Today’s Brief Distraction features a picture from Timoteo! This is from photographer Tom Cullis. This is part of the new collection we have been telling you about. We will have more on Timoteo very soon and all the new pairs.
UNB is a blog consisting of total underwear lovers. We not only love the feel of our undies, but also, the look. Have you ever found yourself in the morning standing in front of the mirror striking a certain pose in your undies? I know I have. We’re all not models, but it’s always fun trying to feel like one. Introducing UNB’s “Readers in their Undies” submission page. Located on UNB’s tumblr page, we encourage all readers which want to strike a pose in their undies to do so and submit it to this page. Guidelines regarding submissions are located on the tumblr page. Have fun with this and we look forward to seeing our reader’s submissions.
Find the Tumblr page at http://underwearnewsbriefs.tumblr.com
Today’s Brief Distraction is from famed photographer Mike Ruiz. He’s done an amazing app called Pretty Masculine. We conducted an interview with him on the UNB Photography site. Find about the app and more!
We got a chance to interview photographer Mike Ruiz. You may know him from his celebrity shoots or his brand new app called “Pretty Masculine”. We talked to him about the new app.
The app “Pretty Masculine” has been out and is full of amazing photography. How did the idea for the app come about?
Pretty Masculine was inspired by my desire to reinterpret and deconstruct the idea of how masculinity is defined by society. I started the project as a coffee table book, and based on its success, decided to take it a step further. I sought (and continue to seek) to redefine that which has become stereotypical. It not only encompasses males anymore. It’s about looking at everyone from a different vantage point–it’s about considering how we look at and interpret different people from all walks of life.
Pictures in the app take a lot of time to set up (body paint, hair, etc), how long is an average session for one shoot?
There’s no simple answer to that question. From planning to execution to post production, it takes a VERY long time. Make up alone in and of itself may take three to four hours…The focus is really on the finished product. It’s completely an artistic endeavor. Art for art’s sake, I’d say.
Pretty Masculine is very creative in the shoots in the app, where do you get the ideas for each model?
The ideas come from various sources. Some of them germinate out of my imagination, others are part of a collective collaboration between myself and each of the artists involved.
Have there been any ideas that were too complex to do for a shoot for the app?
Granted, some ideas behind the images (at least in my opinion) have translated better than others but the execution of all the ideas have, by and large, come together pretty seamlessly. In my opinion, no idea is too complex, when there is the will to execute them.
What have been some of the shoots more memorable shoots for the app?
Every shoot has proven to be memorable. They each have become a journey of discovery for me. The excitement I felt creating the very first shoots were great but each subsequent one has been equally gratifying. Sometimes it has been hearing the stories behind the various models and artists that has provoked some inspiration in me, or at times, it’s just been the wonderment of seeing so much talent gathered in one room for a common cause bringing to fruition an extraordinary project. Not to mention involving important people in my life, such as my dad, my partner and even my sweet pitbull Oliver!
Do you have a favorite picture in the app or is it like asking to pick your favorite child?
Absolutely impossible to show any favoritism. There is no one picture I could separate from any of the others. They are all an intrinsic part of me.
How often do you update the app with new content?
The app is updated with new content every three or four weeks. The way I see it, it is as a fully interactive gallery where the user can revisit and see new additions to a constantly evolving exhibition of work in progress.
Is there someone model/celebrity/actor you would love to shoot for the app? If so what would you do with them for the picture?
If I felt like it was right for the project, I’d never say no to including celebrities into the Pretty Masculine app but that’s not really the direction that the app is going for. I have become fairly established as a photographer who shoots plenty of celebrities (and known for doing transformations on them), so I wanted this to become a platform for something different. The purpose of the Pretty Masculine project has been to do really hone in on the unexpected. I feel that in time, as the project continues to evolve, people will see this. They will get to experience with me, in real time, the arc of my work in deconstructing societal preconceptions of masculinity and femininity. That is, showing the inner beauty and uniqueness of people from all walks of life. However, that being said, celebrities are just like you and me…so, why not? Maybe at some point I’ll ask some if they want to jump on board (smiles).
Lastly, I will ask this for some of our readers, are you going to have an android app?
Definitely! My developers have been working on putting together a version of the app that will be compatible with Android devices as well. Stay tuned! It’s coming soon. Promise!
