I don’t think VPL is automatically unattractive, if we’re just talking about seeing the outline of the part that connects with the leg. It is unattractive to see crotch seams, though. The sight provides too much information.
Exactly - I don’t have a VPL problem with my well lined suit pants.
And there is no way I could afford the dry cleaning bill if I didn’t wear underwear! I mean, I go to the dry cleaner maybe once every two weeks. I can wear a good pair of pants five times or so before they need to go in. That’s why people have always worn underclothes - to stretch out the laundry.
I don’t wear my pants tight, and they are made of relatively good-quality cotton (chinos). You would still be able to tell I wear underwear, not because it’s tight either, but just because it has folded-over hems that create a line. I am a modest dresser and I just don’t think it’s that gross to see the line of my conservative underwear. No color difference, just a line.
Its a bigger deal than wearing white shoes after Labor Day.
Is a lesser deal than wearing your pajamas in public.
I wear thongs. Never have lines. Panty lines are tacky. As is being able to see a guy’s underwear.
All of these are a lesser deal than genocide. And a bigger deal than if your paper towels actually have cute little sayings on them.
Wow, I’m surprised by the results so far. I looooves me some panty line, and would have thought more people would feel that way. On a woman I find attractive VPL grabs my attention, my eyes are drawn to her posterior a little more. On a woman I don’t find attractive it’s a non factor. I had no idea it was considered a fashion problem or uncouth- I actually find its’ absence a little odd. I’ve noted it on physicians, counsellors, and attorneys all to delightful effect. On the other hand, while a protruding “eye-patch” can also be very sexy, I do find that look to be unprofessional. I guess MMV 
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They were on sale. Sorry.
I find panty lines unattractive.
On top of that, if I see a woman who has them, I tend to think she’s clueless. Not like if I see them through her jeans at the supermarket on Sunday, but if she’s dressed herself up nicely, and has them. . .clueless.
In the old days, women were so concerned about strangers being able to imagine the form of their naked body that they wore girdles. Some may want to go back to those days, but I sure don’t.
If you’re wearing a skirt and you’re concerned about panty lines, the obvious answer is to wear a slip. My mother and her generation are pretty sure there’s a direct correlation between not wearing slips and getting pregnant.
This makes sense to me: panty lines should not be visible because your clothing should not be sheer/tight enough to see them. (Although I don’t agree).
This does not make sense to me: panty lines should not be visible because strangers should think you don’t wear panties. I think this is one of those weird vestiges from the seventies that we should beat to death.
This just boggles my mind, that there are men who like it. Not dissing your taste, mind you, I’m just really truly surprised.
How about: panty lines usually have a negative impact on the line of your clothes.
That’s really what its about to me. I’ve worn some tight clothes in my time. I can’t think of any outfit I’ve ever worn where the look of it has been objectively improved by panty lines - as in the designer thought “and with panties underneath and showing through, this look will be hot!”
I do get that there are some people who think that panty lines are hot.
I’m a female, guilty of it at times and it’s like muffin top for your butt cheeks! I think the problem with VPL is that you see stuff like the lumpy butt. And yes, flesh tone bra/underthings with white clothes!
I notice the cheap cotton panties more often than not give me VPL, so I have a plethora of the microfiber panties or boyshorts to help in the cases where I think it’ll be a problem. The boyshorts will go to the top of my leg/thigh thus avoiding VPL.
I know it’s just as easy to buy the next size bigger, but it’s not always that easy. If you got a rather large badonkadonk and a tiny waist, the next size bigger will just have a bigger waist, and I’ll be pulling up my pants so you don’t see the tops of my underthings (unless my undies are really cute and don’t mind showing them off!)
It’s been years since I’ve subscribed to Rolling Stone, but in one of their annual “Hot” issues, they had a list of things that are paradoxically hot and not-hot at the same time. Panty lines were one of them. I agree.
It depends on the location, context, and setting.
The French have the right idea: VPL are hot.*
Count me in as a male who agrees with the French.
*On a shapely butt.
I dig them as well. One an attracting woman, they really jump out at me and I mean that in a very good way.
Mmmmm…panties.
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Wait, what were we talking about?
Oh yeah, panties. You’re right, when conducting business with a woman, don’t think about her panties. Just repeat that over and over to yourself. Mustn’t think about the panties. Mustn’t think about the panties. Mustn’t think about the panties…
How is this supposed to work again?
This would be another big reason to avoid having panty lines - to prevent men from staring at your butt.
Eons ago I had a boyfriend who thought a VPL was hot. I thought he was a weirdo, but hey, it was a fetish I could go along with.
Me too. I can’t resist the “buy one genocide, get one half off” deals.