About VOCLA

VOCLA is a UK-based menswear shop that has been running since 2012, specialising in underwear, swimwear and going-out pieces from designer labels rather than high street basics.

What it stocks

Underwear is the backbone — briefs, trunks, boxers, jockstraps and thongs — sold alongside swim shorts and briefs, beach and resort wear, party and clubwear, and a smaller athletic range. Labels include names that are difficult to find on the British high street, among them PUMP!, Rounderbum, Sukrew, Supawear, Timoteo, TOF Paris and 2EROS. There are also bundled outfits for anyone who would rather buy a look than assemble one.

Sizing across international labels

This is the thing to get right before ordering. These are brands from Australia, North America and continental Europe, and a medium in one is not a medium in another — Australian and American labels in particular often run smaller than a British size suggests. Every product page carries the maker's own chart, and the reliable method is to measure your waist with a tape and read it off that chart, one brand at a time, rather than trusting the size you usually buy.

Fabrics and care

Most of this category is a cotton or microfibre blend with elastane for stretch, and swimwear is generally polyester or nylon with elastane. The elastane is what wears out, and it is destroyed by heat and by chlorine. Wash cool, skip the tumble dryer, and rinse swimwear in fresh water after a pool, because chlorine left in the fabric goes on degrading it while it dries. As with any underwear retailer, opened items are usually non-returnable for hygiene reasons, so check the returns terms before ordering several sizes to try.

Delivery is the other thing worth reading before you order. Stock is dispatched from the UK, but this is a shop that sells to more than forty countries, so the postage option and the arrival estimate change with the destination, and orders leaving Britain may attract local import charges on arrival. Packaging is plain and unbranded, which matters to plenty of customers buying this category and is stated on the site rather than left to be guessed at.

Using a VOCLA discount code

Put the code into the discount field on the checkout page and let the summary update before you complete the purchase.