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Modus Vivendi makes some of the most creative underwear on the market. They never design underwear in the box. Not saying the classics are a bad thing, but if you love creative and interesting underwear. Modus Vivendi is the company for you. MV never shy away from bright colors, new fabrics or interesting cuts. They are always inspired by their Greek heritage, but over the years they have expanded!

The Glamour line is inspired by the Glam rock style invented in the 70s in the UK. The Glitter rock style underlines elegance and strength and is made for the confident and stylish men. Modus Vivendi used embroided sequin fabric with inside elastane lining to create quality, luxury pieces for an edgy style.

Pull off a rock glam attitude and combine the Glamour line with black minimal pieces like tight pants, jacket, leather boots and you got yourself a Glam Rock style provocative enough for the Christmas parties.

The line itself showcases low cut brief, jockstrap and tanktop; inspired pieces take center stage on the streets.

Evolve your style with the Glamour line with layers of glitter and fabulousness; the style works equally well on the street or on the dance floor. Are you going to let your inner rocker Glam?

The Modus Vivendi Glamour line is available from €38.80

 

Not all underwear companies are centered around the US. There are some awesome underwear companies the world over. One such company is Tynell Underwear. I saw them on Instagram and loved the prints they were doing. I discovered they are located in South Africa. We will have a more in-depth interview with them but I wanted to share this overview with you guys first!

 

Here is what they tell us about their brand:

The struggle has always been real to find underwear that still feels comfortable after a few hours of wear. In our quest to design underwear that deliver on quality as well as comfort, we arrived at our ethos; Fit. Feel. Freedom. Wear the Fit. Feel the quality. Experience the Freedom.

The TYNELL Signature Range comes in two styles – briefs and brief-trunks and we will soon be releasing our trunk style.

Our Limited Editions have exquisite prints that vary from pair to pair. No pair is the same. It is what makes them so special. We will only be releasing 300 Limited Edition pairs as part of our first range.

#DressToUndress

To celebrate the launch of TYNELL we collaborated with international film and commercial producer, Renier Ridgeway from Silverlining Pictures and one of South Africa’s most acclaimed music video directors, Kyle Lewis, to produce our first brand video.

Check it out here: https://tynell.clothing/product-video/

I really think this is a brand that few of you guys may know about but would love to try. Prints are always big with many of you guys out there. Creating something different and fun is always something you guys are on the look for when buying new undies. Make sure you go check out the brand and see what they have to offer. I don’t think you will be disappointed

if you love great fitting undies!

Where Can You Find TYNELL

Online Store: www.tynell.clothing

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thetynellstore

Instagram: www.instagram.com/tyronenell

I purchased the Cover Male Cheeky Boxer in navy for this review.

Rating: 7.7/10

  • Daily Fit: 8/10
  • Sizing: 9/10
  • Construction: 7/10
  • Styling: 7/10
  • Daily Performance: 7.5/10

Pros:

  • Breathable fabric keeps your skin cool for hours
  • Pouch forward design accentuates your anatomy
  • Barely there design with no elastic in the leg openings

Cons:

  • The only print available is camouflage
  • The screen printed label isn’t very flattering to the design

UNB Ryan’s recommendation: I love thongs, and you can’t get too much closer to wearing one than the cheeky boxer style from Cover Male!  I have bought this same suit in the navy and hot pink (my favorite color) variations. These are great for long-term wear, and also for times that you may want to wear a little more than a thong style. I have worn these while doing various activities, and can say without a doubt that they are well suited for anything you want to do in them!

Cover Male is a staple in my underwear drawer.  I have several different styles from thongs to boxer briefs, and I love all of them!  They offer something for everyone, and I mean everyone.  Cover Male provides boxer style underwear for the traditional male mindset, brief styles for the more adventurous, and thong/g-string styles for the wilder side of each of us.  This pair of cheeky boxers is much more akin to a thong than a boxer style and is definitely within my comfort zone.

I’ve worn this pair on numerous occasions, from wearing them under my dress slacks at work to wearing them while doing yard work, and they perform each time flawlessly.  I don’t find myself feeling to adjust anything or pulling them away from my body but rather forget that I have them on, which is really what should happen when wearing underwear!  The fit of this pair is very minimal in that they don’t exaggerate your anatomy in any way, but rather gently accentuate it.

