Cargo Shorts a Bad Thing?

well, I scrolled all the way down to the bottom, and the overwhelming winner on the reactions is 'fail' so I'm guessing most people think the idea of getting rid of the cargo shorts is hooey.

I think they (cargo shorts) look fine, but then, what do I know?


ETA: trying to picture what my BF would say if I brought him a pair of red shorts with sailboats on-- hahaha!!! He would rather get a root canal without Novacaine! 

And did anyone notice that all the photos in that article were of twenty-something guys who were all very fit and trim? My BF isn't exactly fit; none of those shorts would look good on him.

Oh...I should probably also say that the really slim fitting tight shorts are not something I see. 

These are mostly what I am talking about: chubbies and polos (the shirts are tucked or untucked depending on mood more than event.)

Preppy doesn't go over well here. When half the male student body wears Wranglers and the other half wears shorts with knee socks (with one down at the ankle, natch) you're not going to find any of them in shorts with whales on them.

How can you let your kids go somewhere they'd get punched bc of what they choose to wear?

Honestly, this is awful and it bothers me on so many levels.

Talk about perpetuating bully culture.

cargo shorts really don't bother me - but do NOT wear them with high socks!!! or any kind of shorts with high socks actually

but dh looks fine in his cargo shorts. My son (20) can get away with the preppy shorts but I think they would look weird on dh

This is my son, except he only played in HS. I can't even imagine him wearing a pair of short shorts with sailboats on them. Not since he was 4 anyway. It is what the teens that are into fashion wear around here. But then, where would DS put his book?  His guide to buying a pair of shorts is 1. Are they cargo shorts and 2. Can they fit a full sized hardback book in the pocket. 

I agree, and yes dh wears them. 34 yr old ds does not wear them.

Neither my husband or son wear cargo pants.

My husband wears flat front kaki shorts.

My son wears preppy shorts.

Is it wrong that I thought of this movie quote when I read the post title, "nobody's gotten a hand job in cargo shorts since 'nam."

I think women cracking on the shorts men wear is no different than men cracking on what women wear. Wear what you like; make sure you look in the mirror and decide if you look the way you want. My kids love the long sports shorts. My youngest does wear plaid, or cargo, or just nice non pleated shorts. I think he always looks nice in any of them. No biggie to me.

Some kids around here wear the high socks and it makes me giggle a bit.  It was so wrong when I was growing up but kids seem to want to wear the opposite of what their parents wear so…  My boys don't like that style, but my oldest wears some pretty awesome short socks that most young men wouldn't wear.  I only wear fun socks, so he might have gotten that from me.

This is what my husband says too.  It is like a small purse on your thigh.

I can think of two students I know who wear the preppy look.  Cargos for the rest of them.

You really need to be a thin male to pull off the look for most of those shorts.

And many are too short.  Nobody wants to see man-thigh on most occasions. 

I hate cargo shorts especially if the pockets are stuffed to the brim with crap, they look like lazy dressing to me. I love the hipster style of clothing, it's cute and different. Sadly my attempts to persuade the husband to dress like a hipster have been met with disdain and we live in Ireland so really no shorts ever unless you want frost bitten knee caps!