Feast of Fun

Different hunk, same package. From left to right, the eroticization of men’s underwear through the years: (Late 70s) Major League Baseball star Jim Palmer for Jockey, (Mid 80s) Mark “Marky Mark” Walhberg for Calvin Klein, (Mid 80s) Playgirl model Brian Buzzini for International Male, and (2013) Philip Fusco for Andrew Chrsitian.

In the early 80s, designer Calvin Klein used gorgeously muscular men to promote his underwear brand which turned an everyday undergarment into a sexualized fashion accessory that not only changed the way people think about underwear, but also how men look at their own bodies.

Today we take a look at our sexy, intimate, complicated relationship with underwear- how a basic necessity turned into a fashion statement and just how smelly does underwear have to get before some Europeans reach for a new pair.

Joining us is comedian Carma Nibarger to talk about underpants and how women have managed over the centuries to corral their boobies – from corsets, to bullet bras, to letting it all hang out.

And then we all went out for ice cream. Carma Nibarger, Marc Felion & Fausto Fernós. Photo: Fausto Fernós.

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