Specialist online underwear retailer, pantsandsocks.com is this week adding autumn/winter 21 stock to its site as it starts to gear up for a flurry of new season pant buying.

From students being stocked-up before going off to Uni to guys upgrading their look as they prepare for serious socialising, September and October are traditionally busy months in the pant buying calendar. And then it’s Christmas, when the most asked for present is (say it quietly) new pants and socks. With a wide selection of brands and all the underwear classics as well as seasonal lines, Pants&Socks is well positioned to cater for the demand.

Trunks remain the most popular style with pantsandsocks.com customers. But increasingly they are choosing fashion colours to go alongside the classic black and white. This season the choice is even broader with the top pants brands leading the way.

Of course, autumnal hues are to the fore, with deep reds, olive and purple all featuring in the Polo Ralph Lauren collection; though there is a nod to the weakening summer sun with a series of pale pastels. At Calvin Klein there are trunks and briefs in boiled-sweet flavours including orange, raspberry and lemon as well as the richer reds and navy.

At sleepwear and underwear specialist Derek Rose, it is all about the cut and the cloth while the palette remains classic and understated – think grey marl, pale blue and white. A luxurious modal and elastane fabric features in the close-fitting hipsters, cut for comfort and definition; while a super-soft pima cotton is blended with elastane for the brand’s body-caressing trunks.

pantsandsocks.com prides itself on the breadth of its offer. It surely has the best selection of Polo, Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss. But it also carries many other brands, including Tommy Hilfiger, Ted Baker and pants specialist Saxx as well as sock brands Falke and Happy Socks. New to its roster are Scandi label Panos Emporio plus Hugo, the funkier line from Hugo Boss.