Big girl knickers

I was once looking for knickers for MiL in M&S. I picked up a pack of large white cotton knickers and asked the lady on the till if they were proper Old Lady knickers. "Well they're the ones I wear" she said, looking highly offended!

I once had to buy a packet of these huge pants in emergency (forgot to pack them!). I found I loved them and went and bought more. I feel wonderfully secure in them 🙂

I had some old lady knickers for a hospital admission a couple of months ago. I'm still wearing them, although also wear my usual high leg knickers too. I do insist on black though. Don't like any other colour for underwear. I'm past caring what I wear on my bum really. If it's clean and covered, all is well.

I have a selection of black, then white knickers. I want cotton gussets and comfort. I need to go to m n s to stock up as my current crop are looking worn. Wouldn’t want to be run over in them - something my grannie advised as a rule of thumb test of nicks

I wore the bikini knickers till I had a hysterectomy many years ago. Took full knickers in and have wore them since really comfy I’m 63 next week so I don’t care anymore!

Try Sainsburys Tu Grannyjacq1, they do midi, which I like, and think is what you’re looking for - I don’t like them up to my waist, as you can see them above your jeans.

I also used to always buy the bikini knickers but the last ones I bought from m&s are not very good at all. The range and quality seem to have changed a lot recently.

Don't know where else to try as I've always bought from m&s.

My Big Girl Knickers have a thick gusset to allow for minor mishaps when coughing! The joys of aging!

I like sea free “little boy shorts” - no VPL or elastic to dig into the bikini line

I also used to buy M&S but the quality went down. I now wear Asda knickers. They're NOT the quality of the old M&S ones, but they are also half the price of the new M&S ones and are still better quality than them.

I've just switched to full briefs from high leg

So comfortable

Just so comfortable

Also no VPL

Do not care what they look like lol

They are not old lady knickers, they are full brief comfortable knickers. Unless you will be showing them off why not be comfortable and have no ugly below waste line.

Seam free!

Spot on O/P - why oh why have they abolished midi knickers, there were just right, and some really pretty too with lace inserts and so on.

I cant find an alternative brand that does the same job - gap between bikini shorter knickers and full briefs.

would be very glad to hear of them.

Wyllow3

Spot on O/P - why oh why have they abolished midi knickers, there were just right, and some really pretty too with lace inserts and so on.

I cant find an alternative brand that does the same job - gap between bikini shorter knickers and full briefs.

would be very glad to hear of them.

There is a choice of 24 different midi knicker styles on Sainsburys Tu online, including some Sloggi ones. They are good, I’ve transferred my allegiance from M&S.

Quite a bit of choice on Amazon.

Ah, checked out some TU in store, but not online. BTW the Asda "George"midi brand almost all sold out online.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Sloggi always ! I have also got some Sloggi shorts-style which I bought for when I have needed to strip off at the osteopath's/doctors. Male osteopaths at the practice I go to have asked for women to wear shorts which I suppose protects them in case a woman stripped down to a thong

Sloggi on amazon - £57 for 10 midi's.

My issue is (sorry if TMI) all the gussets in m and s are really narrow so if you wear a pad (needed post chemo😡) they don’t fit.

I got fed up with sloggi quality and price and now make my own knickers, very successfully. There are lots of free patterns and I have made a few trial and errors but now have my perfect (bought) pattern.

Jennifer Lauren trixie briefs. They have full bum coverage and a higher rise at the back and are very comfortable. I can make them as utilitarian or as pretty as I like and have made some from t shirts and cotton/lycra nighties. There are lots of youtube sewalongs on how to sew knickers. I make all of mine with nice white cotton gussets and either fold over satin stretch bias binding or pretty stretch lace edgings

re m and s, my last 3 pairs were from m and s and are horrible, ill-fitting and enormous and I hate the shiny thin fabric. Bought online and only used for a while. Hence me making my own well-fitting good quality knickers

That is truly amazing Karmalady. I have never in my life heard of anyone who makes their own knickers. I think that's marvellous!