A saleswoman in an elite men’s clothing store revealed the secret of a true gentleman’s wardrobe Bashny.Net

Laundry for men has long been a familiar part of the wardrobe. And we no longer think about the purpose of its individual parts. Moreover, some of them, for example, the pocket on boxers, in fact, almost no one uses. Why do manufacturers keep adding them to their models? There are different versions, and we will try to understand them.



The hole on the front of men's underwear is called a gulf. The term comes from the Dutch gulp, which means valve. Over the centuries, the shape of this detail changed, and the purpose remained the same: to help go to the toilet without taking off your pants.

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Thus, there was no need to undress in the cold. And the man could urinate without catching a cold. However, over time, the relevance of such convenience began to decline. Plumbing gradually moved to warm apartments, in connection with which the gulph ceased to be a guarantee of health.



But the men did not want to give up their usual element of underwear. And when, in 1935, Cooper’s, Inc. introduced tight-fitting briefs (briefs), the gulf, as a tribute to tradition, remained in place.

Family, boxers, hips, slips and briefs Briefs, slips, trousers-floats are short tight-fitting underpants that hold all the most precious things in a fixed position. At the same time, briefs differ from slips by the presence of a gulph and a slightly higher landing.



If you ask three different people what boxers are, you get three different answers. Wikipedia writes that boxers are loose, non-tight shorts. And that in Russia they are colloquially called family.



Wait, and what then to call short fitting shorts, which today have become the most popular style of pants? According to the same Wikipedia, it is boer brief, or Russian shorts.



They are slightly longer than hips and similar in shape to boxers, but are made of elastic fabric and provide better support like briefs. As you can see, to understand the styles of men's underwear turned out to be extremely difficult. But now you'll be able to approach the salesman fully armed.

Why do you need a mysterious pocket on boxers Returning to the pocket on boxers: what is it for? We have already understood its historical purpose. However, today, according to users of social networks, it is no longer so obvious.



Men say that it is easier and much faster to lower the elastic belt of underwear than to play with a tight valve. Therefore, many people try to find some hidden meaning in the existence of a gulph on boxers. Some people say it's just ventilation. Others, by contrast, see the extra piece of fabric as a sort of flipper on women's panties. According to them, it creates protection against hypothermia and protects male reproductive function.

There are more extravagant versions. According to one of them, the two-layer design visually increases the size of male dignity. And on the other hand, it can serve as a storage place for money or, for example, condoms. One way or another, but the gulph, it seems, is not going to give up its positions. And no matter what anyone says, for many years will remain a traditional detail of men’s underwear.