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Like it our not, this is our top 10 undie DONTs for this summer. If you find yourself falling into one or, dare I say it, more categories below, please please please take a look at our Fit & Size Guide to find out what size is right for you.

These are crimes no underwear-wearing human should commit.

1. Bunchy butt

There’s nothing more uncomfortable than wearing underwear that’s baggier than your pants. It twists, bunches, rides up and sags. And we don’t want to see it either. If you decide to wear leggings, for heaven’s sake please wear something with a slimmer cut to avoid looking like a Shar Pei.

2. Strappy backs

Two straps are okay. Four straps are okay. Anything more is ridiculous. Black bra, pink tank, green tank, orange tank- the straps alone look like a blend of everyone’s thoughts at a Grateful Dead concert. If you’re going to sport more than one shirt, wear a strapless bra. Just thinking of all those straps is distracting me from my work.

3. Flyaway butt cheek

The beginning of summer doesn’t mean the end of blustery days. And less clothing does not mean less underwear. Short skirt + thong + wind = flyaway butt cheeks. You never know when a gust of wind will kick your skirt high into the air. Prepare yourself with undies that are cute, clean and cover your bum!

4. High rise

High-rises are great for New York apartments and South Beach condos, not as accessories for low-rise jeans. There is no reason to wear granny panties that rise 9 inches above your waistband. It is a waste of fabric and looks ridiculous.

5. T-back-a-saurus

What’s worse than too much underwear hanging out of your pants? What about too little? I don’t know one human being who enjoys seeing thongs hanging out of girls’ pants. It’s rude, embarrassing and completely avoidable with the correct pair of low-rise panties. Let’s all do our part to make sure the t-back-a-saurus gets extinct this summer.

6. Color crimes

Bras and underwear can be quite fashionable, but there is a time and place to show them off. Under white shirts and pants is not the appropriate place to wear your bright purple and orange lingerie. If there is one rule you remember all summer, let it be that white garments = nude undergarments.

7. Do your boobs hang low?

Do you boobs hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over o’er your shoulder like a continental soldier? Do your boobs hang low? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to buy a better bra (or put one on to begin with). Ladies, if you are well–endowed, A BIKINI TOP DOES NOT COUNT AS A BRA. Nothing is more disgusting to see in the hot summer months than a pair of knockers blowing with the breeze.

8. Bra tan lines

The female farmer’s tan grosses me out like no other. It brings back memories of summer fun ruined by sports bras and two-a-days. Unless you work outside all day, every day, there is no excuse for bra tan lines. Look people, if you refuse to wear a bra that properly fits under your clothing, wear sunscreen. What is the point of an uneven tan?

9. Emergency underwear bathing suit

Swimwear is typically fabricated from materials such as nylon, Lycra, spandex etc. Why? Because these fabrics are resilient when wet and are quick to dry. Do you think your cotton underpants are going to have the same properties after jumping into a pool? Skivvies by land and suits by sea. Unless you are going for the sewer-dweller look, I’d steer clear of this situation.

10. Poopty peupty pants

Saggy, baggy and vomitous, OH MY! Do you realize that when you wear underwear six sizes too big, it looks like a diaper? We don’t want to hear the comfort argument because there’s no way a saggy butt can feel pleasant. You need to accept Goldilocks’ reasoning and refuse the too big and too small by going for something that fits just right.

It’s not too late - go out and get yourself a fresh pair!

I don’t know about you, but my mother always stressed the importance of wearing nice underwear. Just to be an obnoxious rascal, I would ask, “But why mom? Who is ever going to see my underwear on some random day of the week?” As they say, mama knows best because no matter how hard you try to cover your skivvies at all times, there will always be a defining moment in your life when you wish you’d have worn a fresh pair. Here is a list of the top 10 places you wouldn’t want to be caught wearing undies resembling the yellow, crumbling parchment on which the Declaration of Independence was written.

10. Riding the bus

Maybe I’m just clumsy, but I’ve fallen down dozens of times while getting on and off the bus. Luckily, even during my nastiest fall, all clothing stayed in place. But you may not be so lucky. You don’t want your entire neighborhood to see your dirty knickers.

