Since the dawn of time men have been running around in their undies. The simple loin cloth was quite possibly the first item of clothing to be fashioned by man, and was likely soon followed by more substantial garments as tribes moved north and out of Africa to the colder, temperate zones of Europe, Asia and both North & South America. At this point, what had been outerwear became underwear, worn beneath tunics and other items of clothing made from animal hide. Through the following millennia, mens underwear changed very little, being a simple length of cloth wrapped around the genitals or a triangle of cloth secured with twine or string.
It was only in the 1970's the concept of designer underwear for men came about with brightly coloured materials being used in place of the plain white cotton boxer shorts, or boxers, as they're more commonly known. However in this period much of the focus was on colour and pattern rather than comfort, but that was all due to change with the advent of the highly engineered Calvin Klein boxers. Through the 1980's and early 1990's, these mens boxers became highly sought after as for the first time in the history of mens underwear, it was comfortable.
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