We brought you some great swimwear by Aronik last year and wanted to bring you a new picture. If you’re in the mood for new swimwear check them out
Many of you guys make New Year’s resolutions to get in to shape. One of my favorites to wear are longer boxer briefs for extra support you get while working out. These are from Zylas.
Underwear Nation is back for another great month. Their photography is always top notch. This is this months selection for jockstraps.
Bold Issue: http://www.underwearnation.com/portfolio-item/bold-issue/
Photographer: Jerrad Matthew
Model: Nate Seymour (Matthew Agency www.matthewagency.com)
Underwear of the Month: Jump Brief and Jump Trunk by Teamm8. Jockstrap by Cocksox.
A brand you may not be too familiar with is Lick. They are based out of the UK and we thought we’d share one of there great pics they have published just recently.
New Year and time to get new underwear. If that is your resolution then check out the Baskit $12 Tuesday today. This week the pair is the Light Low-Rise Trunk. Make sure you go to the specials page for all the specials.
If you’ve been a fan of the blog for the last few years, you know we used to do a podcast. We are relaunching that in the next month. I’m working on getting people lined up to be on it that include brands, retailers, staff members and real guys out there.
- My initial plan is to do a roundtable discussion of underwear talking about whats happening in the world of underwear. That include new pairs, innovation, creativity and more in underwear.
- That is not all we want to have interview with brands so you can hear from the brands about how they created lines, new lines released and more
- Behind the scenes of shoots and Vegas. Hear stories from our shoots and what happened. Also, I always have great stories from Vegas so I”d love to share them with you guys.
- We want to have shows with readers on it, both gay and straight. Where we talk underwear from the “everyday guy” perspective. I think we have some of the smartest and brightest readers on the net.
I want to know what you want to hear on the podcast. What would be important? Is there a person or brand you want in particular on the shows? Are you interested in being on a show? Fill out the form below and let me know. If you are interested in being on make sure you leave your contact info, other wise you can leave it blank.
Picture by Baskit.
Today we send congrats to model Eric Turner who this past weekend got married to his partner in South Africa. You have seen him in many brands but this time he’s in Pistol Pete
Yesterday we introduced you to Blue Collar Underwear. We wanted to share some of their pics as Brief Distractions, make sure you go to their site and check them out!
I love bringing you guys new underwear companies. It’s one of the things I love to do, and know we haven’t done so much lately but Blue Collar Underwear is one of the first companies we will be profiling. We will be doing a more in depth interview with them but wanted to give you guys an overview of the company.
Blue Collar is starting out small and will grow. They mainly have trunks and briefs currently. The pairs have cool colors and great contrasting trim. As you see above they use yellow/black, white/blue, blue/black and more. The one thing that really intrigues me is the pouch. I love a great pouch and these look like they paid attention to how they fit a guy.
We got to talk briefly through email and here is what they told us:
Blue Collar Underwear began as idea between My Business Partner and I over a dinner table after a day of work. We started this company to revolutionize the way you feel about your underwear and the way your underwear feel and look on you. Our goal with every pair of underwear is to bring functionality, fit, feel, comfort, quality and affordability back to the underwear industry. And we’re doing so without sacrificing style. So often, we see nice underwear, but cost more than we would care to spend. With Blue Collar underwear you get the best of all worlds……….Blue Collar Underwear = Comfortable, Stylish and Affordable with a tailored fit + Made with the finest fabrics
We started out by first identifying who we are as a brand and what we stood for and creating our designs around that. We’ve always been people who were very in tune with our artistic sides and have always had a keen eye and a slight obsession with fashion and underwear. It only made sense that we share that obsession with the world.
Find them at http://www.bluecollarunderwear.com
From now until Wednesday, January 8th, 2013 (midnight EST), when you shop at Jockstrap Central and your product total is $40 or more, they will throw in a free jockstrap. While supplies last, the free jockstrap will be one of their Wolf Athletic Supporters (If they run out, you’ll still get a free jock, just not one of those.) On the last step of your checkout (the invoice page) you’ll be asked to choose your size and color preference.
Omtex jockstraps are phenomenal and if you don’t have one already, this is a great chance to get one to “try” out. We’re sure you’ll be hooked! If you already have one, get yourself another for when the first is in the wash
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We hope you enjoy this picture when it’s freakin’ freezing in the states! This is a picture of Manus Swimwear and we will have more on them this swim season. They are a super fun swimwear line.
One of the newest models on the Men’s Underwear Scene has been Mike Stalker for C-IN2 and shot by photog Rick Day. He did a great series for them and we hope to see more of him this year!