9. Gym class

The horrors of grade school gym class still haunt me. Although I only pretended to run the mile and ducked under every softball I was supposed to catch, it was impossible for anyone to get out of changing from his or her uniform into sweatpants. Wear clean underwear kids. You don’t want Gossip Gretchen to make adolescent life worse than it already is.

8. At a World Cup soccer game

Soccer fans are bat-shit crazy. They yell, curse, fight, spit and burn things down. World Cup games are very exciting and extremely entertaining. The next World Cup is only one year away. If you decide to go, make sure you pack plenty of clean underwear. If the opposing team loses to you, its fans might fight you for your pants.

7. Las Vegas

You never know what’s going to happen in Vegas. Pack cute underwear.

6. Walking down the sidewalk

Have you ever felt the air blowing up from the grates in the sidewalk? Have you ever felt your skirt hit your face because the air blew it over your head? Flashing the entire block is embarrassing enough. Doing so in last Tuesday’s underpants is much worse.

5. Dancing

Boogie woogie rock and roll, dance the night away. When you are in super serious dance mode, crazy moves and bizarre body angles take over your motor skills. If your underwear happens to peak out of your trousers when your in the zone, you want to be sure they are super fly. People should be crowding around you because you have ill moves, not because your undies belong to your grandmother.

4. On a roller coaster

Nothing is more fun than riding a really scary roller coaster. Disagreeing with me would make you wrong. It’s also wrong to wear contaminated underwear on one of these joy-generating contraptions. Gravity is not your friend and will bite you. One loose button on those pants, and everyone in line will be entertained. Don’t be embarrassed by your souvenir photograph.

3. The dressing room

Sales associates can be annoying. I know because I worked as one back in the day. And let me tell you, many customers provided me with too much information. Rule #1: Don’t exit the dressing room in your underwear. It scares the other customers. Rule #2: Don’t exit the dressing room wearing underwear that resembles remnants of a Mount Vesuvius eruption. It’s gross.

2. A bonfire

I know it sounds crazy, but I’ve seen it happen with my own two eyes. Someone gets too close to the flames and catches on fire. He or she stops, drops and rolls to save his or her own flesh from burning. The fire is out but there’s a hole in the pants. Oh my goodness did the underwear burn!? NO, they are just dirty? Oh that’s really gross; you should probably just toss those in the fire.

1. Birthday parties

Hip hop hooray ho! Everyone loves a birthday party. Cake, ice cream, loud music, clowns, elephants etc. But what happens when the party gets out of hand? You get excited, start swinging from a chandelier and someone runs by and pulls your pants down as a joke. Woops! Hope you were wearing a fresh pair!

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, that’s what they say at least. Maybe you’re the type of person who gets a kick from dressing like your best friend. Or perhaps you’re a photo-fanatic mom who loves getting portraits of your children in matching outfits (if you check out my parent’s living room, it’s obvious my sister and I were children of this hullabaloo). But not everyone likes to play these games. Sometimes you want your individual style to stand out. Whatever your disposition may be, throw it out the window. Why? Because it’s National Look Alike Day!! This doesn’t mean you need a twin sibling or scarily accurate resemblance to one of your cousins. And I guarantee you can imitate someone else without the casual observer knowing. How? By wearing matching underwear of course! Here are some his and her styles adorable enough for matching photographs.

To feel like a kid again, put on some Ginch Gonch Multiple Trucks Loader Dumper Briefs:

Multiple Trucks Loader Dumper Brief 1116Mt by Ginch Gonch	Multiple Trucks Loader Dumper Hipster Brief 2116Mt by Ginch Gonch

These playful, colorful briefs from Ginch Gonch will bring back memories of a time when mom picked your clothes out for you. It’s rather stylish to be a copycat these days.

