And you thought you had it bad in junior high having to wear that shirt your grand mother had knitted you. It appears that up until this year actress Cate Blanchett has been wearing homemade panties that her mom made her in high school.

She says, “I have the worst underwear drawer. I was talking about it yesterday to the costume designer. I said, ‘I’ve got some daggy undies’ on today. Up until six years ago, I still had these stretched elastic, homemade undies that my mother made me in high school. I actually thought they were quite sexy.”

It does appear that the The Aviator star must have recently discovered Victoria’s Secret and realized her diaper panties were a bit dated.

She has only recently begun wearing store-bought panties, after years of using homemade ones.