Cover Male’s designs have been very well constructed in my experience.  I have never had any issues with seams coming unraveled, elastic stretching out, or fabrics fading or bleeding excessively.  All of their designs have adequate elastic to hold everything in place without being so restrictive that they cause discomfort.  The leg openings on this pair do not have any elastic, and the feeling you get immediately after pulling them on is evident of the thought that went into the design.  You can’t tell they are there at all!

Cover Male’s suits don’t all share the same fit, but these are very true to size.  I have found that Cover Male, like many designers, run a little bit on the small side when buying their skimpier suits.  The styles that have string sides are typically cut smaller around the waist but will share the same pouch size.  The cheeky boxers are pretty safe (in my opinion) to order in your typical preferred size.  I haven’t had any issues with these riding up excessively or the leg openings being overly restrictive.  I found that the pouch on this pair is very well constructed, and offers generous room and support for your package.

I am certain that I will continue to buy from Cover Male, and in particular, I may take advantage of the sale currently going on and pick these up in a few more colors.  I particularly like the camouflage and white colors as my next choices.  If I were to make one suggestion to cover male, I would ask them to go back to the fabric care tag found in some of their older styles instead of the screen printed instructions they are using on the newer designs.  It’s not so bad on the smaller suits, but for the styles using wider swaths of fabric, they leave an unsightly impression from the outside.

 

BRAND: Cover Male
PAIR: Cheeky Boxer
COLORS: I reviewed a pair in Navy.  Other colors available in the line include camo, orange, purple, red, white, yellow, black, sheer, turquoise, and royal blue
FABRIC: Navy 86/14% Nylon/Polyamide blend
SIZES: S, M, L, & XL

COST: $18.08 through Cover Male online store (They’re on sale!)
Where to buy: Cover Male

 

 

 

It’s an interesting time of the year in the men’s underwear market – the view from the UK is complex, but exciting. Never mind Brexit, there’s Black Friday, Christmas, early spring arrivals and a new brand debut (hint: more to follow) to juggle at Deadgoodundies.com. DGU ships worldwide so men’s preferences in different countries are followed closely. British men, though they keep VERY quiet about it, are still dedicated followers of fashion when it comes to choosing boxers and briefs, but also loungewear and more.

Just launched on Deadgoodundies is British Boxers men’s underwear. As the name implies this is a quintessentially Brit collection devoted to comfort and the understated style of the classic English gentlemen. Their original product, the trunk, comes in black, white and fashion colours.

BRITISH BOXERS TRUNK £18.00

Keep it under your hat, but DGU was instrumental in British Boxers adding men’s briefs to their offer. And jolly good they are too. Like the rest of the line, these midi slips use luxury cotton that retains its colour wash after wash.

BRITISH BOXERS BRIEF £12.00

All British Boxers products are designed in Britain and their attention to detail is remarkable. The stripes on their brushed cotton robe match perfectly at the seams and the fabric is treated with a unique process that gives it superb softness and warmth.

BRITISH BOXERS ROBE £89.00

A long term best seller with Deadgoodundies, it’s all change at Obviously for Men. The collection has been refined to focus on their upgraded EveryMan AnatoMax and PrimeMan AnatoMax lines – each offering a brief, trunk, 3-inch and 9-inch boxers – which are proving hugely popular with UK buyers.

OBVIOUSLY EVERYMAN ANATOMAX BRIEF £16.50

DGU still has supplies of several original Obviously ranges but these won’t be restocked, so choice is reducing by the day. Fans of the Classic and Comfort designs should get them while they can…

OBVIOUSLY EVERYMAN COMFORT BRIEF £11.25

 

High fashion men’s underwear – and leisurewear – from Greece, Modus Vivendi always provokes excitement with every new collection. Now they’ve launched their first triple packs, including the bestselling aerated cotton Low Cut brief in two colour combos. Result? Customers are happy, happy, happy.

MODUS VIVENDI LOW CUT BRIEF TRIPLE PACK £33.00

 

 

Bruno Banani Brand Introduction

There are some interesting marketing campaigns with the brand Bruno Banani that I’ll touch on a bit later in the post. Bruno Banani is a German brand, so some of my research on them was translated from German. The brand was founded in 1993 by Wolfgang Jassner who already worked for various textile companies. Jassner saw there was a gap in the underwear market with no “young, groovy brand” in men’s underwear.

