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andydp
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 Posted: 10/13/05 - 08:06 Post subject: A VERY disturbing trend
Oh well, all good things must end someday...
Women say knickers to g-strings
13 October 2005
LONDON: Women are deserting g-strings in favour of more substantial undergarments, while bra sales are busting all expectations as ladies grow larger.
Consumer research group Mintel said spending on thongs has fallen 14 per cent since 2003, meaning that the minimalist undies on show above waistbands everywhere now account for fewer than one in four of women's undergarments sold on the 388 million-pound UK knickers market.
Instead, women are opting for boy shorts, maxi pants or French knickers, Mintel suggested, adding that the "control bottom" sector was also in good shape.
"The popularity of trousers was largely responsible for the dominance of the thong, which originally had the practical purpose of avoiding a visible panty line," Mintel said in its landmark survey "Bras and Pants in the UK".
http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?productid=931743&xs=r&SID=69374158-333997983-399177553&curr=USD&kw=&view=abs#pagetop
"But there has been something of a backlash against this style ... which is now often seen as uncomfortable, unflattering and for some, a bit on the brash side," it added.
By contrast, the bra sector has increased by 36 per cent since 2000 to a value of some 786 million pounds – with most of the expansion coming in the underwired segment.
"Undoubtedly the growth in the average British bust size over the last ten years from 34B to 36C or D has played a significant role in the increasing popularity of underwired bras," Mintel analyst James McCoy said.
"Another clear trend in the bra sector shows bras now being designed to be visible as outerwear and, due to the engineering of bras, it is far easier to make underwired ones more flamboyant and intricate," he added.
Even so, women are still likely to be quite conservative and practical in their underwear choice.
The main reason for buying a new pair of knickers or a bra is still simply to replace an old one, Mintel said, with just one in four women ever doing so doing so to treat themselves – or possibly someone else.
Only one in six is likely to buy a new bra for a special occasion or to take on holiday, it added.
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 10/13/05 - 17:28 Post subject:
Where is that dang sky is falling smilie when I need it!
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 10/13/05 - 19:26 Post subject:
I don't have a problem with women being conservative and practical.
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j1miller
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Posted: 10/13/05 - 19:46 Post subject:
hmmmm interesting.
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 10/13/05 - 22:12 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | hmmmm interesting. |
NO!!!!  Don't Do it Jen. Keep the Thong.
all the guys with me now
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