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Leakless underwear brand launches collab with fairy smut series

Knix says it consulted forty fans for the eighty-two-piece collection, which launched online October fifteenth, with a second drop planned for January twenty twenty-seven; subtle, apparently.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA leakproof underwear brand has partnered with the bestselling fairy romance series A Court of Thorns and Roses, promising protection for readers' wettest moments.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe New York Post says the underwear absorbs up to eleven super tampons' worth. That's the spec. Not the plot, not the author. The tampons.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorEighty-two new pieces, across lingerie, pajamas, silk robes and leakproof underwear, launched online on Thursday, October fifteenth. That is a full campaign.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd a spokeswoman says the brand consulted forty fans. Forty.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSome fans online call it a cash grab.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe brand's president says she's a proud member of the fandom, which is what a treaty signatory would say too.

  7. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA second collection arrives in January twenty twenty-seven. I'd call that Mildly Bonkers on the Bonk-o-Meter, because the absorbency number is real.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorEmployees say the pieces are subtle enough for nonfans to wear.

  9. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentEleven tampons' worth. Subtle is a brave word for that.

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