Bruno Banani sells more than men’s underwear and swimwear. They also sell many other items including women’s underwear too. They granted licenses for fragrances, watches, bags, sunglasses, hats, and even towels. Also, they sell shoes, jackets, socks, and shirts. All of the products for both men and women. Let’s look at the women’s underwear a little first. They have a pretty good selection for the ladies, which you don’t find quite as much from a brand that offers both. Most of the time it is a couple of styles and a couple of fabric options for one sex and then a bunch for the other. They still offer more for men than women. They offer women’s styles in thongs, bikinis, hipsters, briefs, and bras. They don’t offer any women’s swimwear though.

Let’s go over the men’s selection. For us, they have the boxer brief, the more modern hipster, long johns, and the boxers. On the skimpier side, you have sports briefs, which vary in side widths. You have bikinis that they call tangas, and then there are the strings or traditional thongs. The boxer briefs and hipster are a good part of their men’s underwear makeup. For their swimwear offering, they have Bermuda, which is their knee-length shorts. Then they call swim shorts by boxers. Hip shorts are in the square-cut family with the shortest inseams. The other square cuts are called shorts. They’re a little longer on the inseam, but most appear not to make it to mid-thigh. Then there is Retro, which is kind of like sungas or square cuts without an inseam. Their swim briefs are called mini. They’re similar to cut to the sports briefs. Skimpier than a full swim brief, but not quite what I would call a bikini. And lastly, they have thongs or strings for swimwear. They pretty much have something for every guy in underwear and swimwear.

Bruno Banani marketing strategy is one to get themselves notice. They started that with a bold motto or slogan of “Not For Everybody.” When you see that does it make you wonder why it’s not for everyone? Like I said a bit earlier, from a style standpoint I would say they could be for everyone. If you go with price, then maybe not. I would put them in the premium price area at typically $25-$35 a pair for underwear. If you want boxers, you can get them under $20.

They staked claim to be the first designer brand in space. They outfitted one of the astronauts on the MIR space station in their underwear. Bruno Banani adventure tested their underwear in a 10,000-kilometer adventure by Achill Moser from Jerusalem to Zimbabwe. Another extreme adventure test for their underwear was an Eco-Challenge. The German team at the challenge was outfitted in the “Air Active” collection in their 500-kilometer journey through the Australian jungle. There are a few other marketing campaigns they talk about. You can read more about them here.

There is one last marketing campaign I want to touch on that I think is a pretty bold one. The German luge team took a Tongan who was aspiring to be the first one from the country to make it into the Winter Olympics under their wing. This luger had the same name as the German underwear brand Bruno Banani. Of course, this was not his real name, but just a marketing hoax that was eventually uncovered. This brought criticism and attention to the brand, which had to be the goal of the campaign. The luger’s real name is Fuahea Semi, and there is a movie about him called “Being Bruno Banani.” Check out more about the movie on the IMBd website.

As you can see they have done some interesting marketing to build their brand recognition. Have you tried the Bruno Banani brand? Let us know your thoughts on them.

Website: Bruno Banani
Where to Buy: Deadgoodundies – Underwear; Deadgoodundies – Swimwear; Bruno Banani

Some Articles to check out on the brand
Simply Saxony
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung
The Guardian


UNB writers have previously discussed different ways of organizing an underwear drawer.  But the problems in organizing underwear also arise when trying to keep straight a growing swimwear collection.  Here’s what I did recently to try to contain the clutter and ease the process of selecting the appropriate swimwear for my chosen watersports activity.


I started with a Skubb drawer organizer from Ikea  ($7.99).  It’s inexpensive, and the seven divided compartments of varying sizes helped group different swimwear by style.  The organizer also takes up only two-thirds of my drawer, leaving a large additional space for more swimwear.  Here’s a look at the final outcome:

And here’s how I got there:

A. I first folded lengthwise my three pairs of swim trunks and put them stacked in the open space to the left of the Skubb organizer.

B. I folded and placed my single pair of board shorts in the top left square of the organizer. These are Andrew Christian board shorts, so they’re neither as thick or as long as most board shorts.