Find Mike at his website, http://www.mikeruiz.com and find the app at the App Store – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pm-mike-ruiz/id567721491?mt=8
Pictures: Top picture make-up was done by Dani Fonseca. Below left make up by Miguel Reyes. The other two top row pics feature Garcon Model and models Michael Toscano and Mike Rashid
This week’s Underwear of the Week is the N2N Bodywear‘s Signature Jock. It’s been a while since we featured a jockstrap. This one may look familar to you, the Signature line has been around for a few years and has been refreshed with the new color combinations. The new colors are white or navy with red accents. Previous line was white and black.
The Signature line is a very comfortable line. I have owned previous versions of this line and it’s always been one of my favorites they have done. The new colors make it a little more sexy and accent some of your best features. If you get a chance go check out the entire new like and you will see what I am talking about.
N2N really makes underwear for men. They know how to make a great construction and materials. This pair is made out of 90% cotton and 10% spandex blend. This means it will conform to your body and fit great. The waistband is 1 1/4 and inch and made with the signature N2N contour pouch.
This pair is available at the N2N Website for $2o and is available in Navy and white!
We got our first picture for the Haul! I didn’t think of doing pics but we can do pictures or video! This is from reader Dustin, he said”I love the American Eagle “Performance Trunks” and I think I might have enough to wear one different pair for two months!! ” Send us your pics and videos. If you don’t want to post on YouTube contact us and we can post on our channel!
What a way to introduce Timoteo to Jockstrap Central, it’s the Club House jock collection featuring a traditional jockstrap, a jock brief and a jock trunk. A range designed with quality and comfort in mind and styled so they’re perfect for either the gym, the club or on a hot date. Here’s the details:
TRAINER JOCK:
The Timoteo Trainer Jock is the most traditional of the three designs, with it’s contour pouch, comfort leg straps and waistband. We use the word traditional loosely as the bold contrasting colors and sporty styling are anything but dull.
SOCCER AND ATHLETE JOCK:
It’s your choice, either a brief (Athlete Jock) or a trunk (Soccer Jock). Both have a soft comfort contoured pouch for the perfect bulge with contrasting edging and framed with solid color panels that wrap around to the back. Even more awesome is the way the panels split at the rear to form a stunning jockstrap back that perfectly frames your ass and provides the support you’d expect from a jock.
All three designs come in combinations of grey, white, black and red and are nothing short of stunning. But words can only paint a partial picture, head over to Jockstrap Central and check out their models Trent, Akio and Amon in the new Timoteo gear and all will be revealed.”
Today’s Brief Distraction is from Go Softwear American Jock. This is the action mesh brief. It is available in a few colors and if you’re a fan of mesh underwear check it out
Gregg Homme is one of my favorite companies to meet with in Vegas. Each year they always come up with really fun and super sexy underwear. So far they have yet to disappoint in either department. Each year they do really great pairs that fit amazingly.
One of the new lines for this year is the Target line. It gets its name from the Target icons on the waistband. Made from the same 76% POLYAMIDE and 24% SPANDEX blend as the Voyeur line. Speaking form experience this has been my favorite fabric Gregg Homme has used. This is because it’s super light and fits like a second skin. Their ability to pick fabric is one of their strengths. They want a guy to feel as sexy and the underwear makes him look.
The Target line is available in four different styles; the Brief, Jock, Trunk and Boxer. Each of these styles is available in green, red or black. Prices range from $36.99 to $37.99 on the Gregg Homme site. The model is Phillip Fusco and shot by photographer Simon Normand.
Today’s Brief Distraction is a UNB Original! I’m just beginning photography and this is from our N2N Bodywear meeting I had with Andrew. This is the Power Mesh we wrote up on Tuesday! We hope you enjoy.
I was listening to a podcast this past week and heard of something many women/girls are doing on YouTube. It’s called posting a “haul” video. The concept is simple, you go shopping at the mall and come home and record what you bought. It sounds silly right? I mean when I heard about it I thought it was a little out there, but then noticed these videos are getting massive views. Which frankly surprised me. But I guess we are all sort of voyeurs and want to see what others do.
I searched for Underwear and Haul on YouTube. I didn’t find any men’s underwear videos. I saw plenty of women sharing their lingerie but only saw one for H&M David Beckham’s line.
I think we need to start a men’s Underwear haul and start posting them. You know from our guys, men’s underwear online in the main stream is way under represented. So let’s change that! Maybe we need to do hauls to show all the new review pairs we have that come in ?
To do the videos you can do them either you out shopping or when your online order comes in. The videos I have seen have been both pulling items out of shopping bags or opening a box or boxes. Then after you record your video post it on YouTube and tag us with #UNBBLOG and email us at info@underwearnewsbriefs.com and put “Underwear Haul” in the title. We will start posting them on the blog and showing off our readers and their underwear purchases!
