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Andrew Christian – Almost Naked Cotton Curve Brief – Red – Medium

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Material: 95% Cotton, 5% Spandex, and it feels as soft as that consistency would suggest. =-) Also has a nice, smooth feel from the Spandex addition, and is very lightweight and breathable.
Aesthetic: It frustrates me so much that AC doesn’t seem to be making this “Curve” design in any pairs anymore, because I personally think it’s ingenious and damn sexy! The dark blue piping stands in wonderful contrast to the red fabric, and the Curve design allows for that much more of said piping to be drawn around your crotch.
Waistband: Nothing incredibly out of the ordinary comfort-wise. Fairly soft I guess.
Pouch: Here’s where all the fun is! AC starts with an otherwise normal brief, except with a big hole fly instead of a pouch. Then, they throw on a strip of fabric that narrows as it goes up from outside the brief between your legs to inside the brief up by the waistband. The result is this incredible vertical-hammock-like sling and not one but two peekaboo holes on either side of it. The vertical strip of fabric is too narrow for it to be a true “Almost Naked”-style pouch since there’s structure (the edge of the strip) fairly close to the center of the pouch, but it still allows for a ton of freedom of movement (because the strip is only attached at two points) while wrapping around your junk very nicely.
Backside: Fairly plain and simple, as ACs go. Comfy as expected with the fabric! No physical tag, as the info is printed on the inside of the backside-fabric.
Legs: Nothing really of note here either. Comfy as well.
Other: I sometimes use this pair as a means of judging whether I’m due to manscape or not. X-D Oh, and did I mention I’m pissed that these are apparently no longer available?
Overall: 4.5/5 – the ONLY reason I’m not giving this a full 5/5 is due to the fact that it and anything similar to it is no longer available. Otherwise, this is an amazing(ly fun) pair! (Though also maybe a tad bit of a hassle if you don’t like independently moving parts in your underwear.)
Great for: Sexy wear, Everyday wear, Loungewear
Good for: Activewear, Sleepwear, Sex wear(?)

Ergowear – Max Light Thong – Blue – Small

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Material: 90% Viscose, 10% Spandex, but it feels sooooo soft and almost cotton-y. Also very lightweight!
Aesthetic: The medium-height white waistband atop the color pouch is a very clean look, and I love the bit of stiching that goes down the center seam of the pouch – makes it look all the more like a soft, traditional cotton sewing piece.
Waistband: Very soft and comfortably stretchy material – never feels too tight or two loose, being juuuust elastic enough to sit there around you. Sits above the hips, right where they meet the torso.
Pouch: Oooooo I love Ergowear’s pouches. I would simply like to my previous Ergowear reviews except that this is from the Max line, not the Feel line. The seam under the balls doesn’t come up to them as closely, an instead the Max line has a more structured but equally comfortable pouch that lifts by virtue or its shape and still has a ton of room up front that also stretches very nicely. Ergowear living up to its ergonomic name!
Backside/String: Not much to say here! The little back panel just below the waistband is nice and hides the very soft, unnoticeable tag. The string itself has some width to it, which is great if you like your thongs to have that feel of something sliding up between your cheeks and resting against your hole. The fabric again is very soft, so as long as you like that aspect of thongs, it’s incredibly comfortable.
Legs: NA
Overall: 5/5 – another absolutely wonderful thong that you should get! I have a second pair of these, in peach instead of blue, myself.
Great for: Everyday wear, Activewear, Sleepwear, Sexy wear
Good for: NA

So, the @rufskin account has been on fire recently with a bunch of amazing promotional images of their stuff… I’m gonna pick this pair for quick review, for various reason…. =-)

This is the Europa bikini brief from their “Bunnyware” line, which I’ll probably explore more in another upcoming post… Anyway, it’s a wonderfully skimpy pair that sits low on the hips and covers just enough up front to still be considered modest. The backside, as one might expect from a bikini brief, is meant a bit more for a flat behind than a round one – but looks amazing on the right butt. I love the colors available, too, which just add to a very lightweight, laid-back look to this pair.

It’s listed as 95% cotton, 5% spandex, so I expect it feels as comfy and lightweight as it looks, too!

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Come at me, bro…

Here we have some classic “whitey tighties” from Polo Ralph Lauren, and I think it’s an exemplary case to demonstrate the “sexy lifetime” of traditional white briefs. I personally think a confident guy – like the one here – rocking some crisp whitey tighties is one of the sexiest looks around, but whitey tighties also have the unfortunate reputation of being so mass-produced that it’s very easy to get a pair that looks bland instead of crisp, either by poor design, lack of a good fit, or just by being worn too much and wearing out.* And a guy in bland, poorly-fitting underwear is definitely not sexy.