C. One pair of square cut trunks resides in section C. (The other two pairs of square cut trunks went to section G.)  There’s room in section C for at least 1-2 more pairs.

D. The sections marked D hold swim briefs that would be appropriate to wear at any beach or public pool. I folded and turned each brief so that the back faces the front of the drawer.  Folding and storing in this manner provides the largest possible view of each brief’s pattern when later selecting which suit to wear.

E. The small, top right corner of the organizer holds swim thongs. I don’t often wear these, but folding and stacking them so that the pouch faces front makes choosing easier when the right wearing opportunity does arise.

F. I utilized the organizer’s two medium sized sections to store the swim briefs and bikinis that might be too immodest to wear to the neighborhood pool. (These swim briefs typically have a profile pouch or are custom-made swimwear from designers such as Muscle Skins, Beach-N-Dance, or Jovana Design.)  As like before, I folded each so that the rear of the suit faced forward, making the pattern more visible and easing a later search for a specific suit.

G. Finally, I folded and placed two of the more modest square cut trunks next to my all-locations-appropriate swim briefs. The square cut trunks in this section lack the profile pouch of the square cut found in section C.  (Think “more James Bond” and less “Magic Mike.”)

In total, the Skubb organizer provided an inexpensive solution for organizing and storing over 35 pairs of swimwear of varying styles.  All my swimwear had previously been just stuffed randomly in the drawer.  I am pleased with results of my attempt at organization, and I hope I can maintain this level of order through the end of next summer.

 

This brief was purchased for review.

Overall Rating7.8/10

  • Daily Fit: 7/10
  • Sizing: 7/10
  • Construction: 8/10
  • Styling: 10/10
  • Daily Performance: 7/10

Pros:

  • Soft cotton fabric
  • Sexy cutout panels
  • Full back

Cons:

  • Black and charcoal grey is the only color choices
  • Cutout panels gape

Osgon’s Recommendation:  Pass. 

Andrew Christian’s Affair brief has several good attributes.  Nevertheless, the brief’s execution failed to live up to the promise of its design.

First, the good:  The 95% cotton, 5% spandex blend is very comfortable against the skin and breathes all day.  The full-back provides complete coverage for the athletic American backside.  The colorful waistband stays flat against the hips without rolling or binding.  The bikini design – featuring cutout panels and a profile pouch – screams masculine sex appeal.

Next, the bad:  The leg bands were tighter than normal.  (This has been a problem for some Andrew Christian products after he changed manufacturing plants.  Some products, such as the recently reviewed Massive Icon brief, have leg bands that are completely comfortable.  The Affair brief’s leg bands were not.)  The cutout panels bunched and gaped later in the day rather than remaining flat against the skin.  The pouch, while comfortable, also tended to gape open.  This means the brief wouldn’t be appropriate for anything except the most sedentary of activities.

In sum, the flaws in design execution mean I cannot recommend this brief.  I won’t throw it away, but I won’t be excited to slip it on when it rises to the top of my underwear rotation.

If you’re in the market for Andrew Christian underwear, a better choice is the Flash City brief from AC’s Massive collection.  The Massive collection’s products are better made, they feature the same “almost naked” pouch, and the Massive collection’s polyamide-spandex blend fabric combines a luxurious feel with four-way stretch to provide all day (and all activity) comfort.

The Affair brief retails for $18 on Andrew Christian’s website.

Everywhere you look these days, every company, brand and more seem to have their own underwear subscription service. Wait we are pleased to announce…. Not really! We aren’t planning a subscription service. The question is are they worth the money you pay? Will you get pairs that you will actually wear? If you’re paying $20+ a month you want something you will wear on a regular basis. We have a few words of advice when picking an underwear subscription service.

Go with a brand

If you love a brand and they have a service it is worth looking into. First, you know the brand and the quality. The designs, prints, and fabrics won’t come in and you go “what the hell is this?” It’s more likely the brand will send you similar to what you already love. Two brands doing subscriptions are MeUndies and Andrew Christian. MeUndies will send you an awesome print each month in the style you love. Thiers is pretty straightforward. The designs/style will not change. If you want to try some different things Andrew Christian can vary the line they send in a brief. You could get an Almost Naked, trophy boy or more. Pouches could have the Show-it Tech or they could be mesh. Andrew Christian has a lot of different things they could send a month.

