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Article: Boxers: inside and out. (fad for wearing wild looking boxer shorts on the outside delights retailers) (Spring 89: Acting up)
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- Daily News Record
- Article date:
- December 5, 1988
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Boxers: Inside and Out The fashion enigmas of the young have baffled the establishment throughout recorded history. But the current fad of wearing wild-patterned boxer underwear on the outside surely will have future historians scratching their heads.
Men's underwear makers, on the other hand, are not looking for explanations; they're more than pleased with this rather odd fashion development, since boxer sales are running rampant.
The unique outer-underwear craze crops up mainly in novelty prints, but boxer barons report improved sales in tartan plaids, traditional patterns and conventional white shorts as well.
Young women wear them almost ...