A tanga is a type of Sous-vêtement (or Bathing suit) intended to hide the Pubis while leaving most of the Fesse S discovered.

It is an undergarment made up of two parts of fabric, Cuir or latex. First is in the shape of triangle recovering the pubis and being prolonged in a band-width between the Cuisse S and the buttocks. It is connected by its two ends to the second, more or less fine, which surrounds the Hanche S.

The tanga, which is different from the string (or tanguita ) by the fact that the string with the back is broader and that it recovers part of the buttocks, is often confused with the Brazilian Slip. This last offers a symmetry of the parts before and back, so much is so that one has evil to distinguish the direction from threading. Moreover, the Brazilian slipway recovers the buttocks more that a tanga, but less than a breeches.

Following the models, the tanga is more or less indented on the top of the thighs and the pubis, and bandages it ringing the hips can be of variable size. When the band is broad and goes down relatively low on the buttocks, one speaks about shorty string , the shorty being a kind of mini-shorts.

This type of underclothing very often requires to proceed to a depilation adapted pubic fleece, the latter being in general reduced to a band or a triangle low-size, which one then calls a trim .

With the beach

The tanga can also be declined in the form of Bathing suit halfway between the traditional bikini and the String of bath. One speaks then generally about " bathing suit brésilien" since one confuses the bathing suits carried out starting from the tanga and starting from the Brazilian Slip

Tanga for man

There exist also tanga for man. Same manner that for the woman, it is about a symmetrical undergarment. One in general recognizes it by his broad rubber band with the size which is the only bond between the two fabric ends.

See too

• Breeches

• Shorty
• Brazilian Slipway
• String