Need Underwear? These Are the 29 Absolute Best Pairs

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Buying underwear is perhaps the most personal shopping experience of them all, especially when it comes to the comfy, practical pairs you're going to be wearing day in and day out. (I love you, lacey lingerie, but not all the time.) That's probably why finding pairs that click with your body—the kinds that feel weightless when you put them on and stay that way throughout the day, no matter what your schedule is—can be so difficult. 

Simply put, there are far too many fabrics, cuts, brands, and more to wade through in order to find your just-right pairs—and no time to waste. That's why I'm here to play assistant. I, as a fashion editor who has tried on and tested out more pairs of underwear than I'd like to admit, compiled a list of all the absolute MVPs of the panty department, from the best simple G-string to the best cotton brief. I even included the pairs with the most hype in fashion (shout-out to Miu Miu). So go ahead and find your perfect underwear sans the hassle below. 

Thongs

Best Thong:

Comfiest Thong:

Best Simple G-String Thong:

Best Low-Rise Thong:

Best Shaping Thong:

Best Sheer Thong:

Best Period Thong:

Best High-Rise Thong:

Bikini

Best String Bikini:

Best Logo Bikini:

Best Budget Bikini:

Prettiest Pointelle Bikini:

Best Seamless Bikini:

Briefs

Most Durable Brief:

Best Sheer Brief:

Softest Brief:

Most Hyped Brief:

Best Cotton Brief:

Best High-Cut Brief:

Hipsters

Sexiest Hipster:

Best Seamless Hipster:

Best Cotton Hipster:

Best Workout Hipster:

Best Satin Hipster:

Boyshort

Softest Boyshort:

Trendiest Boyshort:

Best Lace Boyshort:

Best Full-Coverage Boyshort:

Best No-Show Boyshort:

This post was previously published and has since been updated.

Senior Fashion Editor

Eliza Huber is a New York City–based fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and celebrity style. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 after almost four years on the fashion editorial team at Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a marketing degree from the University of Iowa. She has since launched two monthly columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled the likes of Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, and Sabrina Carpenter for WWW's monthly cover features; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top trends from fashion month, season after season. Eliza now lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, running in Central Park, and scouring eBay for '90s Prada and '80s Yves Saint Laurent.