Socks, vests and pants: we all wear them but underwear for men is certainly not all born equal. There’s a vast range of designs, materials, sizes, styles and colours out there to choose from, and different body types or personalities will prefer different options to make them feel comfortable and well supported ‘down there’.
We have been using underwear since the very beginning of human existence, when the humble loincloth was the garment of choice – or necessity. It protects the user from the elements and helps keep trousers cleaner and wearable for longer. By the 1930s, the iconic ‘Y-shaped’ briefs were invented with an overlapping fly for easier bathroom visits. As underwear was considered more and more to be part of a man’s fashion choices, so different types of pants appeared on the scene, from boxers to thongs and everything in between.