To make a fashion statement, strut in Calvin Klein Steel:

Steel Cotton Sea Thyme Short D1348-1125 by Calvin Klein	Fashion Steel Micro Low Rise Trunk U2716-12509 by Calvin Klein

The thick, branded waistband is back and making a fashion-forward statement. The two of you will be looking fly all around town with the 90s revival Calvin Klein Steel undies peeking out of your jeans.

If sexy satin is your pick, how about Bjorn Borg:

Fun Satin Brief 085-7-2012 by Bjorn Borg	Fun Satin Trunk 085-10-2005 by Bjorn Borg

Show off your smooth moves in these matching satin unmentionables from Bjorn Borg. Available in fun and punchy colors, even the manliest man and most un-girly girl will want to slip into these.

For fresh and bright spring nights, go with Diesel:

Fresh and Bright Cotton Stretch White with Contrast Trim Oxi Brief 00AEDNPZP by Diesel	Fresh and Bright Cotton Stretch White with Contrast Trim Lukex Brief 00ADX8SDR by Diesel

If clean and simple is your look for spring, Diesel has the brief for both of you. Brightly colored trim spices up the boring, basic white knickers. These are guaranteed to make you smile.

For the twin gym enthusiasts, think Champion:

Cotton Blend Low Rise Boy Short 3315 by Champion	Double Dry Seamless Rib Trunk U521 by Champion

For some, the gym is a prime location to strut their stuff. Both ladies and gents, can look foxy in the locker room with these performance undies from Champion. Stay dry, look fly.

And there you have it! Whether you and your look-a-like twin will show these off in public or keep them a playful secret, you know you’ll be fully covered for the occasion.

Justin

Last night I was having dinner with a friend at a new restaurant in Greenwich Village. I had read about the spot in Vanity Fair, since the editor in chief is a partner in the place, and I heard the mashed potatoes were out of this world. I dressed accordingly, thinking what is cool yet classic yet casual? I channel my inner Graydon Carter and don my favorite corduroys, but first throwing on a pair of boxers. And in that, lay my downfall.

So much thought and inspiration from the greats of history and publishing, but no pause to consider the basics. Fast-forward an hour, I’m on the cool yet classic woven chairs like you’d see on the porch of an Englishman’s house in British-occupied India. I’m in my corduroys and white button down. All I need is the pipe and I could be Rudyard Kipling. One more glass of wine and I might start actually believing that.

Anyway, the slope of the chair is just so, and since my corduroys have that kind of soft slickness, I start to slide. As I do so, my boxers take on the shape of Tarzan’s loincloth. I’m no longer Kipling, but a Neanderthal. This type of wedgie can be described as your classic friction wedgie, where if your underwear doesn’t have anything to fight gravity, they’re going to end up somewhere around your navel. Other culprits include the skinny wedgie where if you’re a thin guy, like me, the elastic slips above your hip bones so you end up feeling like you’re wearing a diaper.

For me, the key to combating this foe of comfort, is to consider the move to a boxer brief. With a more fitted model, you can keep everything in place and focus on the conversation, people watching, and mashed potatoes.

(Not necessarily in order of importance).

1. Your mom said so.
2. In case (knock on wood) you get into some sort of accident and you have a really hot paramedic with you in the back of the ambulance.
3. Continuing number 2, when you get to the hospital, it’s like one of those scenes from a TV show where they have to cut through the legs of your pants in order to save you, and as luck would have it, you are surrounded by handsome doctors.
4. Your date on Saturday night goes much better than expected.
5. In case the urban myth about those double-sided mirrors in dressing rooms is true.
6. Come to think of it, in case the urban myth about hidden cameras in dressing rooms is true too.
7. You think you have the apartment all to yourself for the weekend and your roommate comes home early – with her parents.
8. You somehow end up being “that girl” dancing on the bar this weekend.
9. You want to show your friends the new tattoo you got, and it’s located where the sun don’t shine.
10. You ate a bit too much at Thanksgiving, and your pants are now ready to split as soon as you bend over to pick anything up off of the ground.

And the most important reason of all that isn’t listed: it’s the hygienic thing to do. I really shouldn’t have to give you ten reasons. Just always wear a Freshpair!

