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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Fashion Men in Shorts, Yes… But What Kind?
Posted by on Thu, Jun 19 at 12:15 PM
Over on MOD, Mercury fashion blogger Brett Glass has been bringing up the pertinent issue of men in shorts. See his argument in defense of short shorts on men here, and a word on long and lean versions here. It also so happens that Wm Steven Humphrey, who is an avid shorts-wearer, brought up the issue of cargo shorts this morning, expressing a strong distaste for them because of their common association with the frat boy “aesthetic.” I agree, with the caveat that rugged army pants (or something similarly non-mall-ish) cut off on the right sort of guy is hot. Whaddaya say?
(I was looking for a photo of what I mean about the cargo shorts, but I accidentally found something even better.)
THE BEST SHORTS ON MEN ARE…
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anything but the giant baggy capris that were part of the korn "aesthetic". god those were terrible times culture-wise. jesus god.
The pictures are OK on the site you linked, but the blogger's comments under the pics are really creepy. Something about the combination of a drooling fetishist and English as a second language.
From about May to September I wear non fratty cargo shorts. As silly as it sounds, they are very functional for my job. I carry two phones, a small notebook, and a lot of tools in my little cargo area.
Also, being 6'6" and fatter than 99% of the population, they are comfy and don't look like old fat guy douchebag shorts. The shit we the tall and fat have to put up with to try and look the least bit non douchey is really difficult. If something good comes along, I buy 5-10 of everything. I'm not kidding. My options are very limited.
It's great for me that these came in style a while back because before that, it was just straight and long khaki shorts with the occasional olive green. Black? Nah, not for the tall and fat. Now, I can totally get wacky colors of camo and BLACK!
Even at like $60 a pair, I just bought 5 of my camo cargo shorts I wear almost all the time. It's just what you do...
Fat and unimaginative is no way to go through life.
It's almost impossible to find a good pair of boy's shorts -- you either look like a frat boy (baggy shorts), a yacht club reject (trouser shorts), or Borat (short shorts).
I love short shorts for swimwear though...
"Fat and unimaginative is no way to go through life."
You wouldn't direct this at him if you saw Way's tattoos. He's got one hell of an imagination. Trust me.
Well that's good, at least he makes a statement with his tattoos. That certainly is imaginative...my fault. Thanks for clearing that up.
similar to that burst of imagination it takes to criticize someone on the internet
Not too short, not too long, not too tight, not too loose, not too tailored, and not too raggedy is just about right.
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Okay Marjorie, I think I would have voted for long slim but the shorts in those pictures pretty much sucked. Nobody wears white unless they're some rich 55yr old douchebag with a yacht or a fashion victim. I vaguely remember the issue of white clothes totally sucking being put to rest on this blog some time ago.
Really I would have voted for pictures of half-naked, hot military men had the option been presented.