The top drawer
Short notes on the questions a drawer keeps asking: rise, cloth, inches, packs and how much coverage you actually want. Everything in them is counted from the catalogue, not remembered.
Why we cut the rise low
What a low waistband actually changes under clothes, and why 134 of our 136 styles are cut that way.
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Four fabrics, one drawer
Silky nylon, modal, stretch cotton and poly stretch: what each hand feels like and which job it does best.
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Reading the waist ladder
Every listing grades its own inches. Here is how to read a ladder instead of trusting a letter.
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Pack maths
Packs run from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9 pairs. When the bigger number is the better buy, and when it is not.
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The coverage scale, end to end
From a g-string to a long-leg boxer, the drawer is one axis: how much fabric hangs off the same low band.
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