A brief history of Men’s Underwear Modern men’s underwear was majorly invented in the year 1930s. Coopers Inc. were the first ones who sold briefs for men in Chicago. Arthur Kneibler was the first name associated with the invention of men’s briefs. It is a Y-shaped men’s underwear which dispenses with leg section. From then on, it took thousands of years for the evolution of perfect men’s boxers, men’s briefs and various other men’s underwear styles which are worn today. Taking it all back to the ancient age, the evolution of men’s underwear is briefed below. Loincloth – Prehistoric men used leather to cover their private parts. However, the usage of first-ever underwear for men dates back to 7000 years ago when prehistoric men used leather to cover their body during short errands. Egyptian-art clearly shows that every man used loincloth of their own and even their leader worn a special type called ‘shendoh’.
Codpieces –
Variants of the loincloth came into existence during the middle ages. Braies, which were the loose fitted trousers, became prevalent, which has to be tied up to hold the cloth together. Though all of the designs were not very comforting, still they offered full coverage to the area. These early codpieces were very practical and had buttons and laces in the front which made urination for men easier. Codpiece existed till a mid-sixteenth century and was also made by using pads before tailing off in 1590.