Isis Peony Brief
November 4, 2008
Your most important layer is your base layer, and your base layer starts with your underwear. If your intimates make you uncomfortable, not even good outer layers will make up for it. Isis to the rescue! Gone are the days in which women’s underwear had to be uncomfortable. The Peony brief is made of soft, lightweight, chafeless fabric that wicks moisture and doesn’t dig in. You can barely feel that it’s there, which is really the point of good underwear. The whisperlight fabric and wide waistband make for a great fit, and the cut seems to be wedgie-proof. The waist is a tiny bit high for my taste, but I can live with it because I just can’t get over how great the fabric is. It’s silky soft, incredibly stretchy, and stays dry even during the most strenuous exertions. It’s completely chafe- and dig-in-proof, and did I mention the wide, soft waistband? It won’t pinch or leave marks.
Isis makes gear for women and only gear for women, and it shows in their design and attention to the female form. I know that these are only underwear, but it’s nice to feature a company that makes gear for women its number one priority – you know that they don’t have anything else to do other than make women’s gear better and better.
While I wear a size small in most everything else Isis, I tried a medium in the Peony and it works for me. The fabric is sufficiently stretchy that as long as you get the size kinda right, you’ll be comfortable. Now, what else do they make out of this fabric?
