Danae Reviews: Thigh Society Shorts!

Longtime Knickers readers will know that I suffer from that awful, painful malaise known as “chub rub,” where the tops of your thighs rub together uncomfortably when you’re walking. It’s an embarrassing, painful, and little talked-about problem that makes women feel awful about themselves and keeps us out of the clothes that we like. Chub rub robbed me of the ability to wear dresses for many years of my life, until finally, I discovered thigh shaping shorts early last year – I’ve worn nothing but dresses ever since!

While I love my thigh shapers, I was delighted to see that there’s another product now out designed to help with chub rub – Thigh Society’s shorts for women. Made of cotton, these shorts aren’t shapewear — they are purely there to keep your legs cool and comfortable if you’re wearing a skirt. I tried out two pairs, and here’s how I got on:

Get Them At: Thigh Society
Price: $37.99 CAD
Colour: Black, White and Nude (new)
Size: S-4XL

I have to admit, it took me a while to get used to wearing non-shapewear shorts. I’ve practically lived in my Maidenform thigh shapers for the past year, so these shorts initially felt way too loose. I also found that the shorts tended to ride up a little bit, which eventually gave me the same chub rub problems.

After talking to Thigh Society about my problems, they recommended I go a size down – this helped tremendously, and made the shorts jump from “okay” to “great” in my book. The smaller size felt comfortably in-place, didn’t ride up, and finally showed me that I don’t have to wear shapewear every day to combat my chub rub! The only slight niggle I had left was that the legs could be slightly longer, for that extra little bit of thigh coverage.

I tend to wear my Thigh Society shorts for casual use – running to the shops, padding around the house, anytime that I can’t be bothered to wrangle myself into my shapewear shorts. They are softer, cooler, and more comfortable than shapewear, and are a god-send for me; every time i’m pawing through my underwear drawer and pull out my Thigh Society shorts, I have a little internal sigh of relief — ahh, i know i’ll be comfortable. That might be a little difficult to understand if you don’t suffer from chub rub, but those women who do will know exactly the kind of frustration that i’m talking about!

In a lot of ways, Thigh Society shorts are like a pair of your boyfriend’s boxers, but adapted for a woman. If you walk right past the skirts and dresses because you think you can never wear them, definitely give Thigh Societies a try – you might find yourself with a whole new wardrobe!

Shorts supplied by Thigh Society
You can also find Thigh Society on Facebook!