A British store is launching a range of underpants for left-handed men, an innovation it says will save them both time and embarrassment in front of the porcelain.
The new range, by UK-based Hom, will have a horizontal opening instead of a vertical slit accessed from the right-hand side, breaking a tradition that has lasted for 75 years.
"In our view, this is a vital step toward equality for left-handed men," said Rob Faucherand of Debenhams store.
Almost 10 percent of British men are believed to be left handed but men's Y-fronted underpants have traditionally had a right-handed opening from the time they were invented in 1935.
"As a result," Debenhams said, "left-handed men have to reach much further into their pants, performing a Z shaped maneuver through two 180 degree angles before achieving the result that right handed men perform with ease."
Previously, it added, boxer shorts, with an adaptable, ambidextrous opening in the middle, have been the underpants of choice for left handed men.
The new pants mean that left handed men can finally go to the bathroom as quickly and efficiently as their right-handed colleagues, the store said.
"Switching the opening from vertical to horizontal may sound like a small step, but it's the major breakthrough that many have been waiting for," added Faucherand.
There is also a fully left-handed design of underpants available from Clever. These have the opening on the left so are not suitable for right-handed men.
Update July 2015
The left-handed underpants seem to have been discontinued but HOM still produce a range of underwear with horizontal rather than vertical openings
You can see their current range here
Discontinued links:
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Both of these styles are available from online retailer Dead Good Undies who deliver worldwide:
Click here to see the "left" page on their web site
The Hom range of underwear suitable for left or right-handed men is available from UK department store Debenhams Online
Click here to see the Hom underwear range at Debenhams
Comments 7
It is the second picture down showing some left sided entrance.
If you have these available please let me know how I can order them
David Reed.
Believe these have been discontinued but you can check at https://uk.hom.com/
Best wishes
Not once in all of those years has it occured to me that the opening is the wrong way round, for a lefthanded person
Hooray. No more lembarrassing enlarged prostrate dribbles down my trouser leg, when it all goes wrong.
To be honest, when I'm wearing light trousers I now sit on the potty, just like when I was a baby.
Can't wait for the postman to arrive with my new undies.
From changing the knife and fork at a restaurant to countless other things. Is it too much to ask for a pair of jocks to suit a left handed dangler?
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