Jockeying For Position: How Boxers And Briefs Got Into Men's Pants

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Just as underclothes are shielded from public view, the evolution of men's most intimate apparel is shrouded in secrecy. But the story of men's underwear is about more than which came first, boxers or briefs. Undergarments as we know them today were first sold to promote cleanliness and improve the comfort of wearing clothing. That they might one day be deemed fashionable was not even an after-thought.
Hunter Oatman-Stanford from Collectors Weekly spoke to Shaun Cole of the London College of Fashion to get to the bottom of men's underwear.
(thanks Ben)