Period-proof pants: Too good to be true?

They look and feel like normal knickers - but they can hold up to two tampons’ worth of liquid

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(Image credit: Pretty Clever Pants)

“Period pants” might call to mind your tattiest pair of black undies, but now you can buy knickers that actually promise to be “period proof”.

Pretty Clever Pants, the brainchild of former Changing Rooms presenter Carol Smillie and former British tennis number one Annabel Croft, uses a thin layer of super-absorbent material to prevent any unwelcome leaks.

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