Men's Sea Island Cotton Briefs in Black

Sunspel

£60

Handcrafted from our luxurious Sea Island cotton, these are the softest briefs you will ever wear. Cut to the same fit as our classic brief, we`ve stripped back the seams to provide maximum comfort whilst still maintaining support. We've also used the highest quality elastic in the waistband and super-strong stitching to maintain quality over time. Grown in the Caribbean and handpicked by specialists, authentic Sea Island cotton makes up only 0.0001% of the world's cotton supplies. It has a fine uniform texture, silky lustre and great tensile strength. This unique set of qualities allows it to

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Where this comes from

The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as SUNSPEL LIMITED, number 01781094. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "We have been based in our factory in Long Eaton, England since 1937" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.