Reviewed: PSD "Broken Promises — Broken News" Boxer Brief

Underwear reviews sound unnecessary until you have bought a pair that rides. The construction details here are the entire difference between a pair you reach for and a pair that stays in the drawer.

The graphic

A PSD collaboration with Broken Promises, printed to read like a torn front page — distressed newsprint type in black and white with red cutting through it. It is busy, and deliberately so.

The whole category logic is that this is the one place a loud print costs you nothing. Nobody is coordinating around it, so there is no such thing as too much.

The cut and the fabric

Core Standard is PSD's mid-length boxer brief — the leg comes down far enough to stop thigh-on-thigh ride, without running to the longer lengths that bunch behind the knee when you sit.

Stretch microfiber rather than cotton. That matters more than the print does: microfiber moves back to shape after stretching instead of bagging out at the seat and knee the way a cotton brief does by the end of a day.

The waistband

This is the part that decides whether underwear is good. PSD's wide logo waistband sits flat and stays where you put it — it does not roll, and it does not fold over on itself when you bend.

A rolling waistband is the single most common failure in cheap boxer briefs, and it is why a $28 pair outlasts a three-pack of $10 ones in practice rather than just on paper.

Sizing

Take your normal size. PSD runs true, and the stretch means the fit is forgiving in either direction. If you are between sizes and prefer a snugger leg, size down; the microfiber will accommodate it.

Who it's for

Anybody who has to sit still all day, and anybody who moves all day — the two failure modes, bunching and riding, are both handled by the same cut. The print is a matter of taste and it is genuinely irrelevant to how the garment performs.

$27.99.

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