As is the case with many basic pieces of clothing, even boxers, are experiencing a veritable renaissance in the 2000s with a new facet of use and personality. Always considered a purely masculine garment, first as a sports garment and then as an innovation in underwear, boxers today confirm themselves as the genderless garment favored by stylists and celebrities alike. A versatile and refreshing option to wear all summer long. The name is derived from the world of boxing – from the English “boxing” – and history books suggest that the boxer’s roots may extend back to ancient Greece, with the earliest ancestors of boxing shorts, in the 688 Olympiad. Boxing is an even more ancient sport and the first traces of it on bas-reliefs date back to the 3rd millennium BC, during the Sumerian era.
The first major step into the world of underwear was boxers in the early twentieth century, when boxers wore these shorts with a large leather belt to support them around the waist. Then, in 1925, Everlast, a manufacturer of boxing clothing, decided to replace the rigid belts with soft elastic belts. This is how celebrities are born boxer trunks, the American company’s flagship apparel, and thanks to their comfortable silhouette, within a few years their use spread to the underwear world as well. It cannot be said that he surpassed the brief, but he competed several times until the 1980s and alternated on the podium.
to contribute to their success in fashion Mainstream It was undoubtedly Sylvester Stallone in the role of Rocky Balboa in the famous “Rocky” movie saga, but it was also Nick Kamen in a 1985 Levi’s ad in which he modeled jeans. 501 In the laundry room and wearing my boxers, waiting for the laundry to finish. In the 90s, they became even more comfortable and appeared on the market with a slim silhouette similar to briefs – called boxer briefs – Less heaviness under clothing. Boxers began to become the preferred garment of new generations, who no longer used them as just an undergarment, but as a real accessory to show off.
While the waistline of jeans and trousers went down, boxers actually went up more and more, peeking through the top of the belt. From pop punk stars like Blink-182 to rappers like Eminem and Tupac, “sagging”—the tendency to show underwear under pants—became increasingly fashionable, targeting the spotlight on boxers with the most bizarre colors and patterns. But before making it to the wardrobes of teen icons like Gwen Stefani and Avril Lavigne, it was the Chanel Spring Summer 1996 catwalk directed by Karl Lagerfeld, which introduced boxers to a new full female ensemble with supermodels like Claudia Schiffer and Carla. The dark haired one who wore them like hot pants.
Today, with the return of the trend y2k In the early 2000s, boxers made a comeback in new fashion collections, earning a place of honor on the most followed catwalks in the world. First up, Miu Miu’s: The Miuccia Prada-led brand has made boxers its signature during the past two years, bringing them under low-waisted micro skirts, pencils and shorts in its latest 2022 and 2023 collections. They’re also the hero of summer for Givenchy, which puts them under cargo jeans, bermuda shorts and biker pants within its Spring Summer 2023 collection for men.
They also make the leap into women’s summer wardrobe with N.21 presenting them in silk during the Spring Summer 2023 fashion show, as well as on the catwalks for the summer of Etro and Dior, which will see them in larger size versions. Presents in Original. But boxers so comfortable and attractive, have also become a favorite choice of celebrities in 2023, who wear them as apparel outerwear Or as an accessory that flaunts with skirts and trousers. Among them, Gen Z’s favorite stars who have succumbed to the allure include boxers Emily Ratajkowski, Camille Charrier and Kylie Jenner, who have not been slow to spread the trend on social networks as well.
