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Who Wears Short Shorts?

phpAOS67jPM.jpg In an unfortunate pairing with the alleged potbelly trend happening in Williamsburg, the NY Post's Justin Rocket says that showing a little man-thigh with some short shorts is now all the rage. This is all based off of the final Pool Party crowd this weekend, where men were showing more skin than the ladies. One 27-year-old told them, "I can feel the breeze now. I do feel a little girly, but this is great!" Meanwhile, 31-year-old Nicolas Carr, who teamed up his short shorts with suspenders, said, "My wife was giving me a hard time when I left the house this morning. Said I looked like grandpa. If you are revealing testicles, then it's too short. But otherwise, why shouldn't guys be able to wear shorts as short as girls?" Women applauded, saying they aren't the only ones with nice legs. Perhaps, but they are the only ones with shaved legs. Are you there, winter? It's us, Williamsburg ... please arrive soon.

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  • JasmineLampe

    Cargo shorts for men are equally popular with cargo
    shorts for women, though the former has bigger market compare to the latter.
    You can find them everywhere, even on online stores. cargo shorts

  • It's a ridiculous question meant to hide the REAL question: why can't a guy buy mid-length (or shorter) shorts in ANY store? All they have is knee-length, baggy or cargo "shorts" that are a hold-over from black rap and hip-hop days. WHY? Is there any reason a guy can't get a tan on his thighs or have a shorter swimsuit that dries off quick? Pretty bad when our grandparents looked better on a beach than we do!

  • desert_don

    Guys who are in basically-fit condition should be encouraged to wear short shorts, as should girls. The arms and legs are inherently meant to be free, and short shorts and speedo-type suits on guys, along with short shorts, micro-minis and bikinis on girls, not only liberate the limbs of the body but also allow the skin to breath through its many pores. Additionally, very short clothing will, in general, allow much more uniform exposure to the sun’s rays – more healthy than harmful to the guy or girl whose body is more alkaline than acidic.

    The basic requirements of clothing are two in number. They include the enclosure or draping, wearing shorts or minis, of the erogenous areas of the body; these, of course, account for only a small fraction of the total body area. The other is sufficient protection against the elements.

    Further, the New Testament clearly shows (for those who are free of the mental filters of what to expect beforehand) that the “M’ word in clothing – modesty – does in no way relate to the total coverage provided. It is, rather, a very different concept provided therein, urging simplicity and conciseness of style, void of garishness, elaboration or embellishment. (See 1 Tim 2: 9, 10; and 1 Pt 3: 2 – 6.) Remarkably, it is easier for a relatively long garment to be immodest than a corresponding shorter one. Short shorts are almost unavoidably, by their basic nature, fully modest.

    Finally, wearing short shorts on the part of a guy does not imitate girl clothing. Just as there are full-length pants for both girls and guys, so there are shorts – including short shorts – for girls and guys. Neither party should think to wear the short shorts that were designed around the body of the other sex.

    Let girls be girls and guys be guys. Short shorts stylized for girls and guys can only help to grasp those identifiable, but non-erogenous, features that were never meant to be concealed.

  • Not sure what you mean man?

    I read all of the comments about short-shorts for men. Not one person commented on the reason for short shorts!

    Back in the 1890-1920 period, athletes wore the long shorts that are common today in competition. Then they got smarter, and began making them shorter.

    I have always hated the long shorts of today. They do not look cool, my grandpa wore long, sagging shorts when he was in his 80's. It's also very uncomfortable to exercise in the long shorts, if you sweat!

    What I do not understand is why sports teams wear long shorts. You'd think someone would get smart, and return to sensible sportswear. They would kill the other teams in the 4th quarter.

  • desert_don

    Your comment inspired the writing of a reason for the suitability of short shorts. I recently wrote, not ony in defense of short shorts, but to explain the inherent preferability of shorter clothing of this type. I do hope that the wearing of short shorts by guys becomes an increasingly more accepted norm.

  • Mr. Shankly

    Is there a snappy name for the male equivalent of the 'camel toe'?

  • Guest

    Men have been wearing shorter shorts all summer. Yer getting old

  • I saw a guy jogging yesterday in shorts so short that it made me blush. Seriously? It was only 75 degrees here, it wasn't so hot that he couldn't put on slightly longer shorts. I like the 70s-era male shorts, but not so much when they look like tiny boxer briefs. I like unwrapping guys, and it's less fun when I've seen pretty much everything right from the get-go.

  • Guest

    Made you blush? You sound prudish, which is kinda hot...

  • Sir Jimbob

    There is nothing worse than hipsters whining about other hipsters. Give it a break already, none of this is a big deal. :|

  • Kevin Walsh

    The baggy shorts with pockets cargo pants are almost as bad. And if you look at photos of the NBA from 1994 and earlier, they were wearing shorts of the same length and no one called Chamberlain a girly man.

    www.forgotten-ny.com

  • blackflag

    Coming soon to your neighborhood. Arse crack thongs for men - worn with hip hop style extra low pants.

  • tblake

    Excellent if men are easing upward with their hemlines! The examples in the Post aren't particularly drool worthy, but (preferably fit) men in short shorts, YES! Saw a guy on 7th Avenue last night in shorties. What a set of gams!

    But men with shaved legs--no way. Gotta draw the line there.

    What is it with those baggy cargo shorts? C'mon! Now THAT'S sloppy.

  • Spirit of 76

    Short shorts? Reminds me of my old gym shorts.

  • r1b2

    70's losers in corduroy Ocean Pacific shorts, always wandering around flashing the chicken-heart. Lame isn't hip. Shave, use some soap, and maybe a chick will dig you enough that you have something to do evenings and won't need to channel all your pathos into this. And gals, sloppy isn't fashion, cover up the muffin-top, and maybe you'll find one of these boys with better grooming, style, and taste and you can rescue each other. You're not hipsters, you're losers.

    End of line.

  • maevemealone

    Almost every outfit I saw at the Pool Party made me roll my eyes and scoff. Those kids look a mess!

  • eager2

    What's with all the gay panic and gender policing from heteros and women? There's nothing empirically "wrong" with men showing more of their thighs. Anyone with a memory longer than a goldfish's would know that long shorts are actually the trend. Short shorts were prevalent throughout the 70s and 80s. They're called shorts for a reason.

    Mind your own freaking business. As long as it isn't obscene, let men wear what they want.

  • hunter.blatherer

    Thank you, eager. Gay panic is a much more evocative phrase than homophobia.

    And, "Perhaps, but [women] are the only ones with shaved legs." Please, Jen, what decade are you living in?

  • tnturner

    UPDATE: No. It is not all the craze. It is, in fact, pretty gay.

  • hunter.blatherer

    I don't suppose this sartorial criticism could have anything to do with homophobia? ...nah

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