Per the reviews of others, I purchased the next size up. When I took them out of the package, (which was nothing more than a plastic bag with no labels or tags of any kind), they were huge. The material is rough and pretty thin. I tried them on over my underwear and they were saggy in the butt and came up to my belly button and mid back! (My daughter had a good laugh over this) Since there was no way to repackage and send back, I washed them then put them in the back of the drawer with no intention of ever wearing them.

Flash forward a day in time. My clothes didn't get dried and I ended up needing to wear them after all. I'm absolutely dreading putting them on, when to my amazement, they fit almost perfect now.  The underwear shrunk inches from the top down and bottom inwards! I'm not kidding at all. They were washed on cold and dried on low, so how can this be?!  I wish the material had magically become softer as well, but it did not.

The reason for the 3 stars, they are actually wearable now in cases of emergency. They are still higher than I like and too rough to put my skin through everyday, but they are at least lower than my high waisted pants now.  I would not buy this brand again, as they are not for me.

Bottom line, if you are interested in purchasing them, know that the material is rough and to size up so you can shrink them to your actual size.