Absolutely not. Get rid of them. The only thing worse than cargo shorts are cargo pants. Unless you're Napoleon Dynamite and need to keep tater tots in your pockets there is no excuse
Seriously though, they're not fashionable. My mom made my dad get rid of his a couple years ago. Earlier this year I saw some forsale at JCrew and was shocked.
Or I could give you the PC answer "wear whatever you find comfortable" .... Just don't expect to be fashionable.
Things never to buy...
- Cargo shorts
- Cargo pants
- Pants that zip off into shorts (especially with cargo pockets)
- Camoflauge pattern pants
- Elastic Waistband shorts/pants/jeans (unless they're athletic of course)
- Jean shorts (unless you're a hipster, but not those elastic waistband cargo Jorts [Jean shorts])
- If you insist on cargo shorts, don't get them in plaid
Plaid shorts I would say are also out of style, madras you can get away with
Stick with khaki/flat front/Bermuda shorts. No more than 9" inseam (just down to your knee)
Zip-off legs aren't so bad. Saved my bacon one year on holiday. Flew down in a pair, and checked in to the hotel, and didn't get luggage for hours. Was able to zip off the legs and survive the heat. Finding some that don't look overly strange is the true task...
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...manlier than a male Eurpean carry-all.
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The wife has worn Birkenstocks since she was in high school (early 2000's). Funny thing, they're back in style again now, so all the high school girls we volunteer with compliment here on them. Funny world.
Wasn't that called a 'murse'? Man-purse?
Wide wail Corduroys were back in style briefly. There is no way to make anyone's buttocks look skinny in those things. No way at all...
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Why is it PC to simply let people decide for themselves what they wear?
If the 'wingers' and 'thumpers' had their way, we'd all be running around in Burkas and the old wool 'bathing costumes'.
Bikinis are amazing. Usually.
What I have an issue with is Lycra...
Like the movie Hackers says, '
It's a privilege, not a right'... I've seen many overstuffed sausage casing waddling down the street wrapped to bursting in Lycra. It's enough to make one gouge out their eyes...
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I just wear my fanny pack. In the front, of course.
EWWWW...
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I bought a new pair of golf shorts last week. They have the 'cargo short' like pockets on the thigh.
Why is that such a thing?
Prior to those shorts, most I've seen have bigger front pockets, including HUGE pleats (see upstream for my comment on pleats) so that when you have a golf ball in your front pocket(s), you look like you are packing a HUGE set of blue balls that have swollen to near galactic size.
The cargo golf shorts are trimmer, and NO PLEATS, and make it much more obvious what you are carrying. So in that case, function specific cargo shorts can't be beat!
Oh, and on denim shorts, I have a pair of Polo shorts, and they look atrocious. I use them for yard work, and that's about it. I said I'd pitch them when they wore out, but the damned fabric is indestructible, dangit!
