I don’t do fashion.
I don’t dress like a slob, but neither do I make any particular effort to comply with the latest styles. I’m a Lands’ End and Levi’s kind of guy, dig?
Most of my presentable shorts are denim shorts.
I am ubiquitously informed that denim shorts have very recently become quite uncool.
It’s not fair that denim pants of any kind should go out of style. I latched onto denim shorts for the same reason I latched onto jeans: they’d be invulnerable to the petty whims of fashion. They’re denim. What could possibly happen? I can always wear these.
Uh, no.
My Facebook crowd tells me they’re dated. They “scream ’90s.” I’ve gotten some concurrence that I won’t be quite as uncool as Dark Socks with Sandals Guy or Shiny Polyester Pants Guy, but that I’ll still be unambiguously out of style.
Still, I may just wear them. I didn’t budget for several pairs of shorts this month.
Maybe I’m enough of an old man to not care.
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I was just poking around. Lands’ End doesn’t even have any denim shorts for sale. 🙂
Bo, last week my fashion-challenged teenager informed me that they were out of style and he needed new shorts. Then he looks down at his denim shorts, shakes his head, and says “I’m bringing these back.” (And a Justin Timberlake song starts playing in my head) I have a feeling he’ll just be out of style for a while. Slave to comfort, he is.
Me too, Christy. That’s obviously a great kid you raised. 🙂