It was a pleasure to interview Men’s Underwear Guy. He was around before UNB and one of the people who inspired me to create UNB. He took a break and is now back and check out his site. He’s an UBER underwear fan!
You have been one of the oldest underwear blogs on the net, what made you start your blog?
The first iteration of my site launched around 2007 and it was driven by what I saw as a gap in the available information online about men’s underwear. I am always shopping for new underwear and I like to make informed decisions but unfortunately, at the time, there was very little first-hand, objective information being provided. I realized that due to my extensive history and experience of shopping and wearing so many different types of underwear I was in a unique situation where I could share a lot of information that was well-researched and analytical rather than superficial and full of marketing-speak. I have a background in web design and writing so I thought an online website would be a good way to combine my professional skills with a personal passion.
What started your underwear love?
I can’t say I know exactly when I become so intrigued with men’s underwear but I do remember growing up in the 80s as a teen and noticing cool styles in the newspaper shopping inserts for underwear that frequently caught my eye. I was always interested in the unique designs and styles that were different from the regular white briefs like Hanes or Fruit Of The Loom. Since it was the 80s you could actually find regular department store brands advertising some interesting styles like bikini briefs made from sports mesh fabric in bright colors. Those few glimpses of what men’s underwear could be beyond the standard every-day styles opened my eyes to the cool
ideas that could be applied to men’s underwear fashion.
Who are your favorite brands and why?
I like many different brands of underwear but I gravitate towards the designers who work hard to innovate all the time by refreshing their designs, sourcing new exotic fabrics and who aren’t afraid to push boundaries. Some of my favorite brands/labels include Modus Vivendi, Gregg Homme, BodyAware, Undergear, California Muscle and N2N Bodywear. There’s always room for standard day-to-day basics in my wardrobe but when it comes to finding underwear that makes me enthused to buy, it’s usually an innovation in design, engineering or fabric. I like knowing the designer is continuously striving to find the next big thing and working hard to keep up with trends. Men’s underwear has evolved to be much more of a fashion statement than ever before and it’s clear when a designer or label is really passionate about making a statement rather than just trying to latch on to an industry in the hopes of quick profits.
What are your favor styles for daily wear?
As readers of my blog know, I divide underwear into a variety of categories so the term daily wear has a specific meaning to me. I think daily wear should be comfortable, durable and functional while still being reasonably fashionable. Within those criteria I’d say my favorite styles for daily wear or generally low rise briefs with an exposed waistband in cotton-spandex blends as well as micromodal mini-briefs. I like the feeling of structure and shaping that a brief can supply combined with modern styling using basic, strong masculine colors.
I can’t remember how I found you but your site was awesome you do amazing and in depth reviews, how did you come up with your criteria?
My reviews have evolved over many years and I keep expanding the criteria that I rate an underwear item against. I’m a very detailed-oriented person and I work to cover virtually every aspect possible that would help other people make informed purchasing decisions. Some of my most favorite underwear factors to focus on are size range, pouch fit and fabric stretch. I think those three criteria are some of the most critical to whether or not an underwear garment is going to fit and feel good when you wear it and thus be worth the investment. Almost more than any other clothing item, underwear is a very personal fit and yet up until relatively recently, men’s underwear was treated as a mostly generic fit and design exercise. Every guy is not only going to need a specific size for his overall body, he’s going to desire a unique fit requirement for his package as well. Women have had bra cup sizes for decades but that underlying concept still hasn’t been fully realized as a specification system or buying option for men. Until a truly universal system has been adopted by the men’s underwear industry, “fit fragmentation” is going to be a prevalent issue so providing detailed information that describes how each cut of each design works will continue to find an audience. There’s nothing worse than spending your hard-earned cash and finding out you can’t wear something which can’t be returned.
You took a break from the blog but came back did it energize you to make a better blog?
I think the key word you used is “blog” which, for myself at any rate, defines a specific kind of site that follows a fairly rigid template in both style and content. Previously I had been able to find ways to bend the blog platform I was using to varying degrees of success but ultimately I knew I would need to break away into something more open in the future. Due to a variety of reasons taking my old site offline made sense at the time -as tough as it was to do. In planning the relaunch of my site I knew it had to be bigger and broader than my old site to keep things interesting for myself and my readers. Starting fresh with a new visual design and code template that was free from a specific platform really has been a great experience and I’m very pleased to be able to continuously update and enhance my site now that the foundation is in place.
What does the future hold for you and your blog?
