Making a dazzling appearance this summer in men's designer fashion is underwear which embraces a lighter style. With bold brights and punchy prints that echo the season's trademark colour choice, men's underwear is both playful and fun and a bold, statement maker.

A range of designers are utilising fun prints to make traditional, manly cuts more playful and modern. For trunks, flower prints add an edgy twist to the otherwise safe cut of Bjrn Borg, Replay and Calvin Klein, Oiler & Boiler brings on the polka dots and Ted Baker, Tommy Hilfiger's Alfred and Armin designs and Superdry all take advantage of bright stripes. Branded boxers are coming from Joe Rivetto, while Gigo uses multi-tonal blocking and G-Star's Duty Camo trunk or go for bold but simple from Boss Black, Polo by Ralph Lauren and Dior Homme. Pacman bites back in River Island's retro trunks, disco gets its groove on once again in Bruno Banani's Quasar and Luis & Juke's Stevie collection is steeped in 50s stars, symbols and Hawaiian patterned palm trees.

Keeping it brief, this popular compact style has further increased its comfort with new designs alongside its heightening its colour with the bright one-tones of American Apparel's Baby Rib Brief range or Emporio Armani's solid stretch cotton briefs and D&G's Preppy Contrast collection. Different takes on this classic mode come in paisley print from Alexander McQueen, Sloggi's Logic Print with horizontal fly, multi-coloured stripe on the lower-set hip briefs from Calvin Klein and Candy brief from Gigo. More relaxed fits look to mid thigh Boxer Shorts in more muted tones, such as subtle pinks from Universal Works or pastel blues from Banana Republic's Windowpane boxer. While Sunspel's striped blue or red Boxer Shorts fully support the nautical trend in men's fashion, along with Tallissime, Thomas Pink's Rivington range and Gap.

Go a little lower and your feet can also take advantage of the season's love of brights, ankle warmers embrace the colour explosion along with other sock designers. Paul Smith uses multi-coloured sassy stripes as well as other colour gurus Gant, Jack & Jones and Gene Meyer, diamond print is popular in designs by Burlington, Pringle and J Crew. For graphic design lovers there are styles to suit with Ashi Dashi using hot dogs, eyeballs and kaleidoscope-inspired prisms, or dotty with giant circles, flowers, carnival-esque prints and argyle by Duchamp; for logical lovers geometric shapes are making a fashionable appearances thanks to Ayame, Humor, De Pio and Dore Dore.

Bold and bright socks come from Falke, Emporio Armani and TopMan or go for colour clashing with Charles Tyrwhitt, Richard James, Lyle & Scott and Original Penguin with extra pocket-detail adorning it. Always a favourite, the aptly-named Happy Socks are sure to brighten your day with their range of neon-bright socks.

For girl's there's Hanky Panky thongs, but don't forget about us guys? Panic not! Fashion statements are not just reserved for outer layers like men's coats and jackets. With patterns making their way onto boxers and briefs it would be a shame to keep your underwear under wraps.