There wasn't much packaging to this one; a small plastic bag and a cardboard tag attached with a safety pin. Both the cardboard tag and the easily removable tag inside the panties list the size, and the tag inside the panties also gives you material information and cleaning instructions. These are 80% Nylon and 20% Spandex exclusive of the trim, which I also take to mean the decorative pearls as well. You should hand wash these panties and let them drip dry. The fabric portion can probably be run through a washing machine with your other delicates, but the pearls should be removed and hand washed in the sink and allowed to dry. Don't be too rough with them, since you may end up taking off the finish.

These are listed as a one size fits most item, which to Coquette's sizing chart on Eden means that your waist should be between 26-32" and your hips should be between 36-42". The newest chart on their site says that you should have a 28-30" waist and 38-40" hips. These don't come up to my natural waist, but instead sit about where a pair of low rise jeans would, and that measures about 34" around. On me the band was comfortable and didn't dig in at all. I get a minimum circumference of about 27" and a maximum circumference of about 39", and at that point it will probably dig in uncomfortably. These do run small depending on how you prefer your fit.

This piece has a fairly unique design. We'll start off with the cloth part. It's mostly a lace thong, but has a wider stance than most thongs do. It's about 3" tall all the way around, except where it dips down in the front and back to run between your crotch. The top has an elastic band, and the bottom features a scalloped design. On most women, they're going to sit like low rise jeans. The front and the back dip down in the middle to meet up with the pearls that act as the thong string. This is the unique part; the last pearl on either end of the strand is fed through a small elastic loop. What this means is that if you're not happy with this strand of pearls for any reason, you can remove them. The strand that comes with the thong is about 7 1/4" long and looks like the cheap bead strings you'd get from a craft store. You can shorten the included strand, or replace it with a longer one, or one of a different color, or just remove it altogether. The biggest thing to keep in mine with replacing the strand of pearls is to make sure that you use another strand that's tied off after each bead.

The lace is nice. Not super nice, but still nice. It's very thin and doesn't feel bulky at all, which is fantastic. The string of pearls can get a bit uncomfortable, but I think most of that is not being used to having something wedged in the front. The back portion of the thong didn't bother me any more than a regular thong might, but the front did take some getting used to. If you line it up right, you can get it to lay on your clit, but it'll mostly lay to one side or the other. You could also lay it to either side of your vagina if you wanted to try and keep it on for sex.

Here I have a few pictures for you: The thong itself, as compared to a "regular" thong, a closeup of where the pearls meet the fabric, and a shot of my hips at 34" to show you how it fits there.

I seem to be the only one who likes these so far, but I stick with my initial feelings. I normally am not a huge fan of thongs in general, and I didn't like the feeling of having something stuck in the front crack, but overall it wasn't any worse than wearing a plain ol' thong, even when I had it on for almost 6 hours. I dug it out a few times for relief, but overall I didn't find it to be that uncomfortable. They do seem to run a little bit small, but that and the cheap looking pearls are the only things I can really find wrong with these.