Underwear models are an important part of the men’s underwear industry. They are the ones we see in images and packages. Sometimes they are the reason we buy a specific pair of underwear. We have a list of a few of the awesome underwear models from last year. Here is the list! Vote at our UNB Reader Awards 2017

Thongs have really taken off this year! More and more guys are finding them sexy and comfortable. In the last year guys gay and straight have embraced wearing the tiny pairs. This year we have gathered a great list of thongs from last year. If you are a big thong fan make sure you vote in our reader awards!

Remember you can vote once a day per email! So don’t just vote once. Vote for your favorites each day! Vote at our UNB Reader Awards page

Here are the Thong Nominations

For you fans of Boxer Bries and Trunks, we haven’t left you out of our awards. They are the third most popular styles on UNB. We put together a great list of some of the best boxer briefs and briefs of last year. Some brand you guys know and love. A few other brands you may not know as well. To vote go to our UNB Awards Page for 2017. 

Here are the Boxer Brief Nominations:

Best Trunk Nominations are:

It’s time for our annual reader awards. This year was a tough year to narrow down the list. We had nominations sent in by brands and others the editorial board. Here are the finalists in the UNB 2017 Reader Awards. You can vote once a day per email address. Voting starts Monday, February 6, 2017 and runs till Monday, February 14, 2017 at Midnight EST.

The email is needed for verification purposes only. We will not share or sell this information to any third party.

Best Brief

2EROS U20 To Eros Brief
Bear Skn Backwoods Bamboo Brief
Danny Miami Royal Black
JockUp Performance Brief
Modus Vivendi Meander Brief
WildmanT Big Boy Pouch Brief

Best Bikini

aussieBum Billy Brief
Ergowear X3D Suave Bikini
JOR 0314 Tayrona Bikini
Modus Vivendi Flamme Low Cut Brief
PetitQ PQ160102 Target Bikini
Pistol Pete Rainbow Brief

Best Thong

Best Jock

Best Jock Brief

Best Trunk

2EROS Vavooom
Garcon Model Dade Trunk
Junk UnderJeans Analog
N2N Bodywear Studio Groove
Tani Silk Cut Simple Trunk
Yocisco Eat Cake Trunk

Best Boxer Brief

Best Swimwear

Best Fetish Brand

BodyAware
Bruno Menswear
Cellblock13
Gregg Homme
Maskulo
N2N Bodywear
Nasty Pig
PetitQ

Best Online Retailer

Cheapundies.com
DeadGoodUndies
International Jock
Jockstrap Central
Mensunderwearstore.com

Best Brick & Mortar Retailer

CloneZone London, UK
MojoMan Orlando, FL
Needz Denver, CO
Boy Next Door Atlanta, GA
Offshoot Too
Trim Pittsburg, PA

Best Underwear Model

Anatoly Goncharov Marcuse
Calum Windsor Gregg Homme
Arad Andrew Christian
Davide Zongoli Modus Vivendi
Tobi Jasicki Curbwear
Efim Vasyukhin 2EROS/SupaWEar
Jefe Yocisco

Best Underwear Photographer

Timoteo Timoteo/Cellblock 13
Joan Crisol Modus Vivendi
Erica Dorsy Andrew Christian
Allan Spiers Danny Miami
Shots by Gun 2eros
Adrian C. Martin SupaWear
Tommy Collier Yocisco

Best New Brand

Bruno Menswear
Cockpit Undies
Egick
JockUp
Krakatoa Underwear
M Wear 

Best overall brand

2eros
Andrew Christian
Croota
Curbwear
Danny Miami
Garcon Model
JockUp
Modus Vivendi
Tani
Yocisco

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Jocks have become a very important part of a guys wardrobe. Gone are the days they were used for sports. Now they are a fashion item. They come in different designs and companies are become very creative! Every year when I think I have seen it all in jocks, someone releases a new take on the classic design. If you are a fan of jocks, you will love a few of our nominations!

Go vote for your favorite jock in UNB Reader Awards!

The year that was 2015 was a great year in underwear and swimwear! There were so many amazing pairs that we had a lot of trouble narrowing it down to just a few pairs! But we did it and have an everything ready to go! This year we have a few surprises to be released later!

We have two pages to help you make an informed decision! One shows all the nominees and the other is the voting ballot. Unlike the US Presidential Election we’re only going until Sunday! You can vote once a day per email. Duplicate entries will be disqualified.

We will announce the winners next Tuesday! So go vote!

This year we had a lot of fun with our Second Annual UNB Reader Awards. We had many brands participate and made a few of the categories pretty close! We hope you guys had just as much fun voting and participating. We got a few suggestions for new categories. Both are ones we have thought of adding this year. Those categories are Best New Brand and Best Singlet. Those will be next year! There maybe a few more we come up with this year!

Now on to the Winners! Before we announce we want to thank every brand for participating and posting about the awards. We love all you guys! How can anyone be a looser when they all make amazing underwear?

Best Brief – Andrew Christian Trophy Boy Brief

Best Thong – Andrew Christian Almost Naked Thong

Best Jock – N2N Bodywear Power Mesh Jock

Best Jock Brief – Andrew Christian Almost Naked Locker Room Jock

Best Trunk – Gregg Homme Encore Trunk

Best Boxer Brief – 2(X)ist Speed 2.0 Boxer Brief

Best Fetish Brand – Gregg Homme

Best Swimwear – aussieBum 2.5 Loose

Best Overal Brand – Andrew Christian

Best Online Retailer – Dead Good Undies

Favorite Brick & Mortar Retailer – Andrew Christian Flagship Boutique

Favorite Underwear Model – Philip Fusco

Favorite Underwear Photographer – Adrian C. Martin

Congrats to all out winners! Stay tuned next January for our 3rd Annual Reader Awards

The Second annual UNB Reader Awards is launching tomorrow. So remember you can vote once a day for the entire time. The winner will be Announced next Monday! You will have 7 days to go vote for your favorites. The picture above is from last year. The new nominees will be out tomorrow.

This year we worked as a team to come up with pairs to vote on. There was not a nomination period for readers this year. But we didn’t forget how important our readers are. If there is a pair form 2014 that you thinks should be the best in the category, you have a write in vote!

So vote in our awards tomorrow and every day!

Photography is a major part of men’s underwear. We have five amazing photographers up for the Photographer of the year. The Picture above is from Simon Le, but also up is Rick Day, Michael Stokes, Jerrad Matthew and Tom Cullis. All make amazing pictures! Also go vote in our different categories. Each one has great pairs in it! We will tabulate votes and announce the winners on Monday! Vote at the Underwear News Briefs Reader Awards Page.

Have you voted in the UNB Reader Awards? If not head over to our Awards Page and vote. Voting ends on Tuesday and you won’t have a chance to vote until Jan/Feb 2014!