A woman in Los Angeles is suing Victoria’s Secret over a defective thong. Um, one could argue, they’re all defective, after all, we’re talking about paying for a permanent wedgie here.  But seriously, 52-year old Macrida Patterson is taking the lingerie line to court because she claims a “design problem” caused a metallic decoration on her “V-string” to come loose.  When she went to put the panties on, the ornament hit her in the eye causing damage to her cornea. Eye-yi-yi, there is just an ever growing number of reasons why we love coverage! [Smoking Gun and CNN]

Where is Sisqo and his “Thong Song” when you need him? The lingerie industry wishes they could party like it was 1999 since g-string sales have dropped like panties at the Playboy mansion in the 21st Century. Industry leaders blame VPL (visible panty line) technology which has seen the development of the boy short. While sales of thongs have fallen from 33% of the lingerie market in 2003 to 12% in 2007, sales of the fuller coverage shorts have doubled. Looks like bigger is better, especially when it comes to your booty. [Daily Mail]