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I know Sarah Lee pound cake, but didn't know they produced boxer shorts. I've been very pleased with Mercer & Sons boxers, both in poplin and Oxford cloth. Also, Andover Shop sells Tiger Mountain boxers that are very good. I've stopped buying BB boxers as the waistbands stretch out quickly.
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I never thought of using this ⇩ as a pair of boxers:
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Kidding aside, I truly don't get the Sara Lee comment.
Anywho, "back in the day," I used to buy Oxford boxers from Huntington as they seemed the same as BB (was told they were both made by the same manufacturer) and much less expensive.
Today, I like lighter-weight underwear, so usually don't by Oxfords, but thought the BB ones still seemed pretty nice - happened to look at them the last time I was in BB less than a month ago.
And Eagle, I've never worn a t-shirt - don't get it, but I've read enough long threads on just such a discussion to respect that many people do. I would think if you do, tucking it in would just be part of keeping everything organized and preventing the t-shirt from riding up. That's just a guess though, as noted, I've never worn one.
Kidding aside, I truly don't get the Sara Lee comment.
Anywho, "back in the day," I used to buy Oxford boxers from Huntington as they seemed the same as BB (was told they were both made by the same manufacturer) and much less expensive.
Today, I like lighter-weight underwear, so usually don't by Oxfords, but thought the BB ones still seemed pretty nice - happened to look at them the last time I was in BB less than a month ago.
And Eagle, I've never worn a t-shirt - don't get it, but I've read enough long threads on just such a discussion to respect that many people do. I would think if you do, tucking it in would just be part of keeping everything organized and preventing the t-shirt from riding up. That's just a guess though, as noted, I've never worn one.
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^^LOL. I too tuck my undershirts and outer shirts into the waistband of my trousers, but not into my boxer shorts. That just seems so unnecessarily uncomfortable to me...wouldn't the undershirt's tail bunch up in the undershorts?
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I tuck both. Undershirt tucked into underpants. Outer shirt tucked into outer pants. Seems quite logical to me
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I don't doubt you at all. While they've rationalized themselves a bit more today, after the '80s invention of junk bonds, conglomerates stuffed everything into their "portfolio" of companies - logic be damned. It was the new-toy syndrome - the new toy just happened to be cheap funding to buy companies.
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I have 2 pairs of Brooks Brothers blue Oxford boxers. I don't tuck my shirt into my underwear. My m9ther actually recommnded that I should when I was young but have never done it.
I read once that the most important development in disease prevention was the invention of cotton underwear. So why would you compromise it's effectiveness?
I read once that the most important development in disease prevention was the invention of cotton underwear. So why would you compromise it's effectiveness?
I’m not of an age where most people my age had some military service, but I tuck my undershirt into my boxers and I believe it’s rooted in military dress code.
A friend who is in his mid-20s who was in the Army asked me my advice, based on his respect for my personal style, on shirt garters. I’d never heard of such a thing. Apparently the “civilian” style has garter clips for the shirt and an elastic band that goes around the thigh about where the top of ladies’ stockings would go. I’ve worn sock garters but these are new to me.
A friend who is in his mid-20s who was in the Army asked me my advice, based on his respect for my personal style, on shirt garters. I’d never heard of such a thing. Apparently the “civilian” style has garter clips for the shirt and an elastic band that goes around the thigh about where the top of ladies’ stockings would go. I’ve worn sock garters but these are new to me.
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^^
During an assignment to a ceremonial unit in the USAF I became more closely acquainted with shirt garters than I had ever thought I would. LOL, they were arguably less than comfortable and quite literally scared the hell out of me! Fortunately I never had any of the clips let loose!
During an assignment to a ceremonial unit in the USAF I became more closely acquainted with shirt garters than I had ever thought I would. LOL, they were arguably less than comfortable and quite literally scared the hell out of me! Fortunately I never had any of the clips let loose!
I never thought about doing the undershirt/underwear tuck until I packed on 15 more pounds than my college weight and found that my dress shirts were getting pulled up and creating a "muffin top" look. I tried the military tuck (didn't work), tried the bands that clip them to your socks (uncomfortable), but the undershirt tuck worked like magic!
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Good Morning Gentlemen,
My comments and observations on this topic:
1) I've always been an white oxford boxer man. Harder to find now, but the still the standard I maintain. They are usually a quality product with true sizing as opposed to L, XL, etc.
