Guys should not wear jean shorts. Ew. They make you look like a little kid, IMO. Khaki shorts of whatever color (like khaki colored, green, blue, camo even, etc) look so much better with everything than jean shorts do.
And I hope that I am not the only supporter of no-show socks when wearing shorts…and not wearing boots or high top shoes with shorts (boots DURING hiking and other such activities excluded). And ugh don’t wear “dress” shoes (oxfords, etc) with shorts - tacky! Sneakers or sandals only w/shorts.
And for those against the chucking of the pants - I can’t see how it’s so bad if she buys him a nice, new pair to replace them. Apparently they are not just ugly, but unflattering and ill-fitting. Just pretend he’s on What Not To Wear for a minute, they chuck your ugly threads and buy you new ones. No harm no foul.
My husband, who I love dearly, is color blind. I didn’t realize how much of a problem it could be until we lived in Hawaii. I bought him some brightly colored shorts for around the house wear. He would come down the stairs in come color combinations that would blind me.
“ZAAAAAAAP! Thank you for playing, and we have some lovely parting gifts!”
I now buy his clothing that is anything other than black or brown. He is a nurse - if he wants scrubs other than white, I buy them. After almost 17 years of marriage, I have his clothing choices narrowed down to where he just about can’t make a bad choice.
It’s not a control issue. I consider it a favor to man (and women, and the birds in the trees - anything with vision)kind.
Laofers always have been, and always will be, more acceptable than sandals (flip-flops aside) with shorts. Mandals were popular in the 90s - early 00s, but now need to die.
Sorry, forgot loafers. I’m 20 and most guys my age do not wear them. But there are pairs I’ve seen that look really nice. And because of my age, I meant more flip flops than mandals, but that’s a casual look.
If you plan on going to many outdoor social functions down South in the summer, footwear can be tricky.
I think we’re in agreement about everything, though I expect you’ll see socks creeping back up the leg as styles change a bit. Back in the 80, we wore some pretty tall socks as youngsters. I like the no-see-ums myself.
Thank you! Exactly. I can take him to Banana Republic or perhaps entice him to shop online at L.L. Bean or Lands’ End. Just nice stuff that fits him. He can afford whatever. That’s why the Nasty Pants are killing me. Hard-headed New England Yankee.
No partner. Dad. He has pennyloafers that were sold as cordovans, but are basically red. And they turn up at the toes. And he’s prone to wearing them with his very best, charcoal gray suit. I call 'em his “elf shoes.”
I’ve noticed from some driving trips to Florida that somewhere south of St. Louis, you start to see young people wear tall socks with…Adidas sandals and similar!!! Wtf, seriously? Sandals and socks do not mix. If you can’t wear the sandals without socks, don’t wear the sandals, please! They must be painful then.
I’m only one person, but wearing sneakers with socks that show makes you look either: trapped in the past OR like a little kid. Show off those nice ankles people. If you’re wearing pants, bets are off I suppose. I personally will wear some argyle with Converse and jeans. I love argyle and Chucks aren’t too comfortable without some good socks. And they’re not warm when it’s cold either. But I think the tube sock is something that just needs to go away, wearing pants or not.
Another question about the pleats. I’ve got a 28" waist, which means I have about three options in pants: Levi’s 501s, which are grunt-work pants, Dockers, which are mostly pleated, and girl pants, which are… uh… uncomfortably snug in places, most of the time. Nobody carries men’s pants that slim, is the problem (I find it endlessly amusing that many stores will carry 32x28 but not 28x32).
One of my friends is the same size as you. He is 6’1" or so. He’s gay, so he does own a pair of girls jeans. But he shops at stores like Express Men and stuff and has lucked out. He might have to get a 29 sometimes and wear a belt. Maybe you could try going to some different stores and trying on the closest possible thing that fits, then checking online to see if they carry more sizes (not uncommon in my experience). I am a 5’10" woman with the length in the legs and I love that Gap sells xlongs in a lot of their stuff online now. I go to the store and try on my size in long, then order the xlong online. I think he has some Gap 1969 jeans too. And he found a pair that fit at Target once.
I don’t know if this counts, but I had a watch once that my girlfriend hated. It was pretty ugly, and smelled like grease and oil from the place I worked at. She tried throwing it away once, but the alarm went off and I found it in the trash can. It went missing again a few days later, and I still haven’t found it. I was emotionally crushed.
I would say not so much “mean” as absolutely insane. Do you people really think it’s acceptable to take and destroy your SO’s clothes because you find them unfashionable?
Geezus. Remind me not to ever attend a Dopefest. I’m not sure I’m up for the fashion segment of the program.
I hate it whem Mom borrows my large T-shirts. I have some that are too large but they just didn’t have any in my size and they’re “cool shirts”, to wear during housework and camping trips and stuff so they can be one size too big. Of course, after she manages to insert herself into one and wear it for eight hours, constantly stretching the fabric with her hands as well, they go from being one size too large to 3 or 4.
I hate it.
But if she ever throws away any of MY clothes she doesn’t like, I’m going to start on HERS - and wave “hi Dopers” as the cops take us both away.
Don’t worry, didn’t you notice, most of the fashion requirements here have a caveat that if you’re a gay dude, you can go ahead and wear what you want.
Ok, maybe not the pleated elastic grandpa pants, but everything else – looks like you’re in the clear.
I wish I could get my husband out of his tighty-whities.
This man has been wearing the same kind of underwear since he was a kid: white cotton Jockey briefs. I’ve tried buying him sexy undies, and he says that nothing is as comfortable as the old standby. I feel kinda guilty for wanting him to sacrifice comfort for sexiness.
Not even boxer briefs? Or trunks? Trunks are just briefs with the tiniest bit of a leg on them. Like I’ve stated randomly before, most of my best male friends are gay, so I don’t even know guys that wear regular boxers much anymore, they all wear boxer briefs or tunks because they find them comfy and they are way sexier than old man briefs and don’t bunch up like boxers do.