I’m really liking the look of the waistband on this pair, and the pouch looks like a great mix of comfy, promoting, and easy-to-use fly-wise. In that sense, I think a nice, fresh pair of the Polo Ralph Lauren briefs could be really sexy.

That said, you can see some looseness folds for these briefs around this guy’s hips, and the briefs don’t look as white as the probably could. I therefore think this is a slightly-worn (though not incredibly worn) pair. Still looking alright, but lacking some of the power and confidence this guy is otherwise giving off.

*The one big exception to worn-out whitey tighties is the bear clique of men. A big, beefy guy with thinner briefs stretched over his hips just exudes experience and desires for comfort and easiness… So yes, worn-out white briefs can be very sexy on those guys.

Source: dc20008

Andrew Christian – ActiveSlim Seamless & Tagless Body Shaper – Black – Medium

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Material: 90% Polyamide, 10% Spandex, very slick and almost has a cooling effect, though more from the material itself since it doesn’t feel all that breathable.
Aesthetic: The solid black helps with the intended slimming effect of the pair, though the effect is also intended to be more effective under other clothes – wearing a shaper like this is not intended to be seen on its own! Makes you look like you’re trying to much. X-D
Waistband: When you start pulling this pair on, you will swear that this has no way whatsoever of even getting up over your thighs – at first try, it feels like a very taut waistband that’s way slimmer than advertised. That said, it actually does make its way up your body easily enough – you do have to stretch it, but even though the initial stretch feels like a lot, it doesn’t “shrink back” incredibly tightly. And of course, since it’s a shaper, the “waist"band actually sits way up on your chest. If your torso is just the wrong height, it might sit awkwardly right at your nips, but I think that’s unlikely. The pictures show it relatively low, but I didn’t try pulling it all the way up.
Pouch: Also since this is a shaper, there’s very little structure to make an impressive pouch. However, this being AC, there is a fairly good extra round of fabric down in the crotch. It’s definitely not the Almost Naked pouch, but it’s roomy enough – certainly not restricting too much at all.
Backside: Nothing incredibly noticeable about the backside of this shaper, aside from the fact that my actual back is not used to having something that tight around it. My back occasionally has drier skin and/or backne, so this might be a slight discomfort in those cases. No need to worry about the tag, at least, as there is no real tag, with all the info printed on the back instead.
Legs: This is where I think the pair really fails. If you’re gonna be a shaper, you should probably try shaping the upper thighs as well. Alas, the legs on this are REALLY short. That aspect, combined with the very low-friction fabric and overall tightness you’d expect from a shaper, means that any time I sit down or otherwise bend at the hips, the legs immediately roll up, which feels awkward by itself and also makes the hem of the legs feel that much tighter. Also, the seam bands that go down the outside edges of the pair have an awkward hem-cover that’s somewhat paper-y and uncomfortable.

Other: By nature of being a shaper, it’s a real hassle any time you want to go to the bathroom. The only reason I’m not giving this the full "Full-Body Underwear” treatment is that it doesn’t go over the shoulders, so it’s still a slide-up-slide-down pair.
Overall: 2/5 – does what it’s designed to do incredibly well, but I’m really turned off by the legs. For people who don’t have giant thighs like me, this could certainly work up to the 3.5/5 or 4/5 level of recommendation, but for me I’d want at least an inch or two more of leg. To be fair, I do really like how it feels (fabric-wise) and how well it slims me, so I would love to wear this rather often were it not for the legs.
Great for: Sexy wear (assuming it’s being used to help other clothes look good)
Good for: Everyday wear

Reviews returning soon!

I’m catching up on writing right now, and I’ll post one review later today before returning to my every-other-day schedule, which should last me halfway through the month – more than enough time to try on and review more pairs!

In the meantime, I’ll also try to be more consistent on my reblog reviews, too.

Not the clearest picture, and I have no clue what brand these are, but I’m very intrigued! I don’t have many pairs of underwear like these that look almost like nothing more than a thin, rectangle-ish band of fabric that wraps all the way around. It obviously has more shape to it than that previous sentence suggests – the print on this particular pair is obscuring the pouch shape a bit for sure – but there’s not much to it! It certainly is sitting well below the hips. Not sure what the fabric here would feel like, as it seems like it might be more fashion-focused than comfort-focused. Would be interesting to try, though!

Here’s another AC pair that I also have! And this one I actually have the exact same pair – it’s the Almost Naked Holiday Air Jock (2014-15 holiday edition). Love this pair. Super comfy. The only thing I don’t like about it is the excessively glitter-y waistband, since aside from that, this is an amazing everyday look. Will post a full review when I get around to really digging in to my jockstrap collection!