[**claire**]

Thongs are dropping in popularity, according to fashion experts.

Cracks have begun appearing in the UK thong market with sales down nearly 20 per cent in the past year.

G-strings have been all the rage since a model showed them off on the catwalk in 1997.

Sales of thongs remain firm among women aged 25 and under but demand from older women has started to sag.

Between May 2004 and May this year G-string/thong sales dropped 17 per cent nationally, according market researcher TNS Fashion Trak.

Rachel Argyle, from TNS, said: "The bottom has not completely dropped out of the thong market, not yet.

"There is still a future for the thong. There is just a wider range of more comfortable alternatives out there."



*courtesy of Yahoo news!!

[Hephaestion]

Originally Posted by **claire**

Thongs are dropping in popularity, according to fashion experts.

Cracks have begun appearing in the UK thong market with sales down nearly 20 per cent in the past year.

G-strings have been all the rage since a model showed them off on the catwalk in 1997.

Sales of thongs remain firm among women aged 25 and under but demand from older women has started to sag.

Between May 2004 and May this year G-string/thong sales dropped 17 per cent nationally, according market researcher TNS Fashion Trak.

Rachel Argyle, from TNS, said: "The bottom has not completely dropped out of the thong market, not yet.

"There is still a future for the thong. There is just a wider range of more comfortable alternatives out there."



*courtesy of Yahoo news!!

At long last *sigh*! Well I drink to that!
Bottoms up! Bwah ha ha ha ha