Reviewed: Pretty Polly Curves 15 Denier Cooling Shorts

Pretty Polly recently sent us their Pretty Polly Curves 15 Denier Cooling Shorts to trial and review.






The Curves Cooling Shorts are one of the recent additions to Pretty Polly's bestselling plus size Curves collection.

We have already reviewed the following from the range:

Pretty Polly Curves Fleecy 200 Denier Tights

Pretty Polly Curves Smooth Leggings

Packaging

Packaging is simple. The shorts are folded around a plain white card rectangle, and protected by clear plastic sleeve. Everything is then enclosed in a card envelope, that looks like a narrow box.







Materials and features

This is what Pretty Polly say about the Curves cooling shorts:

"The new Curves Cooling Shorts is the latest addition to our best selling Curves collection and features several benefits and solutions to provide everyday comfort when wearing."

The benefits are identified as:

• Preventing thigh chafing
• An innovative yarn keeps you feeling cool and comfortable as you get warmer

Manufactured in Turkey, the Curves cooling shorts are made from 87% Polyamide and 13% Elastane. The packaging indicates that they are made with a breathable yarn called NILIT Breeze that helps to maintain a comfortable body temperature during or after physical performance and in hot weather.

The best way to describe them is as pair of tights that reach just part way down the thigh.

The waistband is 3.5cm wide. There is a rear comfort panel. The front and rear seams are flat and well-engineered.

The brief is lightly reinforced, although demarcation with the leg is barely visible.

The thigh cuff is 6cm wide and designed to provide comfort when worn.

Appearance is matt. They are surprisingly opaque for a 15 denier style. When worn they look more like 40 or even 50 denier.



Colour range

The Pretty Polly Curves 15 Denier Cooling Shorts are available in Black and Nude.





I wore them in Black.

Sizing, fit and wearing experience

The Pretty Polly Curves 15 Denier Cooling Shorts are available in two sizes:

• XL
• XX

I wore them in the XL size.

The Curves Cooling Shorts feel very soft and smooth.

They have great elasticity and were easy to put on and get into position.

I wore them both with and without underwear and the fit and comfort was excellent either way. The high (13%) Elastane content of the yarn enables them to mould to your body shape and provide a second skin feeling.

The brief is deep and the waistband fits quite high above the hips and waist.

When worn they look like a pair of cycling shorts or those type of men's underwear trunks that finish on the thigh.

The thigh cuff is wide and comfortable and holds the shorts in position without leaving any pressure marks.

Are they cool to wear, in the sense of keeping you cool and comfortable in warm weather? Well I wore them for most of the day outside in my yard on a day when the temperature reached 21 Celsius. Yes, they were pretty comfortable and the yarn definitely breathes well.

I liked them most for just lounging about on the sofa!



Price and availability

The Pretty Polly Curves 15 Denier Cooling Shorts are priced at £9.00. You can buy them directly from Pretty Polly.

They are also in stock at UK Tights where they are priced at £8.99.



Conclusion

Well the Pretty Polly Curves 15 Denier Cooling Shorts were certainly something different to review.

As I said above they are basically a plus size tight without most of the legs and feet. It was quite an interesting sensation wearing them, but not an unpleasant one by any means. In fact they were really comfortable and breathable.

An overall positive is that the Cooling Shorts are really quite a versatile garment. You could wear them under conventional shorts to prevent chafing, wear them as underwear under tights or other clothing, or just wear them for leisure. You can also wear them because they just feel really good.