From thigh-chafing to sweat patches: 7 heatwave-dressing dilemmas solved

telegraph.co.uk:

Confirmation that summer is finally upon us landed in my inbox earlier this week. A press release promising to ‘beat the chub rub’ (PR twaddle for bare thighs that chafe together in the heat) was peddling sort-of-cycling-shorts to wear under those lightweight summer dresses.

For those in possession of a thigh gap who may be unfamiliar, chafing thighs turn into heat rash turns into very sore and red skin.

But is the solution to wear what is effectively a pair of lycra control pants? Speaking from personal experience, such sausage-casing underwear undoes any heat-busting magic of the light cotton dress worn over the top.I moaned about this summer’s false-starts as much as the next Brit, but now that the heat is here, it brings with it a long,.