1955 – Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch

Sidewalk grates were never viewed the same again after Marilyn came into contact with one in The Seven Year Itch. Now, every time any woman is wearing a dress and walks over one of these vents and feels a breeze, she undeniably feels a tiny bit like an iconic sex symbol. Admit it…you know exactly what I’m talking about.

1978 – Superman – Underwear is the new Outerwear

Does wearing underwear as outerwear enhance super powers? I am unfamiliar with the rules of the superhero realm, but no one can forget Christopher Reeve as the original Superman, complete with skivvies showing on the outside.

1983 – Tom Cruise – The Greater the Risk, The Greater the Return

Before his scientology ways and couch-jumping antics overtook his reputation, Tom was known for rocking out in his undies in Risky Business. This scene has been re-enacted so many times in ads, movies, TV shows, and most likely even in our dreams back in the 80s.

1990 – Madonna’s Fit and Coned Figure

Changing the nature of underwear forever, Madonna followed in Superman’s footsteps and wore her lingerie on the outside for all to see. Her famous cone bra ensemble that she wore during her Blond Ambition tour in 1990 kicked off a decade of awesome fashion trends such as shoulder pads, stirrup pants, flannel shirts, and yes oh yes, the one-shoulder-strap-overalls look.

1993 – Wahlberg Leaves His (Marky) Mark

In the 90s, the name Marky Mark became synonymous with Calvin Klein Underwear. Known for his incredible physique (blown up by his appearance in “Good Vibrations”), the ads that he did in his Calvins were recognized worldwide, and are still burned into the memories of women worldwide.

1994 – Bill Clinton – TMI on MTV

President Clinton appeared on an MTV forum in ‘94 where the classic (and awkward) question of “Boxers or briefs?” was posed to him. The then-President chose briefs, but for some reason, I don’t think this was a burning question in the minds of young Americans. Too much information! >

1995 – Victoria’s Secret Revealed

The hype around the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show today is insane. You would think that Britney Spears was going to debut her comeback tour during the show by the extent to which it’s advertised. Well, the magic all started in 1995, when the first Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show took place, sans Angels, but still fun for all.

2001 – Nicole Kidman – 100% Satine

Baz Luhrmann’s musical hit Moulin Rouge caused a stir for its costumes as much as its music and storyline, as evidenced by its 2002 Oscar win for Best Costume Design. Nicole blew everyone away with her dazzling (and bedazzled) corset-based outfits, all laced up from the waist up!

2001 – Renee Zellweger – Bridget Jones’s Diary

Everyone has a Bridget Jones in their life (and if you don’t know who it is, it’s probably you!). She’s lovable, real, awkward, silly, and best of all, easily relatable. However, I hope you can’t relate to the granny panty incident she had in that movie! Listen to your mom and always, always, always wear a fresh pair. You never know where life may lead, and clean (stylish) underwear is a must indeed.

2007 – Boxers and Thongs – Trying to Right Wrongs

In 2007, the City Council of Atlanta decided that the city had seen enough, and it was time to do something about the prevalent rear-showing styles of today’s youth. A motion was proposed that would make wearing baggy jeans that showed boxer shorts or low-rise jeans that showed thongs illegal. Many news outlets posed the question, “Do you think this is a good idea or is it just another form of racial profiling?” Last I checked, this ban was on boxers and thongs showing, so unless boxers and thongs are now considered races, I think that question should be ruled illegal as well. Anyway, it didn’t pass (unfortunately) so I guess the fashion faux pas continues on.

Most of us have dreamt about seeing our favorite celeb in his or her underwear. For me, it became a reality when a very buff Mark Wahlberg stripped down to his boxer briefs for Calvin Klein. But for you sports fans, this new ad from Guitar Hero might be your chance.

With ARod sporting boxer briefs, Michael Phelps in black tighty whities, Tony Hawk in boxers and Kobe dancing around in athletic shorts, this ad is definitely one that gets even non-gamers to take a second look. We suggest ARod join Dancing with the Stars for some serious dance lessons, however.