I was getting so confused with all this talk of Tangas, so I wikipedia'd it out
Lo and behold!
Panties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There's our answer
The two styles I wear regularly are hipster briefs and bikini briefs. I do have a couple of thongs I wear in the summer mostly, as well as some boyshorts, which aren't too comfy with my big figure-skater butt.
I always go for comfort when it comes to panties, but on the rare occasion I want to feel sexy, or feel like wearing lingerie, I have my thongs and lacy boyshorts. Most of my panties are lycra material. I'm not fond of lace or cotton or silk. Lycra feels the most comfy. Actually, when it comes to panties, I like it to feel like I'm not wearing any at all, which most of my panties accomplish.
My bra and panties never match either, lol. I really don't care. And, as I mentioned in another thread about bras, I only wear Victoria's Secret bras.
I'm cheap when it comes to panties, but never cheap when it comes to bras.
It goes from one weather extreme to the other where I live, so I wear panties always in the frigid winter, and like to go panty-less in the summer when I wear capris or pants. But never when I wear jeans, gosh, that would be awful.