Boy Short
Garment — one of 28 in the glossary
A style of women's underwear cut with full seat coverage and a short leg, taking its shape from men's knit boxer briefs. It is a cut rather than a fabric, and in a blanks catalogue it appears among loungewear and activewear bottoms rather than with tops.
A cut borrowed from menswear
The defining features are full coverage across the seat and a short extension down the leg, rather than the high-cut leg opening of a brief.
The shape is taken from men's knit boxer briefs, which is where the name comes from.
It is a cut, so it appears in any fabric — cotton jersey, modal, performance knits with elastane.
In a blanks range
Where it shows up is loungewear, sleep sets and activewear rather than the tops catalogue.
Decoration, where there is any, is usually a printed or woven waistband or a small hip placement, since the panels are small and curved.
Sizing runs to its own chart, independent of the tops in the same brand.
Common questions
- What is a boy short?
- A style of women's underwear with full seat coverage and a short leg, cut in the shape of men's knit boxer briefs.
- What is the difference between a boy short and a brief?
- Leg coverage. A brief has a high-cut leg opening; a boy short extends down the leg and covers the seat fully.
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