Johnny Underscore Reviews the Score Underwear Score Brief

With perhaps even more rugged, masculine style than its hot cousins the Score Underwear Sports Brief and the Score Underwear Thong, the Score Underwear Brief gets high marks for style, function and quality.

While Score Underwear's product line is high-end and high concept, it's also decidedly masculine and rugged. One visit to Score Underwear's Web site tells the whole story. The models are all dressed in sports gear. The fun part is, they can be undressed with just a mouse click, revealing their Score Underwear.

Well-assembled, sturdy cotton makes the kind of underwear a guy can wear the whole day and then lounge in when he gets home. Ideal for everyday wear, the Score Underwear Brief keeps its shape well after several hours of wear. The pouch front holds up nicely, keeping a guy's goods well supported and even flattered throughout the day.

These briefs are contemporary mid-rise. The waistband may even show a bit above the waistband of some jeans. This is a showoff-worthy waistband with a simple blue line in the center, reminiscent of many brands of standard-issue briefs from the '80s. But you won't find these briefs in 3-packs at Kmart. Score Underwear makes some premium undergear and in men's underwear you very often get what you pay for. The Score Underwear Brief takes the simplicity, masculinity and function of a standard men's brief and cranks up the volume on all three factors. Guys in the locker room will see these briefs on their buddies and think, "this guy is doing OK," partly because they look conventional yet expensive and partly because of the flattering cut of their pouch.

According to Score Underwear's size chart, a small is for waist sizes 27-29. So these briefs run small and the dense cotton has little give.

Score Underwear's fabric and care tags are just the reverse side of the front logo tag so there are no scratchy rear tags to deal with. This is a clever, rare use of tag material. The Score Underwear Brief is as easy to care for as it is to wear. Machine wash warm, no bleach. Tumble dry low. Wash. Dry. Wear. That's all a man needs to know about washing his underwear.

The Score Underwear Brief is hand-made in the United States from 100% cotton.

Available in white and black. Sizes small (27-29), medium (30-32) and large (33-35). $27.95 with free shipping at www.scoreunderwear.com.

Overall, I give the Score Underwear Sports Brief a total score of 9 based on the following criteria:
FIT --  9 (out of 10)
STYLE --  10 (out of 10)
QUALITY -- 10(out of 10)
VALUE -- 7 (out of 10)