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All Citizens Review: What to Buy & What to Avoid

Published on October 25, 2021 by Brock McGoff · Product Reviews May contain affiliate links (what's this?)

In this hands-on All Citizens review, I’ll try on the brand’s most popular products and give you my honest recommendation.

Table of Contents

  • Quick Take
  • About All Citizens
  • My Build
  • What I Tried
  • All Citizens Underwear
  • All Citizens Undershirts
  • All Citizens Training Shorts
  • All Citizens Performance Chinos
  • What I Like
  • Room for Improvement
  • My Overall Recommendation
All Citizens Review

All Citizens is known for best for its comfortable men’s underwear, but the brand has quickly expanded their offerings to include casual shirts, pants and shorts.

Does their underwear live up to the hype? How do their shirts and pants fit? Does this brand offer enough value for the price?

Read on to learn everything you need to know about All Citizens.

Quick Take

Short on time? Here’s what you need to know:

Pros

  • Excellent underwear
  • Reasonable prices
  • Quality materials

Cons

  • Mediocre styling
  • Pants run large (not slim)
  • Shirts too long for shorter guys

TL;DR – All Citizens makes fantastic underwear, and you should buy it. At this time, I can’t recommend their shirts and pants.

Click here to check out All citizens, or read on for the full review.

About All Citizens

Founded by former tech consultant Danny Charbonnet – an apparel industry novice – All Citizens aims to make premium performance-driven apparel sold at affordable prices.

They’re especially focused on underwear, and their flagship product is the microfiber boxer brief.

About All Citizens
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Like most digital first apparel brands, All Citizens is a direct-to-consumer company (you know, the whole “cut out the middleman” thing).

Bootstrapped and organically grown, All Citizens has garnered a cult following of guys who love premium quality underwear but want to pay $30/pair at lululemon.

The brand has now expanded into other menswear categories like casual shirt, athletic shorts and performance chinos.

My Build

For reference, I’m about 5’6″ with shoes on and 125 lbs after dinner. I typically wear size 34 jackets, XS tops and 28×28 pants.

What I Tried

Here’s everything I’ve tried on from All Citizens to date:

  • Boxer Brief
  • Paradise Pocket Boxer Brief
  • AirWeight Undershirt
  • Contender Training shorts
  • Limitless Performance Chinos

Let’s look at each item in more detail…

All Citizens Underwear

All Citizens is best known for their underwear, and for good reason. I’ve been wearing their original boxer briefs for a few months now, and I recently tried their new Paradise Pocket version.

Both are very comfy and worth the slight premium over mass market brands like Hanes and Jockey.

Compared to $25+ per pair brands like Mack Weldon and Tommy John, they’re a steal.

Boxer Brief

These Polyester/Spandex microfiber boxer briefs are light, stretchy and not overly synthetic like some premium underwear (they feel like underwear, not compression shorts).

All Citizens Boxer Briefs
All Citizens Boxer Briefs (standard fit)

They have a few details that set them apart and make them comfortable to wear all day:

  • Mesh panels on lower back and crotch
  • Elastic ribbing on thighs to prevent riding up
  • Horizontal fly for quick access
  • Thick, logo-free waistband

The thigh grips do help prevent any riding up, and the horizontal fly is far superior to a standard vertical fly or no fly at all.

The waistband is comfy, but I’m not crazy about the design. I like the unbranded look, but the black and white scheme doesn’t work well every colorway.

All Citizens Boxer Briefs waistband
All Citizens Boxer Briefs waistband

I’d like to see waistbands that match or compliment each individual colorway. You can never go wrong with a monochromatic waistband (same color as the underwear fabric).

That said, these are fantastic boxer briefs, and they’ve retained their color and shape through many laundry cycles (no pilling or fading).

Paradise Pocket

All Citizens Paradise Pocket Boxer Briefs are the brand’s take on pouch underwear.

All Citizens Paradise Pouch boxer briefs
All Citizens Paradise Pouch Boxer Briefs

They have all of the same features as the Standard Boxer Briefs, as well as an internal pouch meant to separate your goods from your thighs.

All Citizens Paradise Pouch
Pouch underwear isn’t for everyone, but if you like it, you’ll love these.

Pouch underwear is all the rage these days, and many guys swear by it. Personally, I don’t find pouch underwear to be more comfortable than regular underwear.

In fact, sometimes pouch boxer briefs can be uncomfortable. I’m happy to report that’s not the case with All Citizens Paradise Pouch underwear.

It’s just as comfy as their original boxer brief, so just get whichever format you prefer.

All Citizens Undershirts

The best undershirts have a deep v-neck that lets them remain invisible under an unbuttoned shirt.

They’re also somewhat fitted so they don’t cause any weird bunching under your shirt, especially if you prefer slim fit shirts.

All Citizens AirWeight Undershirt checks all the right boxes.

All Citizens undershirt
All Citizens AirWeight Undershirt

It even has these mesh side panels to help keep you cool during your cousin’s mid-July outdoor wedding.

(Side note: why do we have outdoor weddings in the middle of summer??)

My only gripe with this undershirt is its length. As a shorter guy, it’s very long on me.

