Can older people rock the short trousers look?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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“Did you ever feel as if the whole world was a tuxedo, and you were a pair of brown shoes?”

–George Gobel

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There are two answers:

  1. I can’t see you, so I’m disqualified from answering.

  2. Wear what you want.

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When I was growing up, pants were belted at the waist and covered the ankles. Actually they had cuffs that only caught dirt. So I developed a real waste and still belt there and if you don’t like it too bad. And they still cover my ankles. I feel comfortable that way and see no reason to change. The oddest look, to me eyes, is that of a big belly with the belt underneath. What keeps them up? Only the gravity of the situation is they were to fall.

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Flood Pants? :confused:

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Nobody can rock those trousers. Mid-calf with no socks or no-show socks is terrible.
And if like me you’re fast approaching 50 or you’ve already crossed the mid-century line, it looks even worse.

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I’m not thinking he means mid-calf. I understand the look to be trousers that are hemmed shorter by a couple of inches or cuffed a bit shorter. No socks, and loafers or casual shoes, not tennis/sports shoes. I think.

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Being in Arizona we get a lot of “Winter Visitors” and both sexes sport shorts in public all winter long. I think it’s so they can brag to their friends back home.

Living here, I wear long trousers all year long.

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In the office next to my shop is the local sports radio station. It is mostly young-ish ex-sportsy guys who have now got a bit of paunch. They all wear that style and it just looks like they are wearing their little brother’s clothes.

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Thanks guys for participating in my pretty dumb thread.

I wear this kind of look now and I like it; I get hot quite easy and the short socks and trousers make a noticeable difference to my comfort.
Fashion-wise…I dunno, I’m fashion-illiterate.

I actually dared to wear this look to a wedding recently (but as part of a full suit obviously) and was a little self-conscious. But I was “helped” by the fact that some guys didn’t even bother to wear a shirt…

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The pants have to be slim fitted for this style to work.

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If you are worried about being cool you are most definitely not cool

Wear what you want and forget about what anyone else thinks.

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Boom