I mean real shorts, not knee length half-pants. Once upon a time men were allowed to wear (gasp!) thigh- baring shorts with regularity.
Who is “they” and when did “they” decide this?
What happens if I do? Will I get a demerit on my Man Card? Haven’t gotten one yet. Perhaps I should self-report to the “they” authorities?
Fashions change over time. Always have, always will. If you want to wear shorter shorts, go ahead. You can be both retro and avant-garde at the same time.
I image “they” are the fashion industry but perhaps it was an act of congress that abolished them.
You can have my 1970s-era shorts when you wrestle them off my cold, dead waist.
Nah, it was an act of idiocy. It did give men, whose clothing styles usually only exhibit minor variations over time (e.g. skinny lapels/wide lapels) a taste of what women have gone through for ages.
Maybe not 70s-era short shorts, but above-the-knee mens shorts are not uncommon. Even superstar NBA players are rocking mid-thigh shorts these days.
Longer shorts are better designed for everyday use. You can carry your wallet, keys, concealed handgun… Shorter shorts are not uncommon in the gym or running or biking.
Why? We finally came to our senses. That’s why!
“They” will think if you dress like this these days that you should be on a gay-pride float (because that’s the sort of thing those kind of people say). Not long ago, this was the standard NBA shorts. I think Tom himself wishes these photos would go away, considering what he says on the pre- and post-game shows about the old shorts.
Short shorts on guys are so far out that if you were to wear them in public people might wonder if you’re making a movie, because why else would anyone?
Because nobody can pull it off like Magnum PI, so why even try?
Arghghgh, ninjad!
Well, he IS the standard!
Our HS gym shorts were those short short style with the V-cut on the outside leg. I’m glad I don’t have any pictures of me wearing them!
Yep, I can carry my wallet, two sets of keys, my phone, a couple of knives, a bunch of guitar picks, several lighters, a pack of smokes, and my weed; and I still have like three completely empty pockets in a pair of cargo shorts. The breeze on the unmentionables is identical to the satin jogging shorts I wore in the 70’s that could only carry my house key, and not much else besides me. Modern shorts are the pants I have always dreamt of, just don’t put anything hard in the knee pockets.
Now, I won’t hold it against women who decide that the purse nonsense is exactly that, nonsense; and get themselves a good pair of cargo shorts (hey, I like calves, too). I just hope they don’t come to their senses all at the same time.
Speaking as an older-generation guy who has never given a damn about fashion, here’s my opinion on the linked photos:
A bit too long unless they were cargo pants: superstar NBA players
About right in my opinion: Not long ago, this was the standard NBA shorts.
Too short: this; making a movie
Ref scabpicker … Even cargo shorts have gotten long. Which is IMO stupid.
I’m wearing fairly new cargo shorts right now. From crotch to the end of the inseam is 7". 10-15 years ago it was 3". The older shorts had the exact same pockets and functionality. Just mounted a half inch higher and without all the excess cloth hanging down below the pockets. These were the shortest cargo shorts I could find; they sell them even longer :smack:.
As a teen back in the 1970s I lived in OP shorts. The ones where the crotch to inseam length was about 1-1/2". I wish I could still get them and wear them without the gay-pride connotation so eloquently mentioned by JAQ.
Men’s fashion is always pretty dumb. But letting the friggin’ NBA decide on short styles for the rest of us was extra dumb.
The main downside to wearing short-shorts is having to memorize the handkerchief code.
I’ve never listened to “them.” I’m 59 and wear jeans shorts all year round. Of course, I live in Tucson, where the climate is conducive to wearing shorts.
Because they saw me wearing them.
Regards,
Shodan
Just remember that short shorts have rules of decorum like shorter skirts. Better practice sitting in front of a mirror to see what’s showing. Or about to pop out.
I didn’t think it was so much that “they” decided, as it was men rebelled at having to be so careful about sitting, jumping, or bending over.