Please, help me find the comfortable boxer shorts.

August 17, 2006 8:03 AM

I'm trying to locate a comfortable style of boxer short. Can you help?

I like a specific type of boxer short. Instead of 1 seam right down the most uncomfortable part, they have 2 seams in the back. The seams are wider at the top (waist) and narrow twords the crotch. This style doesn't ride as much as the 1 seam style. Is there a name for this style? I've heard them refered to as 'darts'. Is this the correct term? Any idea of where I can find them online? In the past, I've found them at express for men, but they're almost $10/pair now, which is way too much.

posted by kookywon to clothing, beauty, & fashion (7 comments total)

This dosen't really answer your question, but I never really liked boxer shorts until I bought a pair at Target with the big graphics printed on them. They're made of a softer tshirt material than anything else I had ever tried. You might want to check those out.
posted by andrewzipp at 8:37 AM on August 17, 2006

Known as a spinnaker colloquially I believe, and intended to prevent wedgies. Not necessarily though. Slate tells all.
posted by A189Nut at 8:41 AM on August 17, 2006

Sounds a lot like the Jockey Global Boxer, my preferred boxer.
posted by Matt Oneiros at 9:51 AM on August 17, 2006

I'd recommend City Boxers but they're about twice as much as the express for men ones.
posted by Lucinda at 11:31 AM on August 17, 2006

The City Boxers peeps seem to use a zero-seam-in-the-back pattern, AKA 3-panel construction. Apparently this also helps with preventing ride-up.

So by logical extension, I have decided that what you're looking for is called 5-panel construction, which led me to this very NSFW-feeling page: http://www.skinzwear.com/shoppingcart/product_detail.cfm?item__code=08-2006
posted by trevyn at 1:04 PM on August 17, 2006

Boxer briefs, Fruit of The Loom, cheap.
posted by fixedgear at 1:45 PM on August 17, 2006

Excellent responses. City Boxers is what I really want, I guess. They're expensive, but if I can specify the inseam length, it might be worth it. Plus they have the most variety. They mention that what I'm looking for is 3 panel boxers.

3 panel boxers is definitely getting more responses on google. That's what I was looking for
posted by kookywon at 1:58 PM on August 17, 2006