Get something new with a retailer

If you love a style such a brief or jock. Sign up with a retailer doing a subscription. They will bring you a new brand every month. This can be good and bad. It can be good because it can expose you to a lot of brands you may not have worn before. You could find a new favorite. On the flip side, if you hate a brand you may get a pair in the subscription. It’s a gamble you will have to take! Most retailers will try to get the best value for the consumer. Always follow up with a brand if they send you something you love or hate. Feedback is always good.

Try something out of the box

Some subscriptions make you pick a style and stick with it. Others will send you anything from a boxer brief to a thong. If you want to expand your horizons why not let the luck of the draw dictate what you get. Or, if you love all kinds of undies, this is perfect for you. You will get sent, randomly, whatever pair they have that month in whatever style. It can be like Christmas and not knowing what you’re going to get till you open the package!

It’s about the money

The last thing to consider is the cost. They vary in costs. It’s smart to shop around and see who is offering the best deal. The cheapest isn’t the best if you’re paying $5 or more for shipping for each pair. Looking into shipping costs is a must. It will add to your subscriptions overall cost. Next, are you signing up for an ongoing monthly basis that you have to cancel or is it for a set

Next, are you signing up for an ongoing monthly basis that you have to cancel or is it for a set time? Double check before you order to see which you are getting. You may only want to try for 3 months but sign up for a year or more. If it is an ongoing subscription, is it easy to cancel your subscription?

If you want to reward yourself I think an underwear subscription is a great way to do it. Shop around and see what the costs are for each of the ones you are interested in purchasing. Most will have some of their past selections. It should give you an overall view of the service. After you deciede on your service determine how long you want the subscription. And then sit back and enjoy as undies show up at your door everymonth!

C-IN2 has a new line out called Oxide. Oxide is “Inspired by one-of-a-kind patterns found in nature, Oxide brings one more set of prints to C-IN2.” It’s the look of rust screen printed onto a fine rib fabric. It comes in some of the favorite C-IN2 styles. They are the Jock, No Show Profile Brief, Punt, and No Show Army Trunk.

The print is one that I really like. C-IN2 is no stranger to making abstract prints. It’s actually one of their strong suits. The rust inspired prints are really cool. They will be a topic of conversation on a date night or possibly the gym. The colors go pretty well with the theme. blue, orange and green. The print is done in a contrasting color that just makes it POP!

If you are a fan of C-IN2 don’t let these slip away. They will be limited quantity seasonal prints. If you snooze you will lose. Get your favorite color in your favorite style or styles. You can find them on the C-IN2 website or some of your favorite online retailers!

BRAND: C-IN2
COLORS: Abys Navy Rust (blue), Pumice Grey Rust (orange), and Spume Green Rust
FABRIC: 100% Cotton
SIZES: Small – X-Large
COST: $24.00
Note: Available in limited quantity seasonal prints
BRAND: C-IN2
COLORS: Abys Navy Rust (blue), Pumice Grey Rust (orange), and Spume Green Rust
FABRIC: 100% Cotton
SIZES: Small – X-Large
COST: $24.00
Note: Available in limited quantity seasonal prints
BRAND: C-IN2
COLORS: Abys Navy Rust (blue), Pumice Grey Rust (orange), and Spume Green Rust
FABRIC: 100% Cotton
SIZES: Small – X-Large
COST: $26.00
Note: Available in limited quantity seasonal prints
BRAND: C-IN2
COLORS: Abys Navy Rust (blue), Pumice Grey Rust (orange), and Spume Green Rust
FABRIC: 100% Cotton
SIZES: Small – X-Large
COST: $26.00
Note: Available in limited quantity seasonal prints

Looking for a new take on an old classic? The SYNCRO from Rufskin is a new take on the Jockstrap. Rufskin says this about the pair: “Neoteric jockstrap featuring an arched back panel crafted using futuristic spacer mesh and a contoured front pouch built from premium stretch tulle”

BRAND: Rufskin
PAIR: SYNCRO
COLORS: Black or Navy
FABRIC: 100% POLYESTER – TRIMS: 75% NYLON 25% SPANDEX
SIZES: Small – Large
COST: $58.00

Remember the days growing up when you would get underwear as a present? If you were like me you would go WTF? I wanted games, toys or something, not underwear? Also, it was never anything good, it was a 3 or six pack of the big box stuff. Now that we want to get underwear as gifts, how many of us get what we want? We are going to explore a few scenarios for underwear giving in the holidays.

