"I had drifted more towards briefs and trunks over the years, because I felt, as a single Londoner in my thirties, that this visual – sleek, athletic, optimistically tight – is really what I should be providing," writes @louisquinze. "And it is what the culture seems to dictate too: market research a few years ago found that, globally, boxer briefs had the largest share of the market, about 33.3 per cent, but with trunks also popular among a younger crowd. The baggy dilettantism of a pair of retro cotton bloomers, which have long struggled to fit into our ever-tighter trousers, seemed a side concern. But when, in the Uniqlo in Angel, I alighted on the fresh, innocent look of a pair of striped blue and white boxers – it was love at first sight, if love can be bought two for £12.90". Read his story on how he fell for boxers at the link in bio.⁠ 📷 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in Mr and Mrs Smith, 2005 © Alamy⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #boxers⁠ ⁠