Tighty whiteys making a comeback!

[groovedaddy]

Even Less for Men to Think About

THIS may not be the best week to bring up a new trend in men’s underwear, but basic briefs are having a comeback.

Anyone who has shopped for men’s underwear in the last decade will understand the significance of this moment. For a while there, it seemed that among the racks of Calvin Klein’s fluorescent orange briefs, varsity striped contraptions from 2(x)ist and those right-to-the-point leopard-print thongs from Papi, there was little room for old-fashioned tighty whiteys.

So it was big surprise to bump into an old friend at Macy’s recently. Front and center in the Calvin Klein section was a plain vanilla style that had been discontinued more than four years ago, before underwear became so complicated.

The style is a basic bikini brief, a marvel of minimalism sold in a three-pack for $24.50. It has the design distinction of a thin elastic waistband sewn into a tunnel of cotton, rather than one of those two-inch-wide billboards blaring the designer’s name in a way that can be interpreted only as a dastardly scheme to achieve market domination via brand impressions made through the pornography and plumbing industries.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/fashion/31ROW.html?th&emc=th

[Richardo]

1. Woo hoo!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. Real men wear boxers, not those diaper thingies.

[Deep13]

4. +1

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. They're creeping up on us again?

[hippywife]

5. Hubband wears the boxer briefs.

I think they are sexy. Much better looking than the tighty whities and more comfy for him. :D

[Captain Hilts]

8. Boxer briefs for women are great too! No elastic around the leg and

the material is not as tight as briefs. In the summer they ensure that your legs don't rub in shorts, etc. GREAT stuff!

[Chan790]

6. Nooooooooooooo!

[bluedigger]

7. So are ties wide or narrow this season?

Men's fashions just cycle back and forth. Everything old is new again. :shrug:

[kentauros]

9. I still prefer briefs in colors.

I just don't go for wearing some other man's underwear, even if they are white :P

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Isn't that what the Pantybomber was wearing?

Or would you call those Ignitey Whities?

[kayakjohnny]

13. Hahahahaha!

Good one, you freak!

Damn it, I didn't think of that.

I'm going to pout.

[phasma ex machina]

11. Macy’s can keep them. My boys need lots of space.

[Iggo]

12. I've alway worn da-dunt-da-da's.

My boys need to be secure!