new knickers

When I was seriously ill last year and was rushed in as an emergency , my DM offered to buy me some pants, I was horrified when she bought me white 'granny pants' from ASDA,(I should have asked DD ) I wore them for a while in the hospital until thankfully DS overcame his squeamishness about handling my clean underwear and brought in the pants that I usually wear (shorts/high leg/bikini definitely NOT white). I still have the 'granny pants' just in case I end up in hospital again

Wen i qaw a child we were very poor and i never had any nice pants or clothes Wen i grew up i always went mad and at any one time i have abt 50 pairs in my underwesr drawers.Every conceivable colour and of course the bra and knicks have ti match.Maybe i need to do theaphy .

NotTooOld If white bras are too grey I give them a quick steep in black tea to make them more flesh coloured.

Big black drawers every time

PatB8 yes, Sloggi are great. Control pants rule.

I always wash whites separately, at a higher temperature and with a fabric whitener sheet, but I've heard that those colour run sheets help whites stay white if you want to throw everything in together.

I might have to get some myself - last time I did a whites load the first thing I spotted when the machine stopped was a pair of bright pink ones bang in the middle...

I confess I have a knicker fetish - bras too No matter where I go I always look at the underwear department and have to keep telling myself I don't need any more as I have several drawers full of all colours! I prefer the no VPL ones from M&S or Sainsburys and usually end up wearing the black and nude colours anyway. I don't really like cotton ones though as jeans don't 'slide' up on them that easily - think that's TMI

Sloggis maxi control every time. My absolute favourites.

I am a Sloggi fan (am I allowed to say that?) also M&S.

White or skin coloured, and YES it does feel good when I have new ones on.

Washing all whites together keeps them white....

If I wear black they have remains of flaky skin on them. Am I the only one with that problem. It looks like dust.

Lilypops - thank you, I have just gone online and ordered one of those m and s bras. I am desperate for a comfortable bra.
HillyN - I feel the same way about VPL and had to laugh at your reason for needing new knickers!

I only wear knickers of any sort if I absolutely have to......I go commando almost all the time
When I do have to cover up, it's black Sloggis for me!

I agree that pants is American for trousers. They also call what we call tights 'pantie-hose' - ugh!

If I had unlimited money, the thing I would have new every day is flannels. I have two, one for above the waist and one for below, and just love the softness of a new one. Even though they are not expensive I still feel I have to get good use out of each one.

I've recently started buying black only bras and knickers. I find white underwear always goes grey. Last year in a vain attempt to buy a well fitting bra I spent a fortune on three white ones. Now they've all gone grey. Any tips on making them white again, anyone?

I definitely need to get some new knickers. I wore a skirt (without tights) today for the first time in ages and realised it was mainly my trousers that had been holding them up! I love patterned 'briefs' in bright colours except under white trousers. My Mum always disapproved of black underwear. I never worry about VPL, why would anyone want to look as if they weren't wearing knickers anyway?

Yes! Only just discovered them. And you can buy them in Waitrose. No more M and S.

I remember my Mum calling the big bloomers with elastic at the waist and legs "Passion Killers"!

Knspol, have you looked at M&S smoothing,non padded lace side bra,s ,great under tshirts and so comfy, they really don't show under tshirts , shame they only do white and nude but for Summer ,for me, that's fine

henbane In the past I have bought seam free, wide top knickers from Tesco. They are really comfortable and have worn well - so well in fact that I don't know whether they still make them as I haven't needed to replace them.

I'll join the anti-pantie brigade please. I hate the word. I was once sent some to review and with hindsight I spent so much of the feedback form ranting about the terminology I was never sent anything else.

I dislike the word panties too. It sounds so coy somehow. I use knickers or pants.

I really thought I was the only person to use the word 'knickers'. Alima, I'm with you on panties, I absolutely hate that word, my mother always used it, and it made me cringe. I wear either black or white, don't buy coloured ones.

I think pants are trousers in America. They call our 'pants' panties. I'm another who doesn't like that word.

I'm a big fan of flesh/nude coloured knickers. I was introduced to them just before my wedding 36 years ago - I didn't believe then that anyone would see white knickers under a white dress but I went along with the recommended nude ones. A few months later, we went to a wedding & the bride might as well have had her white Knicks on over her dress. Since then, I always opt for nude under light and white dresses & white trousers- white knicks show up particularly well under the latter, as do thongs, which DH refers to as "the rose arch affect"! I recently passed the tip on to my young hairdresser who has been extremely grateful & smug in front of her friends; sporting "no VPL " nude under the tightest of tight white trousers!