Posted on 05/29/2015 2:10:05 PM PDT by VinL
A young generation of women is discovering a new brand of sexy in the most unlikely of places: their grandmothers’ underwear drawers.
“When I walk into a lingerie store, I’m always like, ‘O.K., which drawer in here is for the grannies?’ ” Daphne Javitch, 35, said of her predilection for ample-bottomed undies. That preference led Ms. Javitch, back in 2010, to found Ten Undies, a line with a cult following that sells cotton full-bottom bikinis, boy shorts and high-waist briefs not unlike the kind immortalized in “Bridget Jones’s Diary.” (“Hello, mommy.”) Ten’s wares are comfortable and practical, to be sure, but that’s hardly the only draw.
“Within millennial and Generation Y consumer groups, it’s considered cool to be wearing full-bottom underwear,” said Bernadette Kissane, an apparel analyst at the market intelligence firm Euromonitor. “Thongs have had their moment.”
Data provided by the research company NPD Group back her up. Sales of thongs decreased 7 percent over the last year, while sales of fuller styles — briefs, boy shorts and high-waist briefs — have grown a collective 17 percent
Erica Russo, the fashion director for accessories, cosmetics and intimate apparel at Bloomingdale’s, said that indeed there has been a “shift in the business.” She noted that the trend is in line with the higher-waist and roomier pants styles that have dominated fashion this season. Perhaps motivated by the same kind of contrarianism that helped elevate Birkenstocks and fanny packs, young women are embracing “granny panties” — and not just for laundry day.
“I only wear granny panties,” Julia Baylis, a willowy 22-year-old, declared proudly. Ms. Baylis and her best friend, Mayan Toledano, 27, design the boutique clothing label Me and You. Their best seller is a pair of white cotton underpants with the word “feminist” printed in pink bubble . ..(snip)
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Damn: I really hope Fedoras come back, I own 2 wide snap brims with 2 and a half inch bands, both in sable.
I have worn hats my entire life (no baseball caps), I have seven Stetsons, winter and summer brims, colors range from sable to brown sage.
Every hat is for a different purpose, but my favorite is a sable, pinch front Midland that I have have for over 35 years now.
Its a little beat up but, damn its a good hat.
The very mental image is enough to make an elephant puke!!!!
Agreed; I bought my duster (not a trench coat but the same idea) back in 72. It’s for riding and general all around cold, wet weather work. Have had the canvas repaired several times, replaced the fleece once , but it is still a great cold, wet weather coat.
There is actually such a thing of some women wearing them because they're streamlined, more comfortable and practical, and grateful that they're so easily found now than when hunted out as a sensible option some 25 years ago, when only "naughty" shops carried them. A lot more comfy -- full-butt undies slide and sop and sag, hang up, and whatnot. I know this comes as a shock to many, but as long as you're continent (!!), thongs do everything you need undies to do, at a fraction of the mass -- underwear serves a purpose.
Some women wear them to flaunt their what-evers, or to feel "sexy," whatever. Others wear them because they're easier and more efficient.
This is a great thread! {^)
I hear you there ... it is just awful that about 80 percent of young women these days are such lard-asses, sorry!!! Just about every wedding I’ve been to in the past five years, the bridesmaids are like heifers, teetering around on little high-heeled sandals, it’s crazy! I see patoots on these gals that don’t belong there for another 20 years! Oh well.
Fedoras have already come back around. I saw them in the mid/late 90s during that short-lived swing-era revival, and today fedoras are a basic accessory for your average hipster.
Hey, listen, if the fedoras and trench coats are covering up bad hair and big butts, more power to 'em.
Seriously, what's classic -- looked and functioned good when it came out two or five generations ago, and will look good and function as well for another five generations. Fedora hats and trench coats, like tailored suits and denim jeans, are classics.
Now, the return of the mid 1970s men's polyester one-piece bell-bottomed leisure suits of dazzling lime-green and camel plaid on white, with Peter Pan cuffs and collar and contrasting topstitching -- that would be disturbing.
Gads ... I'd still rather see that than Organic Panic's Walmart babe! *gack*
You’re welcome! :)
from the perspective of people who can still see
Really? Even if you're around that character for weeks at a time and never knew she wore them until somebody told you? Then all the sudden you'd have insight into her character?
It's a thought!
{^)
True. I've never heard a man talk about how great that woman's long claw-like polished fingernails were, either. Yet some women will practically bankrupt themselves at manicurists who make gaudy nails. The rest of their body may look like a laundry hamper, but by golly, their hands are snazzy!
Who knows.
LOL!!!
I can still see and I have no problem viewing women with thongs.........LOL!
To quote a line from "Piece of Cake" as to why British WWII fighter pilot Moggie always retracted his landing gear on his Spitfire as quickly as he could after take-off: "They spoil the look of the thing."
You can think more highly of a woman for choosing to wear big elastic-trimmed poly-cotton soup kettles around her hind parts if you want ...
... as for me, I promise you, Owen, if I look at you and can tell if you're wearing briefs, boxers, or soup kettles yourself, as a woman I'm not gonna read into it that you CARE if I know it!
{^)
Animal! -:)
Jack and Catherine, the "string up the butt" assumption is only true with cheap or strictly "cosmetic" thong undies. Quality undies that are built for function rather than sex appeal, don't "string up" the patoot, they fit properly.
But I understand how those who've never worn them are so aghast at the concept. I was, but I was so sick of those damned undies' either sliding down or pinching an ugly, distracting panty line, that I was willing to try anything. Serious ones are pretty boring but nicely functional. Stupid ones are frilly string-up-the-butt exhibitionist ornaments.
Happy you enjoyed the thread- not my normal fare- but thought it might be fun.
Okay, points well taken. ;) Thanks, Finny.
I really hope you wear your fedoras with confidence -- they're classic. Just like your Stetsons. :^) The world can use nice classic fashions to look at. Wearing them will make the world just a little more elegant and nice for the folks who see you.
It's nice to have a break from the really crazy stuff going down.
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