The Retro Panty by Coquette is currently only offered in size XL. The panty arrived on a plastic hanger and was protected with a plastic baggy. There was no text or images on the bag other than a barcode sticker. The hanger would be fine to use to store the panty or you could just store them in a drawer. There was a cardboard tag attached to the panty that had a few images of a model wearing the panty and stated the company name, product name, size, and website.

The care tag states that the panty is 80% nylon and 20% spandex, exclusive of trim. The front of the panty is black mesh material. This mesh material is stretchy and it is sheer. The back of the panty is a light pink lace with a floral pattern on it. The lace has some stretch to it and it is also sheer.





I’ve taken a few measurements of the panty laying flat, not stretched. If you need any additional measurements, please send me a message and I’d be happy to get them for you.

Waistband unstretched: 16 ½ inches
Waistband stretched as much as I could: 32 inches
Widest part of material that covers front area: 5 ¼ inches
Widest part of pink lace material that covers bum: 16 ¾ inches

The panty is fairly simple. The only decoration to the panty is the two pink bows that are made of ribbon. These bows sit at the front, top of the panty. Each bow is approximately 1 ½ inches wide and 1 inch long. The bows are approximately 5 inches away from each other.

These decorations are quite small and wouldn’t create any bulk if you were to wear the panty beneath a pair of pants or skirt. If you didn’t like the bows, you could carefully remove them with a seam ripper. If you do like the bows, you don’t have to worry about them coming off of the panty as they seem to be quite secure.

What I like about this style of panty is that it covers only a bit of bum cheek, leaving the bottoms exposed. I’m not really a fan of g-strings and thongs. I do wear that type of underwear but I prefer the bum coverage. It’s like a nice medium- it’s not bikini style, which covers basically all of your bum but it’s not a thong either, which reveals your entire bum while you’re wearing it. I had searched online to find the proper name for this panty style but I couldn’t find it. I also searched through “retro panty styles” and this style of panty was not one of them. I’m not exactly sure what makes them retro.

So as I had mentioned in the beginning of my review, the panty is only offered in size XL. The tag of this panty states that it is OS/XL and not just XL. If you take a look at Coquette’s size chart you’ll see that there are a few differences between the XL and OS/XL. The differences that would matter for the panty would be the suggested weight and hip measurements.

The last time I checked, I was in the high 160’s as far as weight is concerned. In the end, the suggested weight brackets aren’t going to tell you whether the panty will work for you or not because it really depends on where you hold the weight. For me, I have thick thighs and a large bum. If you hold a lot of your weight at the upper part of your body, the OS/XL may be too large for you. The OS/XL suggested weights are between 170-200lbs.

More importantly, the suggested hip measurements are between 42-50 inches. I just measured my hips earlier today and they are 41 ½ inches. While I am slightly below the lowest number in the bracket, I go for the OS/XL because anything less will give me muffin top. If you’re measurements are similar to mine, I suggest you go with the larger of the two as well (assuming the OSFM became available).

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I really like the way the panty fits me! The front of the panty covers my front area well and I love the way the lace back looks on my bum. I have a larger bum so there is quite a bit of bum cheek that is exposed but it’s in a sexy way! The waistband to the panty does not give me muffin top and it fits really nicely. There is quite a bit of stretch in the waistband to accommodate those with larger hips. I find the panty comfortable enough to wear as an everyday style panty but it’s also cute enough to wear in the bedroom.

The quality of the panty is good. I didn’t find any uneven stitching or loose threads to the panty. One important thing that you may want to note is that there is no liner in the crotch of the underwear. The care tag states that the underwear should be hand washed and I assume line dried. You’ll probably want to remove the large, black tag from the back of the panty since it can be seen through the lace when it’s worn (assuming you’re wearing it in the bedroom).

Overall, I’m very happy with the underwear. I love the way they look on me and they are also really comfortable. The two “cons” that I could think of for the Retro Panty is the fact that it is only offered in size XL and that there is no lining in the crotch of the underwear. I’ve deducted only one star for this. It really is a shame that it is not offered in a wider variety of sizes because the panty is really cute and a lot of people would enjoy it!