastane, slightly longer inside leg length that stays in place.
And they are thick enough to be worn with just a T-shirt or used as bottoms for swimming. And they don't sit in your crotch!