Our first advertiser was www:tigerunderwearstore.com so I need to preface this review with that info so you will know we are not completely objective. Nevertheless we at www.themensunderwearblog.com will give you our honest opinion of every brief we review every time. We give specific information that will help the underwear consumer make their decision.
www.tigerunderwearstore.com’s 100% cotton brief is a full rise brief, meaning that it covers more of the torso from a little lower on the leg to almost the belly button. Full rise briefs are not like boxer briefs–they don’t cover the whole upper leg. This is the style of brief that was made popular in the 1960′s and 1970′s by all the department stores including Wards, Sears, JC Penney and many other lesser brands. The advantage of these full rise briefs has always been their comfort andwww.JCPenney.com still makes the Stafford Brief which is full rise. We will review those another time.
The Tiger 100% cotton brief comes with a blue dashed waistband that mimics the high quality elastic used in the past. For vintage brief fans these will be a bonanza because they look and feel just like the briefs from the dept store hay days. The cotton is excellent quality. The briefs also come in single back , double back and four panel “training briefs”. We reviewed only the double back and found them to be unusually well fitting and comfortable. Something about the construction of two back seams combined with more cotton on the double seat made these indeed a great wear! We did notice however that the blue dash briefs ran a bit small. The 34-36 we got were more like 32, so order larger sizes than you might think if you decide to try Tigers. Also it appears these were a limited edition brief and some sizes are not available. www.tigerunderwearstore.com has been running a sale on the blue dash brief for a while but they tell me it ends on June 1.
We give them four out of five stars! The sizing issue is the only thing that keeps us from giving them our coveted five stars GOLDEN BRIEF AWARD. The staff atwww.tigerunderwearstore.com assures me that we will want to give the GOLDEN BRIEF to their 50% Poly/Cotton Red Dash Brief. We shall see.