Great Underwear Search of ‘08 - Update 1

Posted on | January 18, 2008 |

Well folks, back to the old drawing board.  Surely you didn’t think it would be that easy?

I put the Alfani briefs into the wash last night (don’t worry, I had a full load of whites to run).  This morning I got the report:  the waistband fit fine but the actual briefs were loose.

You know, I really don’t get clothes’ manufacturers.  Do they not use real people to come up with the designs for their clothes?  I’d honestly forgotten how difficult it is to find clothes designed to fit human beings instead of mannequins.  All of those years of dressing my kids in Hanna Andersson togs really spoiled us.

The Son, though slim, has a fairly classic physique.  He’s not overly skinny (like his cousin) and, unlike so many males (including his own dad), he has a rear end.

I can only imagine what this Great Underwear Search of ‘08 is going to entail — both in time and money.  :-(   At least we’ve already done the work of ensuring that classic briefs are definitely the style of choice.  Traditional boxer shorts were rejected several years ago — loosey, goosey is simply not for The Son.  I have to admit I still don’t fully understand his rejection of boxer briefs — they’re so similar to the sliding shorts he wears for baseball and basketball and he’s had no trouble adjusting to those.  I would have thought that boxer briefs would be perfect:  the same fit without the cup.  But no.

If anyone out there has any brand suggestions, please speak up.    

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