Wadadeal! For only $257 (!) you can walk around looking like an idiot.
Naw, you’re right, it was Jordan. From the book “Michael Jordan: The Life”, page 301:
$257? Wtf?
I know, right? I noticed that too. Even if they looked great I wouldn’t spend $250 on a pair of shorts. Who does that?
Pants that extend behond the knee might be ok, but they’re not “shorts.”
In womens wear, they’re called capris.
I consider them clown pants. Capri pants for women, too, unless they’re more form fitting.
The current style of long shorts (heh) is why I seldom wear shorts outside the house. I have long thin legs and I think shorts below my knee look terrible on me. I’m glad more variety of lengths are coming around. I saw some 7" inseam shorts at Target yesterday. I may have to go check them out.
Heh. When I was a kid, there was a big to-do about a local company offering extra-long shorts specifically for Mormons and my dad got a pair that fell about mid-calf. As a middle-aged man, he looked ridiculous. It looks like the company is still around: http://www.kneeshorts.com/lds_shorts.html
Except for my running shorts, the only shorts I have (two pairs) are down to my knee. A co-worker who saw them once told me I’d be jumped and beaten for wearing a pair that short, being taken for a homosexual. I had to laugh, considering the stuff I wore running track in the 70s and 80s, which were much shorter and open at the sides! I guess since more men are openly gay nowadays, people are more worried about being misidentified (or outed). Now shorts have to go comfortably below the knee.
I asked how wearing capri pants made the young guys look more butch, but the question made him uncomfortable. 
Huh. I was not aware that people in the tropical rain forest wore robes. I truly do learn something new here every single day.
Some lucky guys need lower inseams, to avoid creating a “wardrobe malfunction.” My partner couldn’t wear off-the-rack shorts since puberty, and had to make do with ugly “Bermuda” shorts.
Or the boubou. Or the kurta. Or the Ao Ba Ba.
Your posts have been foolish enough in this thread without adding to it. “I think shorts look ridiculous on adults” would have elicited plenty of eye-rolls, but most people wouldn’t have said much. Adding on a heaping pile of bullshit about how people in the US are too stupid to actually know which clothes are most comfortable for the climate in which they live entered the realm world-class arrogance, fueled by ignorance. On top of it, it appears that you still haven’t figured out the difference between an arid and a humid environment.
Don’t you want to look like someone who is, for better or for worse, the most prominent Canadian these days? They’re also very convenient if you’ve really got to pee and the only thing within 2 feet is a mop bucket. Got another $120? Complete the modern hip hop look!
I don’t know, but women generally look better with short shorts, men do not. No matter how attractive he is and if he has nice toned legs. I would say this same exact thing even if I were a gay man, men look ridiculous if their shorts so short that their butt cheeks are showing. In some sports shorter than usual shorts are normal.
Most shorts on men on I see are just about the knee caps, so normal. I do agree that shorts that are way down to ankles are awful, they should know pants have been invented.
While on the topic I will share a photo of myself when I was a kid, and I was the only kid in my school with the shortest shorts. Here is the link, hope it works.
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When I was in high school (graduated in 78) wearing knee length pants was the kiss of death socially. “Look! Smith’s wearing knee-knockers!” And this coming from a kid wearing a pocket protector. The only kids who wore knee-knockers were ones whose parents made them.
And while Michael Jordan may have increased their popularity, I first noticed teenagers wearing longer shorts (mostly the afore-mentioned jams) around 1983 or 84 when I started playing in a band run by a guy who had a 14 year old son that wore them.
I haven’t worn shorts in years because proper shorts are out of style, but I still think knee-knockers or longer look like the ultimate dorkwear.
Even Sven you are making me agree with BigT here. That on its own should tell you something is wrong.
Well the next time you’re in the sub-tropics, try an experiment and convince yourself. Till then, keep your mouth shut on the subject lest you say something equally silly.
As a guy with a long torso and short legs, most “shorts” nowadays go below my knees, and I hate them. If I wanted to wear manpris and look like a total douchebag, I would have bought them. I want shorts that hit right at the knee or no more than an inch above them, but they’re hard to find.
And as for what underwear to wear with them, I generally don’t wear underwear with shorts. I find them too uncomfortable.
MY EYES!!! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!!!
Regards,
Shodan