About Us

about us

WE COULDN’T FIND A THONG THAT FIT. SO WE MADE ONE.

Muted Underwear was started in Melbourne by two women who were tired of choosing between a thong that looked good and one they could actually wear all day.

Started in Melbourne, AustraliaWhere the thongs are designed.
Family Owned & RunOurs, and the family who manufacture for us.
4.8 Star RatingAfter thousands of thongs sold.

WHY WE STARTED

We’re Hannah and Olivia. Muted Underwear began with a problem we both had and couldn’t solve by shopping.

Muted Underwear founders Hannah and Olivia holding up two Muted thongs, one black and one ivory
Hannah and Olivia, Melbourne

Between us we had tried everything on the shelf. They rolled down. They bunched. The gusset was a narrow strip of synthetic fabric that felt awful by the middle of the day, and coverage was an afterthought. There was always the same trade-off — something that looked good, or something we could actually wear.

So we stopped shopping and started designing. Samples, fittings and re-cuts, and a lot of blunt feedback from women who told us exactly what was still wrong, until we had a thong we wanted to wear ourselves.

WHAT WE ACTUALLY CHANGED

Not a new colourway. The parts of a thong that decide whether you can wear it all day.

The gusset

Wider and extended, in 100% cotton. It’s the part most thongs treat as an afterthought, and the part you feel all day.

Coverage

More than a conventional thong. Enough that you stop thinking about it.

The fit

Cut to sit flat and stay where you put it. No rolling down, no bunching, no adjusting.

The fabric

Both styles share a 100% cotton gusset. Soft Cotton is 94% cotton with 6% elastane; Flex+ is 75% polyamide with 25% elastane for stretch and moisture-wicking.

Two styles, same extended cotton gusset. The Soft Cotton is the everyday one; the Flex+ adds stretch and moisture-wicking for the gym.

STILL A FAMILY BUSINESS

We’re a family-run business, and the manufacturer who makes our thongs is family-run too. Two small teams who know each other, making one product properly.

That closeness is why the product keeps getting better. When customers told us the gusset was too narrow, the sizing ran short or the stitching dug in, that feedback went straight into the next run. The thong we sell today is the version those women asked for.

WHERE WE ARE NOW

  • 4.8 stars from 144 reviews across our two thongs.
  • Thousands of thongs sold in Australia.
  • Now shipping to New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
  • Every order covered by our 30-day fit guarantee — wrong size, we send the right one free and you keep the original, up to 2 items per order. Full details here.

With love,
Hannah & Olivia

Two styles, one extended cotton gusset, and a guarantee if we get your size wrong.

SHOP THONGS