Boxers or briefs? For decades, this choice has been considered a key to a man's inner self.

No more. Assailing men's identities are a jumble of underwear options, such as the boxer-brief and the gripper trunk, not to mention the Y-back thong.


Style columnist Christina Binkley recently dragged her husband underwear-shopping. Amidst a cacophony of colors, patterns, styles and something called "profile-enhancers," what's a grey-boxers-only type guy to do?

As my husband learned while shopping last week, men's underwear these days is a whole new fashion segment. Men's undies come in a variety of silhouettes (such as boxer, brief, or trunk), rises (such as low, mid or high), fit options (such as relaxed or slim), colors and patterns. The fabrics include not only the traditional woven or knit cotton but also Lycra, Spandex and various "microfiber" synthetics....

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by BrassHead

There's a difference between women's underwear and sexy panties. Underwear is functional. It is worn for sanitary purposes. Sexy panties are about femininity, self-expression, and style. Sexy panties are perhaps the only item of clothing that can influence the mood of both women and men.

While panties may have evolved over the years as the embodiment of female sexuality, they did not start out that way. Their original purpose was to cover-up and minimize a woman's feminine features.

The first "panties" were the brainchild of Elizabeth Miller, but Amelia Bloomer revised them during the 1850's. They were essentially long, baggy pants ending at the ankles (a.k.a. "bloomers"). In the late 18th century bloomers got two other nametags - knickers and knickerbockers.

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