The Best Men’s Underwear for Your Budget: We Tested 45 Kinds

MATTHEW GARDNER doesn’t mince words when voicing his dedication to good underwear. “I actually f-ing care about it because I wear them all day,” said the 32-year-old co-founder of Highfield, a New York marketing firm. Mr. Gardner didn’t always get so strident about underthings; he used to unthinkingly rely on packs of banal cotton boxer briefs (boxer briefs generally constitute 60% of men’s underwear sales). Then he realized that he was obsessing over the rest of his wardrobe only to take the most intimate garment of all for granted. After some googling, he decided to try briefs from CDLP, a budding Stockholm label that...