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"Vintage-style Boxer Shorts... any interest"

Indy Magnoli

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Would there be any interested in vintage-style cotton boxer shorts? The price would likely be somewhere around $30 a pair. They would be made in standard sizing from Small to XL.

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Kind regards,
Magnoli
 

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One of the Regulars
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Always willing to find a new source of yoke front boxers.

Does the waistband have straps or elastic? What patterns are you planning?
 

Edward

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I'd love to buy a pair to try them once I shrink a bit (currently an XXL), though in all honesty for day to day wear I'd be looking for something at a much lower unit price. It is unfortunate that there isn't a big enough market for this sort of thing to make it viable at the sort of price where I could buy a dozen of them; I guess a lot of folks either don't want to wear period style underwear or don't feel it matters because it's not seen and it doesn't tend to affect the way men's clothes hang (as opposed to foundation garments being so important to the right look for women).

I suspect an elastic waistband would be more popular, but then it would also be closer what is already commercially available too. I have long meant to try a pair without elastic to see if that gives them greater longevity: for me the first thing that goes on a pair of undershorts is the elastic, usually long before the material wears or the seems give way.
 

F. J.

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The Magnolia State
I agree with Edward and would suggest to make them with a French-back buttoning or with ties, which would make them more authentic to the period.

Buttons:
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Ties:
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I have a few pairs of Brooks Brothers’ yoke-fronts (pictured above). One reason I don’t wear them too often anymore is because they have a seam down the centre back. Also, I have had the stitching come out around the pleats, which would not be a problem on your flat-front version. If yours had what I believe is termed a “balloon seat” instead of a centre seam, it would put your offering above Brooks, which sells for the same price.
 

scotrace

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Yes, the tie and button setup would be more authentic, but also more difficult to size, more difficult to wear, and problematic to launder (The strings kept pulling out of the ones I gave up on wearing ages ago).
This proposes a nice compromise.
 

Sir RBH

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Herefordshire, England
Would there be any interested in vintage-style cotton boxer shorts? The price would likely be somewhere around $30 a pair. They would be made in standard sizing from Small to XL.

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Kind regards,
Magnoli
They look wonderful.. I have been looking for a source of bespoke vintage style boxer shorts.. similar to these/Brooks Bros.. but a little longer in the leg.. and with brace tapes...
 

BXRS

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YES, I would love to find a new source for yoke front boxers. If you do this I would prefer them in 1950’s geometric prints but would consider solids.
I also prefer a longer leg like that of Brooks Brothers.
 

Tom H.

New in Town
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Would there be any interested in vintage-style cotton boxer shorts? The price would likely be somewhere around $30 a pair. They would be made in standard sizing from Small to XL.

DOgxGDG.jpg


Kind regards,
Magnoli
I'm curious as to whether anything ever came of this. I would be a potential customer.
 

Indy Magnoli

Vendor
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Location
Middle Earth, New Zealand
We haven't done any more with this project, but could certainly revisit it. What we'd really need to do is nail down the pattern that most of you guys are happy with (obviously the adjustable side tabs seem preferred over elastic, for example). Happy to work with you guys to get these just the way you want!

-Indy
 

Tom H.

New in Town
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We haven't done any more with this project, but could certainly revisit it. What we'd really need to do is nail down the pattern that most of you guys are happy with (obviously the adjustable side tabs seem preferred over elastic, for example). Happy to work with you guys to get these just the way you want!

-Indy
I'd be happy with the elastic as described, but wouldn't say no to a side or back adjustment system. I would also prefer them in prints, but I'm not too picky.
 

Indy Magnoli

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Location
Middle Earth, New Zealand
Ok... so the big question is, why not just get them from Brooks Brothers: https://www.brooksbrothers.com/French-Back-Boxers/009B,default,pd.html

What can we offer that they can't? Tom and BXRS suggested printed fabrics... any other ideas. Our price point is looking about the same as BB and we'd be doing these as ready-made, not made-to-measure, so that also keeps us in the same category.

Just trying to work out if this run is worth doing...
 

Tom H.

New in Town
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Ok... so the big question is, why not just get them from Brooks Brothers: https://www.brooksbrothers.com/French-Back-Boxers/009B,default,pd.html

What can we offer that they can't? Tom and BXRS suggested printed fabrics... any other ideas. Our price point is looking about the same as BB and we'd be doing these as ready-made, not made-to-measure, so that also keeps us in the same category.

Just trying to work out if this run is worth doing...
I do have Brooks Brothers. There is a seam running straight down the middle of the seat. I find it uncomfortable. The legs are also a bit long, but mainly I rarely wear them because of the seam.
 

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