Paperblog Men's Underwear Styles: September 2014

Thursday 25 September 2014

Personify your looks with Different styles of Men’s Brief Underwear

These days fashion industry is boosted up with innovative and funky looking men’s brief underwear. Brief underwear is generally small in size and is designed to offer a sleek fit. The concept of introducing briefs came earlier in 1935 across countries like Britain, Australia and North America. Brief underwear are available in different styles, shapes and fabric quality in order to suit different physical builds. Generally men’s brief is known by the name of “Jockey Shorts” or simply “Jockey”. Now-a-day’s people call it as “ Tightey-Whiteys”. Similarly in Britain, brief underwear are known as “Y-Fronts” and in Australia it is known to as “Jocks”.

The introduction of Brief underwear brought a revolutionized change in retail industry. Almost 30,000 pairs of brief underwear got sold just after its introduction in Chicago, Illinois. After its immense popularity in the year 1948, every member in the Olympic team was gifted with pair of brief.

The designing of brief underwear is quite different. It is characterized by a small opening in the front (commonly known as fly), which allows an ease while urinating. Besides, other fly options available in market includes-

Y-front Fly
Standard Vertical Fly
Horizontal Fly

Other than this, “full rise”, “full cut”, “ low rise” and “ mid rise” are other varied styles available in market with different manufacturers.

The functionality of brief underwear that has made it a preferred choice amongst men is its strengthening and supporting capability. Brief underwear for men provides an excellent feature of holding male genitals in a fixed position. These underwear can be a perfect option for sports person like athletes. Regardless of the fact, this underwear provides protection against injuries while playing, it also functions to offer flexible body movements and comfort.

As far as the designing is concerned, Brief underwear is featured with tight elastic waistband created generally from a soft fabric which provides secure comfort. Simply designed waistband is featured with repeated logo design in order to enhance style statement. In some brands, the front is featured with a contoured padding to offer a high level of comfort. The contour padding is designed to offer convenience. Similarly it also features a supportive pouch to help in easy body lifting movements. The fabric material used in designing men’s brief comprises of cotton, polyester, nylon or spandex. When it comes to color options, one can find varied number of choices ranging from black, blue, red, white etc.