While I love the way these look on the model, I just couldn't bring myself to love them on myself. First off, I should have waited until they had size large in stock. While I'm typically a perfect medium, these panties are not. I also didn't care for having to hike them up to being basically a thong. If I didn't hike them up, then my whole butt crack would show thru the weaved ribbon, and let me tell you, that is not a good look for me. I also didn't care for how the ribbon was weaved through with it ending as 2 loose ends at the bottom of the panties as opposed to the waist. I tied it into a little bow best I could, but could still feel the ends tickling the lower part of my butt. Aside from all that, they seemed to be made very well. The lace did have a nice stretch to it, which allowed me to test them out. They feel as if they could hold up for a long time.

To get my fiance's opinion on these, I paired them with a cute black and pink corset and a pair of sexy thigh-highs. Visually, it was hard for me to tell that they were too small when they were part of an outfit as opposed to wearing alone. As I predicted, he rubbed my butt for a minute then turned me around with his hands while watching intently. Then he says, "Eh, not a fan of thongs". Which I already knew would be the case. Whether these are considered thongs or not, I don't know. But they just didn't work for me.