In Praise of Y-Fronts - 15. Hi-Line Models

Before moving on to more exotic uses for the Y-Front, just 3 last pictures which celebrate the high waist, this time from the front view. This design is still around for bigger men to luxuriate in and although these pictures are posed you still get the little jolt of scandal from seeing the seams.

Clay Maverick cuts a suitably craggy figure which is completely appropriate for the masculine image of Y's. I'm not sure why he's pulling then out at the front, smoothing creases perhaps? Or an uncomfortable wet patch. The sheepish look on his face is very mitchmen – put in his place!

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The businessman with his neat, skin tight Y's is like a more grown up version of the lad in post No 11. With meticulous dressing like this, such a man in real life would hate to show us his intimate garments! Look at his face!



In the final picture the model poses as though amazed that all his other clothes have disappeared. He is stood on raised platforms as though forced to display his embarrassing state of undress for an watching audience.

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In Praise of Y-Fronts - 14 More Sexy Bottoms

The original Y-fronts became a mitchmen favourite for their associations with unintended exposure and sleaze. These modern pictures celebrate the same erotic imagery.

This unusual downward view creates an impression of illicit peeking inside the model's trousers. Even though it is partially hidden, the white underwear is doing a terrific job of drawing attention to the shape of his buttocks and the valley in-between them. The submissive pose of the model – on his knees with hands behind his head - tells us that we are not simply witnessing a unplanned 'flash'. Has the undressing been interrupted by an opportunist or ordered by a captor? The downward angle gives us the captor's viewpoint, the severe cropping focussing in on the erotic area..

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In the second picture the sexual message is equally obvious, but the Y-fronts are doing their job of conveying modesty. In this position the underwear shapes Bekim's package better than his bottom and the visible seam doesn't contribute much – except to the sense that we were not meant to see this. This pose is a bit of a trademark at Buk Buddies and almost suggests the model is too shy or too straight to 'show all' (at least not yet). The fully clad top contrasted with his bare legs contributes to the same idea of modesty.

I'm not an out-and-out foot man but I do find the shape of bare feet very attractive in angles like this. Afficionado's of darker fetishes like me will see in the pose a man crying out to be suspended - in which event the Y-Front coverage will soon be dispensed with - perhaps forcibly – but I run ahead of myself!
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The final picture by Joe Oppedisano epitomises sleaze, suggesting the morning after a wild night out and we are treated to a cracking rear view. Just look at the sweeps of the seams! He's actually doing his washing (look at the hand) which is a less exciting scenario and his lack of enthusiasm is very Y-Front and manly. The dirty trainers suggest the model is as dirty as his surroundings but he isn't. The underwear actually looks quite clean but well worn (maybe wet) so we can see both buttocks outlined.

Joe's pictures are also available in hardback books, 'Testosterone' and 'Uncensored'

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In Praise of Y-Fronts - 13 The Bottom Line

If we're exploring other underwear brands we might as well have a look at bottoms.

Jason Adonis

The high waist line is more than man enough for the most impressive of rears and, unlike contemporary hip hugging designs, it completely covers the entire area emphasising it's curving shapeliness rather than showing the groove between the buttocks disappearing beneath the waistband.

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The effect is equally magical on this young man. His buttocks are less bulky, pert as they say, but the garment makes the most of them adding height and pulling the eye into the contrasting size of his slender waist. The leg seam rides high on his thighs creating a pleasing, plunging line.
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In the final picture the model has a similar pose and physique but the effect (created by Calvin's this time) is quite different. The squarer leg line makes his thighs look more chunky. The close fit and shape of the garment also flattens the globes of his bottom but creates a 'Lift and Separate' effect which is very erotic.

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In Praise of Y-Fronts - 12 Other Underwear Brands

This mitchmen selection of other modern 'visible seam' underpants shows a variety of approaches to capturing the Y-Front style..

The 2Xist attempt is very creditable, the modern low cut waist doesn't spoil the sense of working underwear. There's another 2Xist picture in post 9 in this series.

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Aussie Bum combines spacious comfort with a pleasing dipping waistband but despite the model pulling out all the stops (!) the overall effect is a bit odd. Actually this model looks a bit too hippy to be wearing this underwear.
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Mark Dalton's Hanes look comfortable but even he can't make these baggies sexy!
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This model wearing 'Hung' underwear has a fairly average body but he doesn't even have to stay awake to look sexy with all that help down below.

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In Praise of Y-Fronts - 11 Clingy Calvins

On a slimmer man the baggy fit is usually less interesting but fortunately CK has thoughtfully developed a more clingy model. On this young man the conventionality of the garment almost suggests a lad still 'young' enough to be dressed by his mother. He studies the tight fit which seems to symbolise the restraints on his development into independent manhood.

On a more mature model, the elastic material permits glorious shaping of the front and rear

This sleeping man squeezes every last drop of sensuality out of the 'humble' underpant.

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In Praise of Y-Fronts - 10 Comfy Calvin's

The mitchmen Y-Front survey today takes a closer look at Calvin Klein underwear on men.
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The comfort fit does not have to be unattractive provided the body shape is right. On this big hairy man the folds in the fabric point to weighty contents.

In this amateur body builder pose the hitched up garment adds a sense of the innocent being drawn into deep waters.

No innocent here but how useful the extra space is!

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On Praise of Y-Fronts - 9 The Competition

In the old days there was a rival to Y-fronts, the Wolsey X-Front design. The advertising picture attached shows the design but doesn't do justice to the garment which in later versions had a lower waist and broader 'X'. It looked quite good on a suitable model where the large X seams curving round the lower abdomen suggested restraint (to me at any rate!).

I can recall a striking advert where the X-fronted model was presented in a 'Tarzan' style scene, back pressed against a tree in the jungle with head turned trying to see round the trunk. In the background a camp fire could be seen through the trees suggesting wicked goings on from which he had just escaped from or in which he planned to intervene.

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After a period in which plain slips and boxers have been the staple underwear fare, fashions in men's underwear have veered back towards the Y-front sort of design in recent years. Visible seams have come back with Calvin Klein leading the way. Calvin's share with Y-fronts the essential qualities of loose fit and comfort which means they do not necessarily look terribly sexy on the average guy, but lets face it, we look through the eyes of non-average images!

The success of Calvins seems to have caused a general revival of interest in other brands. These days even porn stars wear seamed underpants – though generally they are not Y-fronts.

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