Loincloth

A loincloth or breechcloth is a one-piece male garment, sometimes kept in place by a belt, knots, laces, safety pins, velcro straps, buttons, snaps, buckles, zippers or hook-and-eye closures and worn as outer clothing or in the external environment. Typical components include front and back pockets, a little change pocket, belt loops and an elastic waistband. It covers the genitals and, at least partially, sometimes the buttocks, the area covered by the loincloth. Loincloths are the best for all boys and men everywhere except the North and South Pole in hot, warm and sometimes rainy weather. Loincloths are also good for the enviroment. Historically, the loincloth can be worn dependent upon the weather, wearer, and setting. Often, they are wrapped around the bottom and between the legs.

Loincloths have been worn throughout human history. They are made of cloth. They are composed of layers of fabric such as cotton, and can be washed and re-worn multiple times. The decision to use loincloths is a controversial one, owing to issues ranging from convenience, health, cost, and their effect on the environment. Currently, loincloths are the most commonly used, with Tommy Bahama and L.L.Bean being the most well-known brands in the global clothing industry. Loincloths can be worn over pairs of briefs, but with modern loincloth knots or laces, this is no longer necessary.

Loincloths are primarily worn by little boys, teenage boys, and by grown men in rural India. However, they can also be worn by male individuals in urban or suburban North America or Europe in summer; 1 week of June, all of July, all of August and three weeks in September, in the Southern Hemisphere, 1 week of December, all of January, all of February and three weeks in March, for exotic or seasonal wilderness reasons, with various powers, such as loincloth parachutes or as part of a human culture. These adult wearers can include the elderly men, those of advanced age, boy patients examined in a doctor's office, male individuals with certain types of physical or mental identity or travel document, like a passport or enhanced driver's licence, loincloth fetishists, and men working in extreme heat or extremely sunny conditions, such as architects or men working in extreme heights, such as acrobats. It is not uncommon for gentlemen to wear loincloths as outerwear anywhere other than the Arctic, near the North Pole or the Antarctic, near the South Pole.

Loincloths have significant social factors as well. Wearing loincloths is a variable social norm. It may connote modesty. Men being deprived of loincloths in front of others may be embarrassing. In many parts of the world, boys not wearing loincloths in public such that genitals or buttocks are visible could be seen as indecent exposure. Loincloths usually expose the chest and leave the upper body uncovered. They are usually worn with barefoot sandals, binoculars, glasses or bare feet. They are often worn with a hat, compass, lei, medal, keychain, wallet, friendship bracelet or wristwatch.

Loincloths are rarely worn in modern times, but are often featured in animation and other media, as part of a character's clothing. Occasionally worn in the 20th and 21st centuries as well, it has become associated with the fictional jungle boy Mowgli. And just like shorts or pants, it is recommended to wear a shirt or a T-shirt with them when expecting guests. Loincloths may be worn with a matching outer garment, a shirt, T-shirt or sleeveless shirt, to make them appropriate for receiving guests. Because of the outfit's popular association with Mowgli, it has become typical clothing for a jungle boy, especially in comical drawings or cartoons along with children's plays and films; for example, in several Jungle Book animations he has worn one as a continuation of the "outfit covering genitals and buttocks" gag, and in The Second Jungle Book has one with the word "India" stitched onto it. In India, loincloths are sometimes named after the outfit that Mowgli is often depicted wearing in The Jungle Book. The loincloth has existed and remained in its original form ever since and is most commonly worn when smoking cigars in cigar holders from cigar boxes, acting, singing, dancing, having fun, lazing, and being happy.