Gloomy panorama

[Tacoronte]

A few days ago I took a tour of several popular big sale stores in my northern Spanish city to see what they had of men's underwear.

At H&M, Zara and Pull & Bear and The Newyorker there were only boxerbriefs.

In Inside, El Corte Inglés, Carrefour and Primark there were briefs and boxers, but the largest offer was of the latter.

At Primark I did a calculation and found that only 15% of men's underwear were briefs, the rest being boxerbriefs, the vast majority, or loose boxers. In addition, the greatest variety of colors, prints and fun designs was in the boxers, while the briefs were more boring in terms of colors and patterns.

No trace of bikinis and as for thongs I only saw one in El Corte Inglés.

The truth is that the outlook is bleak for those of us who like minimal underwear.
While the stores where most people buy their underwear (well, where others, such as mothers or wives buy them for their children and husbands) do not have a majority assortment of briefs, bikinis and thongs, as there were at the end of the last century, our preferences will be seen as extravagant and socially wrong.

[JustSomeDude71]

A few days ago I took a tour of several popular big sale stores in my northern Spanish city to see what they had of men's underwear.

At H&M, Zara and Pull & Bear and The Newyorker there were only boxerbriefs.

In Inside, El Corte Inglés, Carrefour and Primark there were briefs and boxers, but the largest offer was of the latter.

At Primark I did a calculation and found that only 15% of men's underwear were briefs, the rest being boxerbriefs, the vast majority, or loose boxers. In addition, the greatest variety of colors, prints and fun designs was in the boxers, while the briefs were more boring in terms of colors and patterns.

No trace of bikinis and as for thongs I only saw one in El Corte Inglés.

The truth is that the outlook is bleak for those of us who like minimal underwear.
While the stores where most people buy their underwear (well, where others, such as mothers or wives buy them for their children and husbands) do not have a majority assortment of briefs, bikinis and thongs, as there were at the end of the last century, our preferences will be seen as extravagant and socially wrong.

Have you ever thought of opening your own menswear store?

[Tacoronte]

A few days ago the members of a soccer team from the Spanish League who came to play against the local team were staying in a hotel next to a Lidl (German supermarket chain) store.

These supermarkets have a small bazaar area and always have men's and women's underwear at low prices.

Well, one of the players, about twenty years old, had in his hands a package with boxerbriefs and another with briefs, and after a few moments of hesitation, he abandoned the boxerbriefs and took the briefs.

I suppose he would appreciate that to wear as underwear under sports pants, briefs are much more comfortable than boxerbriefs.

What satisfied me the most was to see that, despite the "brainwashing" for young people to wear only boxerbriefs, there are still young people who choose briefs as underwear.

[Tacoronte]

Interesting article in Spanish on men's underwear published in a regional newspaper, which I think shows us the reality of the subject in Spain.

https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/y ... P28991.htm

I highlight several points:

1 – Each manufacturer uses the size in the way they want, so it is urgent to create common guidelines for all of Europe.

2 – That many buyers carry a copy already in use to serve as a sample for the size and it is in a sorry state.

3 – That the fact that men's underwear is bought by women (mothers, wives, daughters,...) continues to be abundant, which is discouraged by sellers.

4 – That the boxerbrief continues to beat the brief by 9 to 1 and that the thong is almost gone.

5 – Cotton fabric is preferred, although the use of microfiber is growing.

6 – They discourage the use of underpants under a bathing suit due to its lack of hygiene.

[DownUnder]

That the fact that men's underwear is bought by women (mothers, wives, daughters,...) continues to be abundant, which is discouraged by sellers.

Am I missing something here. I understand the first part, but why would that be discouraged by sellers. A sale is a sale, surely, unless such sales are causing issues for the seller, like incorrect sizes purchased by the women and then being returned, and the extra costs associated with that.

[fiput01]

A few days ago I took a tour of several popular big sale stores in my northern Spanish city to see what they had of men's underwear.

At H&M, Zara and Pull & Bear and The Newyorker there were only boxerbriefs.

In Inside, El Corte Inglés, Carrefour and Primark there were briefs and boxers, but the largest offer was of the latter.

At Primark I did a calculation and found that only 15% of men's underwear were briefs, the rest being boxerbriefs, the vast majority, or loose boxers. In addition, the greatest variety of colors, prints and fun designs was in the boxers, while the briefs were more boring in terms of colors and patterns.

No trace of bikinis and as for thongs I only saw one in El Corte Inglés.

The truth is that the outlook is bleak for those of us who like minimal underwear.
While the stores where most people buy their underwear (well, where others, such as mothers or wives buy them for their children and husbands) do not have a majority assortment of briefs, bikinis and thongs, as there were at the end of the last century, our preferences will be seen as extravagant and socially wrong.

I think in the 90's eg, we looked for the bikinis and thongs in the warehouses. With the internet, thong and bikini wearers find their stuff on the internet, and so even making it less interesting for the warehouses to store these... leading us more to the internet again. etc...