The Critics Weigh In
The Critics Weigh In
It’s always kind of fun to see how people can be so
passionate with their differing opinions. I think it’s a good thing overall to
have differences of opinion since the world would be a boring place if we all
shared the exact same views and outlooks. One of the things I try to do is
share my personal opinion on
underwear products in the hopes that it will provide some insight into what
makes for a good purchase. I can’t count how many times I have clearly said
that these are my own opinions and readers are free to make up their own minds one way or the other.
Alex from
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Hi Underwear Guy. |
So I don’t really have any interest in arguing Alex point by
point here but I am interested to see if anyone would agree with his specific
comment that comfort must be sacrificed for fashion when it comes to underwear? I would have to assume that DT Clothes would not want the general public consensus to be: "Well, of course their clothing is uncomfortable, it's all about fashion."
I personally think that it’s unnecessary to believe that
compromises must be made. I would say that it is possible to buy underwear of ALL price
ranges and find it reasonable to expect fashion and comfort. Probably the other
aspect of the comment that interests me is the tone indicated that one should
assume “cheap” underwear isn’t fashionable underwear.
I’ve commented on this
more than a few times that I think it borders on snobbery to assume everyone is
going to shell out more than $20 for a single pair of underwear. Not everyone in
the world is wealthy and not everyone is designer-label conscious. In addition, it's pretty limiting to adhere to one type of underwear all the time. I like wearing regular $5 hanes some days and other days I feel like wearing $40 designer underwear too. It's the variety of options and choices that makes things fun and interesting.
At any rate, it’s great that people are passionate about underwear and with the positive reviews there are always going to be negative ones as well. I wish Alex the best but I must say I’m really glad to not live in his world of highly fashionable and yet uncomfortable underwear-doesn’t sound very fun to me!
I agree with Alex on this, sorry underwear guy. Your comments aren't necessary unless the analysis is based on valid understanding brought about through extensive research of each individual company and the products they sell. Your commentary's are either full of praise or a complete beat up. Where's the balance?
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Thongs and jockstraps aren't comfy, neither are those jocks that try and make your cock look bigger (obviously made for insecure guys with small dicks). What I wanna know is, what happens when you get a guy or girl home, she thinks you have a big cock cause your wearing a "wonderjock" or something with a sling to hold ur cock up, then the jocks come of and there's nothin but a weiner schnitzel! HAHAHA!
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I side with the Underwear Guy here. I think that you can have a wide variety of underwear, and choose which is right for that day or occasion. If you want to be completely about fashion or comfort that day, you can. With all the designers out there it is possible to find a few different designs that are comfy and great looking. To each his own.
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I don't care much about what others think is "good fashion". If that's all I cared about, I'd wear only boxers or boxerbriefs, as most Americans probably think that any kind of brief is completely unfashionable to the point of laughing at them. If I cared about what most Americans think, I wouldn't touch briefs or a speedo with a ten foot pole. But I prefer low-rise and bikini briefs and swimming in speedos. I have tons of them, and only a couple boxers or boxerbriefs. I also don't care about price or brand status. I love cheap Life string bikinis you can only buy at Wal-Mart, and expensive Polo bikinis you can pretty much only find at upscale department stores like Dillards. I say "pretty much," because occasionally you can find high end Polo or Calvin Klein underwear at stores like TJ Maxx for a third of the price. I have to like both comfort and style to wear it. If Polo and Calvin Klein etc only made ugly and poor fitting stuff, I wouldn't own any.
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I am just seeing this post. I am more willing to spend money on comfortable underwear than fashionable underwear. Some of favorite pairs of underwear happen to be my favorite because they are comfortable and so I like wearing them. As for fashionable undies, I find I later end up regretting buying them especially if they are uncomfortable because I know I will not wear them as often. Some examples of fashionable underwear that are uncomfortable are DT (sorry Alex) and Go Softwear. It is an absolute joy to find underwear that is bot comfortable and fashionable (example 2xist and Cin2). But I must say if I had to choose it would be comfort over fashion. Your underwear only needs to be fashionable if you are going to be on exposing yourself on public display. If no one is going to see it, what's the point?
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With regards to the idea that so called enhancing underwear are for guys with inferiority complexes, I don't see it that way at all. One thing I've found, many of these enhancing type underwear can in fact be more comfortable than traditional underwear given the way they support and push your genitals forward rather than keep them pushed and tucked between the legs. Secondly, with regards to the cultural aspect, I like to think of these types of underwear as a kind of modern day take on the codpiece. They're not for correcting a defect but rather for taking what you have and pushing it into prominence and putting it on display, emphasizing it (of course) - to one degree or another. No different than say deliberately wearing tight fitting pants, with no underwear, that might tend to emphasize the package.
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U-guy:
It is not surprising why Alex in London has reacted the way he has to your website, that is, he and his career/livelihood feel threatened by your honest comments. By marketing fashionable, great-looking underwear for high prices, Alex and his affiliates in the business would like prospective buyers to think they are purchasing comfort as well. Many consumers are not wealthy and I firmly believe that many consumers are often unhappy with their "high cost" fashionable purchases for various reasons, especially when fit is poor or when they find out there is absolutely no level of comfort. I have nothing against Alex or fashion. As a matter of fact, I enjoy wearing fashion briefs (sometimes having very little comfort) myself to the health club locker room just to make a statement. There is a time and place for everything, including underwear and fashion. It is great that we, the consumer, can choose. For Alex to make the comment though that you know nothing about fashion is absolutely ridiculous. Fashion standards are set by the consumer and what they are willing to buy and pay, not by Alex or his elite yuppie counterparts that call themselves "fashion designers!" I know very little about fashion but I am quite confident that the goal of a fashion designer is to design something/anything that looks great and that will sell! It's very similar to the old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." In this case, the eye is that of the prospective buyer or consumer. If fashion designers can command and sell a particular product or item for a high price, good for them! I know as much about fashion as Alex will ever know because the only thing that is important to me is what I like and what I'm willing to pay for it. Maybe Alex couldn't get a real job so he had to fall back on fashion? Nothing personal against Alex; however, my comment is justified because of his attacks on you for just giving us (your readers) your personal opinions on underwear purchases that you have made. Your opinion carrys more weight to me than anything that Alex says because your opinion is based on use of the item. I wounder how often Alex has worn the items he buys/markets/distributes and what his honest opinions would be? Don't fool yourself, Alex only cares about #1 (himself) and the bottom line, meaning his take-home pay. The greatest thing about being a U.S. citizen is that we can voice our opinions, like it or not, Alex. Keep up the good work, U-guy! In reading your comments, I have always felt they are honest and without bias.
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