Just when we thought Calvin couldn't possibly make his underwear any uglier, we get these, in a palm tree motif. The thing is, they ARE nice quality undies (and they better be too at the price CK charges), but they are unattractive. Justin Bieber is the only guy I think looks good in CK briefs.
I think briefs are actually making a comeback with young people. However, they need to be steered AWAY from designer briefs and towards the basic white generic fly-front brief...no logos, no colors.
Yes, tightie-whities have always had their following among young guys, especially gay ones, and still do. I haven't spotted any particular comeback for briefs though - generally the fashion among (mainly straight) is either for fairly small boxer-briefs, or for the high-rise and figure-hugging boxers.
I hope your observations are valid only for the UK, deaddirty. Though I'm not too interested in what gay guys are wearing (they aren't my cup of tea), I would be disappointed if straight guys were wearing "...high-rise and figure-hugging boxers."
i'm afraid they are - and vey good they look above low-slung jeans, though on their own I suspect they wouldn't look so good - but since they're straight guys I don't get to see them in just their undies