Underwear reviews will of course be an ongoing staple of my site, I think that’s where the most value is found for a lot of my audience. In order to keep things interesting for myself, however, I intend to continue to develop content that extends outward beyond the mechanics of underwear and more into society, culture and artistic expression. There are several ideas and opinions I’ve been throwing around in my head regarding certain cultural expectations, given norms and evolving attitudes that are either surfaced by or reflected through men’s underwear. I certainly have enough ideas to keep me busy working round the clock if I had the free time so almost anything is open for the future.
Where can our readers find you?
I’ve been having a lot of fun using Twitter and YouTube to a much greater extent than I did previously and it’s a fun way to connect and hear back from underwear fans around the world. I can be found on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/underwearguy and on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/mensunderwearguy. For more traditional communication my email address is talk@mensunderwearguy.com
Being one of the world’s top men’s underwear and apparel designers definitely seems like it would be an amazing job. You get to travel the world. You’re constantly surrounded by beautiful models. You have your name on the waistbands of hundreds of thousands of men the world over. Andrew has been dubbed the “Gay Hugh Hefner”, making him the envy of just about every other gay man on the planet.
But it would appear that Andrew Christian doesn’t quite have it all. Which is why he decided to consult with the world famous Millionaire Matchmaker herself, Patti Stanger, in search of the missing ingredient: the perfect guy. As per usual, Patti and her brand new crew of love gurus deliver up their familiar brand of tough love before setting him up with another wealthy single who is on the prowl. Of course, any quest for romance is bound to have its bumps in the road. The only question that remains is whether Patti and company can help Andrew get it together and start 2014 off right with a love match made in heaven. Well, not heaven…more like a love match made at “The Millionaires Club”.
Watch your favorite underwear designer, Andrew Christian, on Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker Thursday, January 2nd at 9/8c.
As we look back on 2013, We bring you a great picture we took at Magic of 2EROS. They will be there in February and we hope to find some thing about the new ranges for 2014!
New Years resolutions always seem to be something we aspire too like stop smoking, loose weight, work out to get killer abs. Well one of those is something I’m working on, but I wanted to do an underwear resolution. It got me thinking… What should it be?
First, I thought about stepping outside my comfort zone. Then thought I already do that. I wear pretty much everything. Over the course of UNB I have worn thongs, lace, boxer briefs and any style you can think of. So that one is out.
Next, I thought about to get my underwear collection better organized. I really want to a better organization of pairs I love and wear on a regular basis. While this is a great one to do, but this is something we should all do on a regular basis. While I will do this, it won’t be my resolution.
So what is my resolution? I have decided to try more non-US brands of underwear. I really want to branch out and try some amazing brands that I have heard of but never tried. Those brands include Geronimo, Man Store, Bruno Banani just to name a few. I am going to try not to focus on any one part of the world but try all kinds. We will see how it goes and I’ll report on it when I try something new.
If you have any suggestions on brands I should try let me know!
Picture from left to right: Manstore, Bruno Banani, Geronimo and Nils Bohner.
We are now in 2014! But we are having a look back over the last year at UNB! This was February in Vegas and the N2N Bodywear line! This is the Sheer Singlet in Black
It’s the last day of the year! Time to go sexy into the new year. Enjoy this picture we took in Vegas in Aug when we met with them! Enjoy the picture featuring Marko LeBeau!
Want some great colors and a great pair of underwear? Then today’s Baskit $12 Tuesday is perfect for you. It’s the Simple Low-Rise Trunk. Available in a few great colors and just $12 today only
We here in the States don’t know much about this, but our friends in Latin/South American have known that wearing certain colors of underwear can affect your New Years. I think its a tradition we need to start here in the States
Yellow – Not a traditional color here, but it is said if you wear Yellow Underwear it will bring you good luck in the new year. Who couldn’t use a little bit of luck! So I just may break out the Yellow Cocksox Backstage Briefs!
Red – I found this out this year that wearing red underwear is supposed to bring you luck in the love department. If you already have an amazing partner/spouse, you may not need this one. But if you don’t then give it a try, it may be your year to find love!
Black – In many parts of the world it is believed that if you wear black underwear on New Years it will bring you bad luck. So maybe we don’t want to tempt fate by wearing black undies and stick with one of the colors above just to be safe!
Try these out to make your New Years a bit more fun and colorful! Let us know if you did one of these. Pictured undies are from Mundo Uncio Store
I had a friend tell me tonight he’s off to Cozumel for New Years! I’m jealous someone is going to be on the beach in speedos when I”m stuck in a cold city. But enjoy this amazing pic by Addicted swimwear by ES Collection.