Till today you can save 15% off all Clearance items at Undergear. This offer expires today! So don’t miss out. Just make sure you use the code U3CL at check out to get the extra 15% off.
Today’s Brief Distraction is a model, singer and actor! His name is Derek Yates. I found him through the Underwear Nation Model Search Contest. He was one of the two models with the most votes. He didn’t win but what he posted after the contest ended was a class act. He said not to bash the winner, that he won fair and square and to congratulate him! That really impressed me and I thought he definitely deserved some publicity.
The new N2N Bodywear collection has been released and it is MASSIVE! I think this is the largest collection they have ever released. Everything from underwear to loungewear has new lines, styles or both. Some of your favorites have been refreshed, while others like the Power Mesh have been added to the N2N lineup.
N2N is known for making sexy underwear that fits great. Andrew really knows how to design underwear that fits a man perfectly. So when you look at the Power Mesh line you may think that they have gone conservative. If you did make that assumption, then that assumption would be wrong. Yes, the waistband and colors are on the conservative side but the mesh material is anything but…N2N always puts their sexy spin on everything they create.
The Power mesh line has a really bold waistband that is red and black with the N2N logo woven into it. Like I mentioned above the colors are white and black but the material is a mesh. It’s not one that is 100% see through but if you look close you will see just how see through the material can be. The material is a 76% micro polyester 24% spandex blend. Which means it will conform to your body and fit great.
The styles of the Power Mesh collection are: Jock, G, Bikini, Brief and Trunk. Prices range from $24-$30 depending on the style. You can find this on the N2N Website or at your favorite online retailer. We will bring you a few lines over the next two weeks, so keep checking back for them!
Andrew Christian Inc. in conjunction with Island House-Key West released their “Overboard” video last week to rave reviews. Just in time for Spring, this video brings the sunshine and lights up your screen. The water sparkles, the boys’ tans are aglow, and the song “We are the Young Ones” (Hit Feeling Productions) transports you to The Keys.
The video starts on a gorgeous sail boat that is arriving at the Marvin Key Island in Key West Florida. Jon Varak spots the island first and lets the boys know it is time to strip off their jade colored (CoolFlex) underwear, which seems fitting because they are the same color of his eyes! Of course these boys are not shy to drop their briefs and put on their Andrew Christian Anchor Bikinis.
On the island things get a little out of hand, which is to be expected any time you put this group together. Murray and Jon have a hot make out session, right before Murray gives Cory Lee a shot out of his mouth. Luke buries Johna in the sand and Vlad gives him a booty bump to the face. After more shenanigans you have to see to believe, the boys head back to the sail boat.
In a twist that no one saw coming, Cory Lee decides to knock the other models “Overboard.” Without giving too much away, the next thing you see are the gorgeous Island House workers (Antonio Biaggi, Alex Sanchez, and Pablo Hernandez) rescuing the boys from the shore. Antonio’s free balling Baywatch run and Murray faking being dead, now if that doesn’t get your attention…nothing will!
The story does not end there though, as the models are carried away, you realize there is going to be an “Overboard Part 2: The Rescue.” Stay tuned to watch the workers bring the boys back to the Island House-Key West and “nurse” them back to health.
Go Overboard:
http://www.andrewchristianshop.com/WATCH-NEW-VIDEO-Overboard-CID434.aspx
Get Pampered:
www.islandhousekeywest.com
To watch all of Andrew Christian’s videos:
http://andrewchristian.com/socialvideos/
Note this post contains an affiliate sales link.
ES Collection has released a new underwear collection. This is the first of the pics from that collection. We hope you enjoy it and we will bring more pictures of the collection soon!
Yesterday we posted about fetish inspired lines. This week the new Gregg Homme lines are released. The Bondage line is as fetish as you can get! When I met with Gregg Homme in Vegas I was told this is the most expensive item they have ever sold. Don’t let the price scare you, the set is really cool
The Bondage line comes in two different pieces, the Bondage Trunks and Muscle Shirt.
Bondage Trunks – The trunks are the Gregg Homme take on crotchless strappy shorts. Which they want you to face your own sexual fears. The straps are made out of 17% Lycra, 79% Polyester and 4% Silicon. The Gregg Homme logo is stitched or embossed on to the straps. The shorts have a waistband with vertical straps that lead down to three horizontal straps on your thighs. A thong that is included completes the look. Retails for $110.95
Bondage Muscle Shirt – The shirt is made out of the same material as the trunks. It has a V design in the front that goes over the shoulders and attaches just below the chest. Four Straps around the torso hold the vertical straps in place. You can wear this with the trunks or with jeans and boot to your favorite bar’s fetish night. Retails for $166.96
The bondage line is not for everyday wear but we know you can find the perfect place to wear them, whether it be the bar or bedroom! See a few more pictures below the break:
Today’s Brief Distraction is the new Pistol Pete swimwear! Also features model Eric Turner wearing the Vizion Swim Brief. Find it at the Pistol Pete website.
