Jezebel: Panties

I Sold My Panties Online, and My Mom Found Out

Fiona Helmsley — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:15:00 EST

I spent a period of time last year selling my "well-worn panties just for you!" online. It was definitely a profitable enterprise; I just didn't have the entrepreneurial fortitude to take it to the next level. I would find myself yelling aloud at people not in the room as I read the emails of potential customers and found myself taking strange, normally flattering things personally: More »

3000 Pairs Of Panties Dumped Near Highway

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:09:00 EDT

If you've misplaced any underwear recently, it might have turned up on the side of a highway in Ohio. Today in Fairfield County, police found about 3,000 pairs of panties strewn in trees and along hillsides at four dumping locations. Officers collected 10 bags of the "evidence," which includes worn and unworn panties in a variety of sizes. We aren't sure what's going on here, but it sounds like a job for the Hot Cops. More »

Woman Arrested For Dumping Chili All Over Victoria’s Secret Underwear

Lane Moore — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:35:00 EDT

Just another normal, every day news story. More »

Spy Skivvies Track Your Underwhereabouts

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 22 May 2011 11:21:00 EDT

Are you a jerk who doesn't trust women? Do you have a wife, girlfriend, partner, or daughter who will wear ugly underwear that you give her as a present with no questions asked? Do I have the product for you! More »

This Is What Happens When Jeans, Leggings, & Underpants Mix

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:10:00 EDT

When jeans mated with leggings, they begat jeggings. Then jeggings knocked boots with underwear, and created something horrifying for men. We should have known that a version for women was right around the corner. Ladies, meet Junderpants.

In Defense Of Granny Panties

Gretchen Hirsch — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:00:00 EDT

In all my research and ramblings about foundation garments, I've come to expect that some people will have prejudices against certain items, like corsets or girdles. But it seems that there's no unmentionable more reviled or ridiculed than the humble granny panty. (Just ask Bridget Jones.) More »

The Great Valentine's Day Underwear Challenge

Sadie Stein — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:05:00 EST

Ah, Valentine's Day, a day when we're expected to demand diamonds, shell out for prix-fixes, and bedeck ourselves like harem-dwellers in whisps of lip-printed red lace. More »

Italians Protest Berlusconi With Panties And Bunga Bunga Balloons

Anna North — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:10:00 EST

The latest allegations against Silvio Berlusconi have spawned a number of protests — including one in which women will apparently throw their undergarments at his house. More »

Royal Skivvies Up For Auction

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:25:00 EST

Great news, weirdos! Some weird guy in Florida is auctioning off a really old pair of Queen Elizabeth II's underpants. More »

Your Underwear Is A Window To Your Sexy Soul

Sadie Stein — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:50:00 EDT

In 10 Things I Hate About You, we were told that black underwear means you plan on having sex. A new survey kind of confirms it. Among other sweeping generalizations! More »

"Camelflage" Your Lady Bits With This "Fashion Secret"

Anna North — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:40:00 EDT

"If you are an active, fashion conscious or contemporary woman then Camelflage panties are for you." They apparently "smooth out your feminine parts" — and yes, there are before and after pictures. All yours for $19.99. Really. [Camelflage] More »

Buy This Now: Panties Offer A Preview Of What's Inside

Anna North — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:20:00 EDT

Want to give your partner a little peek at what's in store, without the crassness of crotchless panties? Then this Kiki de Montparnasse number — billed as a "tuxedo" style, is for you. Appropriately, it's priced at $69. [Gilt Groupe] More »

"The Only X-Rated Panties In Town"?

Sadie Stein — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:20:00 EDT

We tend to doubt it, but we'll concede the uniqueness of cotton bikinis featuring outlined shag-haired couples demonstrating sex positions under your astrological "sex sign!" (Although what we Tauruses are supposed to be doing, is unclear.) [Vintage_Ads] More »

Vintage Panties: They Made Women Run Screaming

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:20:00 EDT

We're not exactly sure what's going on in this old undergarments ad, not just because it's German, but because women run at the sight of men. However, when their clothes and cars become invisible, everything seems calmer. [Vintage Ads] More »

The Lazy Girl's Merkin

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:20:00 EDT

Got hair? An international design team has created a line of body hair clothing, including t-shirts with chest and armpit hair, leggings with pubes, and panties with a full bush. [TrendHunter] More »

How About 'Don't'?

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:30:00 EDT

Here is a blog post full of useful advice for ladies who might want to sell their used underwear online. [Brokelyn] More »

Panty Raid

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:20:00 EST

In case Bad Idea Jeans weren't quite revealing enough for you, Inventor Spot rounded up 10 lingerie items that just scream my bad! From dead rats to glowing thongs, here's a few things you don't want near your privates: [InventorSpot] More »

Silver Belles & Butt Floss: Christmas At Frederick's Of Hollywood

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:30:00 EST

Silent night? Holy night? Not when you're shopping for ass trinkets and "secret" Santa crotchless panties! Fun stuff from the Frederick's Of Hollywood catalog, after the jump. More »

Used Underpants: The Last Refuge Of A Scoundrel

Sadie Stein — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:20:00 EST

Clearly, someone does it: we've all shuddered at the used underpants in thrift stores and thought - who does that? Well, this time, it was Nerve's Meghan Pleticha, who Does It For Science. More »

Whatever, Panties, Or Random: What's The Most Annoying Word?

