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Please recommend me some pants !!

27 replies

Newmeagain · 01/02/2026 11:40

I am not sure if it’s just me, but I don’t seem able to find any pants like the ones I used to have.

Basically, I don’t want “big” pants but I do want them to cover my bottom and stay there.

i used to have lots of cotton hipster style ones from Uniqlo and other places. But they don’t seem to exist anymore. They are all “cheeky” styles that don’t stay in place and ride up.

Any recommendations?

OP posts:
dementedpixie · 01/02/2026 11:46

I like midi ones from asda. Coverage but not as big as a full brief

FlorenceBlack · 01/02/2026 12:08

Innersy on Amazon

fairydell21 · 01/02/2026 12:13

FatFace! You can buy through Next too.

GreaterCassowary · 01/02/2026 13:11

Stripe & Stare original knickers are brilliant, nice wide gusset too. I've spent years, and wasted a lot of money, searching for the perfect pants but I'm now replacing all my knickers with these.

KnickerlessParsons · 01/02/2026 13:14

Odd Balls knickers are great - I have quite a few of the “big” ones.

OttersMayHaveShifted · 01/02/2026 13:15

Wirarpa on Amazon.

KnickerlessParsons · 01/02/2026 13:15

Stripe and Stare are designed “by women, for women”, but alas, they all seem to have lace on them.

EllenWest · 01/02/2026 13:17

All I can recommend is not ones that have been ‘tried on’ previously 🩲

Redrosesposies · 01/02/2026 13:23

Used to swear by M&S midis but they stopped those.
I tried George at Asda midis. Not too bad at all.
I'm now wearing Tu midis from Sainsbury's. Lovely cotton. Comfy and smooth and wash very well.
No one but me sees my pants so it really doesn't matter what they look like, but they do look OK.

allnewname · 01/02/2026 13:24

I buy Wirarpa on Amazon too…. Basic, comfy, not “big pants “ but big enough.

GreaterCassowary · 01/02/2026 16:25

KnickerlessParsons · 01/02/2026 13:15

Stripe and Stare are designed “by women, for women”, but alas, they all seem to have lace on them.

They do but it's very soft and not scratchy. Just feels like cotton to me (when I touch with my fingers, can't feel the lace at all while wearing).

Coffeeishot · 01/02/2026 16:26

EllenWest · 01/02/2026 13:17

All I can recommend is not ones that have been ‘tried on’ previously 🩲

😂😂

SkyWalrus · 01/02/2026 18:08

Redrosesposies · 01/02/2026 13:23

Used to swear by M&S midis but they stopped those.
I tried George at Asda midis. Not too bad at all.
I'm now wearing Tu midis from Sainsbury's. Lovely cotton. Comfy and smooth and wash very well.
No one but me sees my pants so it really doesn't matter what they look like, but they do look OK.

M&S still do what they used to call midi knickers but they are now called high rise shorts. 😀

SisterTeatime · 01/02/2026 18:10

SkyWalrus · 01/02/2026 18:08

M&S still do what they used to call midi knickers but they are now called high rise shorts. 😀

Yes and they are good. The ones with lace waistband sit flatter than the ones which don’t have the waistband.

Bessica · 01/02/2026 21:23

Another vote for wirarpa on Amazon

Newmeagain · 02/02/2026 12:05

Thanks all. Some good suggestions.

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IceIceSlippyIce · 02/02/2026 12:12

Wirarpa or Innersey from Amazon.
Proper thick cotton!

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 02/02/2026 12:38

British Boxers (they do women’s knickers too!).

GandTtwice · 02/02/2026 12:50

Sorry to highjack the thread OP but can I ask @GreaterCassowary what the sizes are like for Stripe and Stare. I'm a 14 in m&s knickers and don't know which size to choose on there

DeQuin · 02/02/2026 12:57

GandTtwice · 02/02/2026 12:50

Sorry to highjack the thread OP but can I ask @GreaterCassowary what the sizes are like for Stripe and Stare. I'm a 14 in m&s knickers and don't know which size to choose on there

I'm a 14 and buy L from Stripe & Stare. It's like wearing air, but they stay up and look good. :)

GandTtwice · 02/02/2026 13:10

DeQuin · 02/02/2026 12:57

I'm a 14 and buy L from Stripe & Stare. It's like wearing air, but they stay up and look good. :)

Brilliant, thanks. I'm going to give them a go as I've seen lots of good reviews

GreaterCassowary · 02/02/2026 13:22

@GandTtwice I would say they're true to size. I buy a 10 in M&S knickers and I wear a small in S&S, which fits with @DeQuin saying that a 14 is a large.

gerispringer · 02/02/2026 13:35

Step One bamboo pants are super comfy and fit brilliantly.,

Lemonade2011 · 02/02/2026 13:46

I have lots of Fatface knickers, they are nice but the elastic goes so I’ve stopped buying them tbh.
I quite fancy stripe and stare too but wanted proper reviews so this is v handy.

TheTruthWillSetYouFreeMaybe · 03/02/2026 20:43

Again Wirpara -