2) I used to buy Jos. Bank and Land's End among others over the years, but that's no longer an option. So I'm back to where I started, in the temple - BB.
3) Bought a half dozen Tiger Mountain when BB was out of my size (we're not as trim as we were forty years ago). Actually very good; not quite as comfortable a waistband and not quite as comfortable a rise, but the second best I've found.
4) As a former Marine I've worn shirt stays for four decades; I'm actually uncomfortable wearing trousers without them. They're particularly useful in that, except for certain uniforms (I'm a constable), I always wear braces. So my shirts never come out (nor do my socks droop). They are a superior product to sock garters. Available at most any uniform supply vendor catering to police or the military.
5) For the love of God, please do not tuck any shirt into your underwear.
6) Why would a gentleman wear an undershirt anyway? (Again, except for a uniform where it might be required).
My comments and observations on this topic:
1) I've always been an white oxford boxer man. Harder to find now, but the still the standard I maintain. They are usually a quality product with true sizing as opposed to L, XL, etc.
2) I used to buy Jos. Bank and Land's End among others over the years, but that's no longer an option. So I'm back to where I started, in the temple - BB.
3) Bought a half dozen Tiger Mountain when BB was out of my size (we're not as trim as we were forty years ago). Actually very good; not quite as comfortable a waistband and not quite as comfortable a rise, but the second best I've found.
4) As a former Marine I've worn shirt stays for four decades; I'm actually uncomfortable wearing trousers without them. They're particularly useful in that, except for certain uniforms (I'm a constable), I always wear braces. So my shirts never come out (nor do my socks droop). They are a superior product to sock garters. Available at most any uniform supply vendor catering to police or the military.
5) For the love of God, please do not tuck any shirt into your underwear.
6) Why would a gentleman wear an undershirt anyway? (Again, except for a uniform where it might be required).
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^^In response to question #6: A good, properly fitted undershirt actually improves the appearance and comfort of one's daily rig. I conducted an experiment earlier this summer in which I performed a wear test comparing my beloved Ribbed Tees and uni-qlo Airism undershirts. On I think it was perhaps a half dozen days, I wore no undershirt at all.
It is hot and very humid in the area that I call home. Both the Ribbed-T's and the Airism shirts wore remarkably comfortably, but the Ribbed-T's gained an edge because they fit almost like they were painted on, with absolutely no sense of binding or restriction of movement and they really do make the wearer look better. The Airism shirts wore as cool and comfortably, but they they didn't look as good being worn, as did the Ribbed-T's...hence, I'm sticking with my Ribbed-T's.
The days I wore an outer shirt, absent the benefit of an undershirt underneath it, my shirts were sticking to the perspiration on my torso something fierce. It just wasn't comfortable and looked terrible. I don't know how you guys who don't wear undershirts stand it?
It is hot and very humid in the area that I call home. Both the Ribbed-T's and the Airism shirts wore remarkably comfortably, but the Ribbed-T's gained an edge because they fit almost like they were painted on, with absolutely no sense of binding or restriction of movement and they really do make the wearer look better. The Airism shirts wore as cool and comfortably, but they they didn't look as good being worn, as did the Ribbed-T's...hence, I'm sticking with my Ribbed-T's.
The days I wore an outer shirt, absent the benefit of an undershirt underneath it, my shirts were sticking to the perspiration on my torso something fierce. It just wasn't comfortable and looked terrible. I don't know how you guys who don't wear undershirts stand it?
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Cotton is one of the most breathable fabrics available. Google it if you don't take my word on it. Its the most popular summer fabric by far, and I don't think it got that way because it wears hot.
The most common knock on cotton is that it doesn't wick moisture well. Only a concern for athletic endeavors, or if you happen to perspire more than most.
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A fiber by itself, wehther cotton, linen, wool, doesn't qualify as breathable. It's in the weave/knit. The t-shirt knit material has similar structure as a sweater: it traps pockets of air which in turn trap heat. Certainly if most undershirts were made of open-weave voile cotton, then I'd agree with you.
Cotton doesn't really wick, it rather absorbs. You have a list of when that is disadvantageous. I will add a third item: during the muggy August days of NJ, 95 degrees with 75% humidity.
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