Anna North — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:20:00 EDT

According to a recent poll, "whatever" is the most annoying word in America. Runner-up words and phrases included "anyway" and "it is what it is" — but the Jezebel staff have our own unfavorites. More »

So Much For A Kinder, Gentler Time

Sadie Stein — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:20:00 EDT

We love that this was marketed to men. Because what woman wouldn't be thrilled to open that on her birthday? [Vintage_Ads] More »

Driven To Distraction

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:50:00 EDT

[Hamburg, July 26. Image via Flynet.]

It Gets Worse

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:40:00 EDT

"Philip Markoff, the accused murderer now known as the 'Craigslist Killer,' appeared to be collecting women's panties, which investigators believe were 'souvenirs' from his alleged victims". [ABC News] More »

Panty Raid

Sadie Stein — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:40:00 EST

Rush hour traffic on Honolulu's H-1 Freeway ground to a halt yesterday when eight boxes of Gap Body underwear fell off a truck, filling the roads with bras and panties. A spokesman for the delivery company employed by the store said "the matter is being investigated." [UPI] More »

An observant reader sent us a photo of these...

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:40:00 EDT

An observant reader sent us a photo of these panties she saw in the sale bin at Victoria's Secret this weekend. It says "Hint Hint" with a graphic of an engagement ring. Gross, right? We're thinking that if a dude you're dating only listens to you when you're talking out of your ass, then maybe you deserve each other. More »

Does This Look Like A Battery To You? No? Then Please Join the Air Force

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Hey, so, Moe's locked out of her house and I get to write the intro, which means it'll be less stream-of-consciousness and more... something else, I don't know I haven't had any coffee but I'm definitely less hung over than yesterday and not nearly as screwed as Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley and Secretary Michael W. Wynne who got fired yesterday because no one in the Air Force knows how to keep our nuclear technology safe or to themselves. We also parse PegNoo, talk about Crazy Dana Rohrabacher and his used underwear fetish, the Bridge to Nowhere, how to get out of nowhere, Lincoln and the syph, and how Moe is going to make her escape from Brooklyn (hint: it probably involves a bridge). All that is after the jump! More »

Undercover Operation

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:45:00 EDT

A man in Bethany, Oklahoma has been knocking on doors and leaving notes with specific instructions: Asking for women to give him their underwear, reports CBS News. The notes say that the women will be given $20 in exchange for undies. Bethany Police Chief Neal Troutman uses his amazing skills of deduction and says this person "apparently has a fetish." The Chief also says he's worried what this "sick individual" might do next. But should the cops be concerned? Seeing as how this panty enthusiast has conducted himself quite civilly so far? [CBS News] More »

"Is It True That You Should Sleep Without Panties On To Air Out?"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:20:00 EDT

It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the advice column in which everyone's problems are solved with an "herbal" remedy. (As always: Don't do drugs!) It was my pleasure to get baked with my brother of another mother, Rich, and attempt to tackle issues like "accidental virginity", personal hygiene, and telling your ex you have syphilis. (Note that I said "attempt.") Got a burning question? Send it to tips@jezebel.com with "Pot Psychology" in the subject line. (Please keep them short; they're verrrry hard to read when stoned.) More »

British Writer: Bring Back Big-Bottomed Undies!

dodai — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST

In the wake of the story about how a pair of generously-sized underwear put out a fire, writer Caitlin Moran has written an amazingly funny piece for the Times of London on the "practical superiority of big pants." Is it time that big pants — or "granny panties", as they're known on this side of the pond [I call them "period panties" -Ed.] — made a comeback? Moran says she is "pro big pants" and argues that underwear is no longer something people don't talk about; unmentionables are totally mentionable! "In 2008, knickers are no longer a secret," she claims. "Pencil skirts, skin-tight jeans and leggings - they all allow us to witness an exact outline of the wearer's pants." The problem, Moran argues, is that "Instead of having something that, sensibly and reassuringly, contains both the buttocks — what I would call a good pair of pants — they're wearing little more than gluteal accessories, or arse-trinkets." More »

Pants On Fire

Slut Machine — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:45:00 EST

Granny panties: They're not just for comfort, they also can save your life. After a kitchen fire started in the northern England home of Jenny Marsey, her son and nephew reached for her size 18-20, high-waisted, cotton briefs laying on top of the laundry pile, and used them as a fire blanket, successfully extinguishing the flames. Of her life-saving knickers, Marsey said: "I call them my emergency ones. They're the ones you wear when you've run out of all your others!" [The Guardian] More »

Panty-Obsessed Perverts Have X-Ray Eyes

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:10:52 EDT

As if it's not bad enough that degenerate dudes in Japan try to get panchira (panty-glimpses) up schoolgirls' skirts or buy their used underwear from vending machines, now the pervs are employing the night-vision mode on their video cameras, which can apparently see through fabric. So a company called Cramer Japan invented ShotGuard Inner Shorts, infrared-blocking underwear! A matching bra is coming soon. More »

Could Going 'Commando' Spell The End Of Civilization?

Anna Holmes — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:20:19 EDT

Historians are beginning to believe that the advent of underwear helped bring about More »

Pussy Whip: The Sweet Smell Of Sexcess

Anna Holmes — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:13:44 EDT

Some men prefer their cars to smell of panties, not pine trees. One question: Is this panty-smell smell freshly washed or just-worn? [Feministing] More »