Why are little girls' pants so flimsy? Where can I get good solid undercrackers for my dd?

[YunoYurbubson]

From about age 7 you can get pretty boy-shorts sort of things, but younger than that they are all silly flimsy things. Boys get good solid cotton and soft wide elastic. Why on earth should little girls be in little scraps of thin cotton with pissy little frilly thin elastic.

It really makes me cross.

Especially as aged 4 (as my dd is) she is quite likely to be wearing a skirt and flashing her pants at all and sundry as she goes about her 4yo business.

So, where can I buy proper solid cotton PANTS for my dd, without actually buying boys pants (which I could do I suppose, but she would much prefer girly colours and patterns).

I second Gap. I found that all the other pants we tried (M&S, Asda, Sainsburys) were all really flimsy and had thin elastic which dug in to DD's skin.
I discovered Gap pants in a sale and now I always keep an eye out for them when there are sales on.
They're nice thick, soft cotton. They're big. They don't end up disappearing up her bum. And they come in funky patterns (not all pink and branded CBeebies characters).
It's interesting how many people on here have obviously had the same problem. I thought it was just me being a bit picky about DD's undies.

john lewis sell them pants petit bateau