
Since the 1990s, some men also opt for boxer briefs as a compromise between the two. Boxer shorts got a fashion boost in 1985 when English model and musician Nick Kamen stripped to white Sunspel boxers in a 1950s style "Launderette" in a Levi's commercial. Around that time boxers were beginning to become popular among young men, who wore boxers with varying colors and prints. military, and best selling color of boxers was white. Around that time many of the men who preferred boxers were older men who became accustomed to wearing them during their time in the U.S. men's briefs were more popular than boxer shorts, with four times as many briefs sold compared to boxers. The two styles, briefs and boxer shorts, had varying ratios of sales for the following fifty years, with strong regional and generational preferences. These trunks, now known as "boxer trunks", immediately became famous, but were later eclipsed by the popular Jockey-style briefs beginning in the late 1930s. In 1925, Jacob Golomb, founder of Everlast, designed elastic-waist trunks to replace the leather-belted trunks then worn by boxers. History Man wearing loose jeans over boxer shorts


Boxers come in a variety of styles and design but are characterized by their loose fit. The term has been used in English since 1944 for all-around-elastic shorts, so named after the shorts worn by boxers, for whom unhindered leg movement ("footwork") is very important.

Men's loose-fitting underpants A man wearing boxersīoxer shorts (also known as loose boxers or as simply boxers) are a type of undergarment typically worn by men.
