Underpinnings: The Next Best Thing to Naked
Underpinnings: The Next Best Thing to Naked
From the cod piece to leggings and undershirts, Marlon Brando’s white t-shirt and Calvin Klein Y-fronts, this essay goes beneath the surface to explore the relationship between masculinity, sexuality and underwear and the ways in which the male body has been underpinned and enhanced. Recent developments in the design and manufacture of underwear and its close relationship to sportswear (and even super-heroes) have placed an emphasis on hygiene, comfort and practicality. Meanwhile, images of men in a fashionable state of undress remain highly potent in popular culture.
underwear, Y-fronts, Union suits, Calvin Klein, Jockey, Jock straps, masculinities
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Cole, Shaun
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2022
Cole, Shaun
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Cole, Shaun
(2022)
Underpinnings: The Next Best Thing to Naked.
In,
Wilcox, Claire, McKeever, Rosalind and Franceschini, Marta
(eds.)
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear.
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear (19/03/22 - 06/11/22)
London.
V&A Publishing, .
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Abstract
From the cod piece to leggings and undershirts, Marlon Brando’s white t-shirt and Calvin Klein Y-fronts, this essay goes beneath the surface to explore the relationship between masculinity, sexuality and underwear and the ways in which the male body has been underpinned and enhanced. Recent developments in the design and manufacture of underwear and its close relationship to sportswear (and even super-heroes) have placed an emphasis on hygiene, comfort and practicality. Meanwhile, images of men in a fashionable state of undress remain highly potent in popular culture.
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Published date: 2022
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Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2022-03-19 - 2022-11-06
Keywords:
underwear, Y-fronts, Union suits, Calvin Klein, Jockey, Jock straps, masculinities
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Local EPrints ID: 473565
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/473565
PURE UUID: 4554a3cf-d1a8-4bda-a669-ecbcbf620a24
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Date deposited: 23 Jan 2023 17:54
Last modified: 23 Jan 2023 17:54
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Editor:
Claire Wilcox
Editor:
Rosalind McKeever
Editor:
Marta Franceschini
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