All Citizens AirWeight undershirt fit
It could be shorter in the body and sleeves, but it’s still a great undershirt.

This is okay since it’s always worn tucked in, but it would be more comfortable if it didn’t go past my hips.

All Citizens Training Shorts

Made from stretchy Polyester fabric and featuring an internal drawstring, these almost remind me of swim trunks.

The Contender Training Shorts have an 8″ inseam. This is going to look good on everyone, but some guys may want a shorter length for working out.

They’re somewhat tapered and definitely not too baggy for my thin legs.

All Citizens Training Shorts fit
All Citizens Training Shorts

They have regular side pockets and a zip “media pocket” for phones, plus a hidden internal pocket for cards and keys.

These feel like well made shorts, and they’re really comfortable to wear.

My only gripe is that the rise is a bit long for me, but that shouldn’t be a problem for average or taller guys.

All Citizens Training Shorts rise
The rise is a bit long for my build. Not a dealbreaker at all, but something to consider.

I am a little confused about the pricing on these shorts. They’re priced like a premium athletic/training short, which isn’t really in line with most of All Citizens’ catalog.

Based on how expensive their underwear is, I’d expect these shorts to be $30 max.

Priced as is, I don’t think I’d choose these over a dedicated athletic wear brand like Ten Thousand.

All Citizens Performance Chinos

The Limitless Performance Chino is basically All Citizens’ take on lululemon’s Commission Pant.

All Citizens Performance Chinos
All Citizens Performance Chinos

It’s a stretchy, techy performance chino meant for a variety of uses, including travel, modern office wear and outddoor activities.

These pants have all the bells and whistles you’ve probably come to expect:

  • Stretchy, quick dry fabric
  • Reflective tape inside cuff
  • Mesh lined pockets
  • Hidden zip pocket for phone
  • Curved back waistband

These are traditional chinos with a little stretch built in; they’re tech pants, and they look and feel like tech pants.

All Citizens Performance Chinos pockets
All Citizens Performance Chinos pockets

Personally, I don’t need this much performance build into my pants, and I think these pants miss the mark in two areas:

First, the color is like a saturated cream/yellow, not really a khaki or tan, and it would be tough to match with anything else in my wardrobe.

All Citizens Performance Chinos fit
I’d need to get these hemmed and taken in (at least at the waist) to make them wearable.

Second, the fit is a bit loose all around (size Small). I’d want to see a trimmed up version of these with more taper through the leg.

What I Like

I think All Citizens boxer briefs are some of the best you can buy. At their current price, I haven’t found anything as comfortable and high quality.

I especially like the Paradise Pocket Boxer Briefs.

Their undershirts are also great. I love the deep v-neck because it won’t show underneath a button up shirt, even when the first two buttons are undone.

Room for Improvement

The Training Shorts are good but not great for my build. The rise is just too long.

There are so many great training shorts out there from brands like Ten Thousand, Rhone and lululemon, so All Citizens wouldn’t be my first recommendation.

Similarly, I can’t recommend All Citizens Performance Chinos over other brands.

All Citizens chinos loose waist
Given the loose fit and slightly odd color, these wouldn’t by my top recommendation for performance chinos. | Check out all Citizens

There are so many excellent options nowadays (Everlane, lululemon, Goodthreads, Bluffworks, Public Rec, etc.).

Given All Citizens’ roomy fit and tough-to-match colors, they can’t compete with more fashion focused brands.

My Overall Recommendation

If you want to upgrade your underwear and are willing to spend about $15 per pair, I highly recommend All Citizens.

Same goes for your undershirts. The AirWeight Undershirt is a great choice if you prefer non-tank style undershirts.

If you’re in the market for performance t-shirt, athletic shorts or performance chinos, I think you’ll find more stylish and better fitting options elsewhere.

Product Reviews All Citizens, boxer briefs, performance, Undershirts, underwear

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About Brock McGoff

The Modest Man founder, Brock is an aspiring minimalist who enjoys working out, spending time with his family, discovering new brands and creating great content.

Background: Brock McGoff has a bachelor's degree in psychology and a professional background in digital marketing. He believes that men's fashion is just one facet of self-improvement, and he started The Modest Man to help regular guys feel more confident by improving their appearance.

An east coast native, Brock currently lives in Arizona with his wife and daughter. When he's not working, he spends time with family, training BJJ, reading/listening to books and podcasts, and unsuccessfully trying to decide which movie to stream.

Expertise: Brock has built a men's lifestyle YouTube channel with over 400k subscribers. He's also worked as the creative marketing manager in a men's apparel startup. Brock has been quoted in, mentioned by or featured in publications like Esquire, Huff Post, Men's Health, WWD and Forbes.

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  1. Josue says

    January 28, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    Hello Brock, I really apreciate your work here and on your youtube channel
    I know this is an old post, but by any chance can you provide the rise measurement and leg opening on the performance chino?
    Thank you and great work

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    • Brock McGoff says

      February 1, 2023 at 6:37 pm

      Thanks! I actually don’t have those pants anymore. The leg opening was probably ~8 inches, though.

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