Thongs in the US are ladies underwear, a g-string is just a thong with parts that are quite literally string width. No footwear involved.
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Well swimwear thongs for ladies has a pirate eyepatch size of cloth to cover the front lady parts usually, and string width fabric going up the butt crack.
I guess more risqué thongs don’t hide front flaps. 🤷🏻♂️
I said parts are string width nostr:npub1ppjkfvk0ek3g584gp7qp9d3znwdznadchet7q2aez9r27620n9zs45xvx2 parts!