I love this - way better than other vegan thongs. I tried to get everyone to undress within a month. This is the first time I've tried cork and it seems as good as new after wearing it for a month. One small issue is that up close it looks like it has some little shiny things on it. - I'm guessing it's just cork stuff. I can't see it when looking at it from a few feet away, so maybe that's not a problem.