We all believe that underwear should be fun. If you read this blog have discovered the joys of underwear and will never go back to buying it at Wal-Mart in packages of six. The underwear you wear now is a brand name, one pair costs more then those six packs and you believe in quality over quantity. With that said, have you noticed a trend in the world of men’s underwear of more “fetish” underwear?
I’m not talking thongs or jock briefs. I’m talking underwear that is made to look like rubber, wilder cuts and barely there undies. It’s a trend we are seeing more and more. This is not limited to just the gay guys even straight guys are venturing into the fetish world. I think this is because guys want to feel sexy and don’t want the women to have all the fun in underwear. Guys want to show the wilder side of their personality. We have heard from guys in the past telling us what they wear under suits. Underwear is the one area you don’t have to be conservative; you can be as wild as you want.
We are going to start a series of profiles on companies in the fetish wear that we think you should check out. However, in this one we are going to profile a few pairs we think you should check out.
K’mando pouch – We had a review on this a few years ago and it’s been one of our more popular post of all time. As you can see by the picture it’s just a pouch that covers your goods. Would you even classify this as underwear? Since it covers the goods we do! The pouch comes in a few colors and is supposed to fit any size guy. It’s not widely available but check the K’mando site for retail locations.
Modus Videndi Latex Bottmless Boxer – Modus Vivendi is one of those companies where what do you pick for a fetish post? They do have fun designing underwear and have a lot of fetish inspired pairs. However, this boxer is part of the new Fisherman line that is all latex inspirited line. The boxer has the back cut out, jock boxers are a whole new trend, and made in the Modus Vivendi silhouette with a drawstring waist. Modus Vivendi has so many fetish inspired styles that you should go check out the site for all of them.
Gregg Homme Haze Single Brief – Gregg Homme, like Modus Vivendi, is one of those that does a lot of fetish inspired pairs. I have always said that Gregg Homme does fetish/sexy undies where you get the best of both worlds, a sexy pair of undies and an amazing fit. Every pair of Gregg Homme I have owned has fit amazingly. The new line is out tomorrow there are some fun things coming but the Haze Single Brief is one that has the look of Latex/leather but easier to care for, because if you get a pair made out of either you know it’s not easy to wash. This pair has a buckle and key hole above the pouch. It’ sexy and fun, but check out the entire Haze line, they even had a matching tank.
Slick It Up Cobra – If you aren’t familiar with Slick It Up, they are a fetish gear company. They make underwear, swim, spandex gear. The pair that has been getting attention lately is the Cobra. As you see in the picture it’s a pouch and a strap on the right side, not much more to it. This pair leaves little to the imagination. The Cobra is made out of black latex snake skin spandex print. Oh and we know what you are asking and here is what their site say “”Perfectly well!”- Thats the answer to the question you just asked of “But how does it stay on?!” It actually stays there perfectly fine hugging your junk comfortably,”
These are only a few pairs we have seen. Do you have a favorite fetish pair or company? Let us know we are going to profile some of these companies in this latest trend in men’s underwear!
Are you a fan of the Brief Distractions we do here? Then you should check out the UNB Photography site. We have created a site to let you guys get to know the people behind the pics. Those people include the models, photographers and brands that make the amazing pictures you see. We profile more pics then we do here and some a little wilder we don’t or can’t publish here! We will have some model and photog interviews soon! The pic above is the Timoteo Rugby line as shot by Tom Cullis. The site address is http://www.unb-photography.com
Today’s Brief Distraction is one from Quarter Homme. This is their latest release, the Tease Hipster. Available in Blue, Red (as shown) and Yellow. We named them underwear of the week last month for their Homme Hipster.
Spring is in the air. Robins are back, spring bulbs are blooming and Jockstrap Central is in such a good mood that they’ve just marked everything at Jockstrap Central down by 10%. Jocks, briefs, boxers, short, tanks, wrestling singlets and even socks are all on sale until Wednesday, April 17th.
As it’s a site wide sale there’s no discount codes to worry about entering. You’ll see every product listed with it’s original price crossed out and the sale price displayed. Life is good!”
*This post contains affiliate links.