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Mens underwear has had an interesting trip through history. From the first loin cloths to the almost-not-there designs of today, the things that men choose to wear under their pants have not been the topic of great conversation over the years, and yet they have had one of the most interesting journeys of any field of clothing.

It's odd that studies indicate that 85% of adult men wear underwear and of that amount the majority sleep in them, walk around the house in them regularly and are so dedicated to their chosen style and brand, they would not change for anything, and yet the majority of men cannot tell you one important fact about how their underwear came to be what is it today.

The first undergarments that we would be able to recognize as the predecessors of modern undergarments were simple linen drawers. Popular in the Victorian era, these knee length pantaloons featured lace up sides at the waist, and a lace up front fly to allow standing urination.

The development of commercial knitting machines in the 1860s heralded the advent of the union suit. This one piece garment with a button-up front and rear flap was quickly adopted as a mainstay of men and also became popular among some women of the day. Often associated with old west cowboys and firemen, the truth is that this at one time was the number one style of undergarment in the western world.

The first style of present day men's underwear was boxer shorts. These, which resemble the trunks worn by professional fighters in the ring and thus named, ushered in a new age for guys skivvies. Today there are two versions, traditional boxer shorts, which have a square cut, conservative styling, larger fly with snaps, and fuller fit and a type known as "boxers" which is have a trimmer fit more fitted cut with shorter legs.

Briefs are known by many names depending on where you live. They are called drawers, underpants, skivvies, and most commonly tighty-whities. This last one is because they are very tight fitted, and usually made of white cotton or cotton and polyester blend. They are also sometimes called jockey shorts, because the origination of the garment was due to the popularity of the newly introduced jockstrap at the time. This is sometimes a point of debate, however, possibly the originators main competitor created the same design, which features a reach in right to left double fabric fly versus the inverted Y shaped fly of original marketed version, two years prior. Interestingly enough, outside of north America the double fabric fly is almost unknown in favor of the "y front" style, lending the garments themselves to be called y fronts instead of tighty-whities.

The middle ground the war between boxers and briefs was reached in the 1990s when several manufactures began offering simultaneously a styled called boxer-briefs. These offered the support of briefs and features the flap over fly that is popular, they also offered the roomier fit and longer legs, which are much loved by boxer wearers.

Mens underwear has come a long way over its quiet history. Who knows what styles will be most common 100 years from now? It is for sure, no matter what a man chooses to wear under his pants, he will inevitably be sitting around in nothing but that when he is watching the big game.

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