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Best sustainable underwear brands to lace your lingerie drawer

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There are two types of people in life: those who live in their most comfortable age-old granny panties and those who sashay into a slinky matching lace set day in, day out.

Whatever your preferred style of underwear, they’re some of the hardest-working pieces in our wardrobes. So why don’t we pay more attention to quality or sustainability credentials?

Unless you live life on the edge and enjoy going commando, the majority of us wear underwear every day without fail. This means the wear and tear they endure is greater than that of a sequined cocktail dress or a prized cashmere knit.

When it comes to upgrading our undies, most of us either stick to the same place we’ve shopping in for years or dash off to the nearest high-street store. It’s undoubtedly the speediest way to shop and typically the cheapest.

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