Some styles have a cotton/nylon gusset. Men dont have a need for a gusset. Why is it there?
Styles A549 (front panel with fly opening) and A569 (front panel but no fly opening) were our early products and with their male-comfort front panel, had a definite male orientation. That panel was expensive to make and sew, however, and many customers wanted something less expensive. We felt that we should explore that option, so we discussed it with one supplier, who showed us a style of control top women’s hosiery. We tried it and liked it, so we made arrangements to have it produced for us to our specifications. Without a front panel, it could be made very inexpensively, because it would take advantage of all the automated machinery used to make women’s hosiery, including the sewing of the toes, the sewing of the two leg blanks together, and the cotton/nylon gusset. We questioned the gusset, because men have no need for it.