Partners – BF/GF, Wives or Husbands

If you are lucky enough to have a partner who supports your undies love, congrats. Consider yourself super lucky. So many guys, both gay and straight, have partners who just don’t get the underwear thing. We have readers who told us their partners buy them sexy undies and they love it. Opening the package and seeing some great new undies under the tree. This would be awesome.

Friends

This is more geared to the gay guys but If two straight guys loved undies I could see it happening. Unlike the partner, one above this is one I have participated in. Give a good friend, who you know is into undies, as presents. I tend to be open about my undies love and what I like. It’s easy to shop for someone who you talk to about undies. It’s good to set this up ahead of time. Me and my friend used to do this on a monthly basis. It started after a holiday exchange. It’s fun to get some pairs you may not have thought of before.

Buy Yourself Undies

This is what I usually do. I buy myself presents of undies around big occasions such as birthdays and holidays. There are two things to guarantee. Frist, you will get the correct size. Next, you will get exactly what you want. But this is not as much fun as the ones above. There is something awesome about a person putting in through to what undies they should give you. Either done for romantic reasons or to expose a friend to a new brand, style or etc.

Online Gift Exchange

This came to me when I was brainstorming this post. Create smaller groups of guys and do a small gift exchange. I was initially thinking about this for the guys at UNB. We are a small group of guys and would be interesting to see who gives what to who. This could be done online with guys who love undies. The only ground rules would be the undies must be new, with the tags still on. If you participate you must send out a pair. Lastly, be local or in the same country. When you get have to deal with international post and customs it can take forever for a pair to get to you.

These are a few scenarios for a gift exchange for underwear. I’m curious as to you guys thoughts.

Do you like super skimpy? Undies that cover what it needs too but still looks sexy? I know we have many guys who think skimpy is better. You love undies that give you great support but don’t get in the way. The new Italian Transparent Tactel Tanga is a pair that is all that above.

BodyAware has been a company that steps outside of the men’s underwear box and make something awesome. The new Tang is made out of an Italian Tactel fabric. BodyAware says this about the fabric: “This latest top quality European fabric supports with less bulk and superior softness. Up-to-the-minute technology combined with high Lycra content provides perfect breathability and freshness.” The fabric is slightly see-through, meaning it will show off the goods but not give it all away. To me making it a perfect date night or Valentine’s Day pair.

This pair is a Tanga. Which to most American’s is an “It’s a what?”  A Tanga to me and easiest to describe is more of a string bikini. It has a pouch in front, thin sides and almost a fullback. It gives you more freedom around the sides. This cut is perfect for an active guy at work or one that wants to feel sexy under his suit.

The colors are ones you don’t typically see in men’s underwear. BodyAware is not one afraid to venture into the feminine side of underwear. It’s actually one of their strengths. Colors are Black, Cerise (pinkish), Turquoise, Nude, and Purple. Each of these are more on the pastel side. Which are not colors we typically see in the world of men’s underwear. It really works thought. BodyAware is a company that has challenged what I thought was men’s underwear and made me think of new things. 

If you love fun underwear give this a look! I don’t think you will be disappointed.

BRAND: BodyAware
COLORS: Black, Cerise (pinkish), Turquoise, Nude, and Purple
FABRIC: Italian Tactel
SIZES: Small – 2XL
COST: $19.99

The Catalan designer Carmen Monforte presents a man who is very sure of himself, with a strong personality, but at the same time very sensitive, always letting himself be guided by an underlying sense of immortality and perpetuity.

Her proposal for this autumn/winter focuses on the presence of dark colors combined with metallic touches which, together with the variety of proportions and textures, make up a very contemporary and spontaneous collection, ideal for a daily look.

To achieve this, the collection plays with a rich variety of fabrics like modal or viscose, which combined with other organic fabrics, give rise to enormously soft and adaptable garments, almost creating a second skin.

A man with class is timeless. Find out more at ES Collection