Cargo Shorts

Forgive me if this was already posted, but I know we have a few fans of cargo shorts around here.

The Wall Street Journal studies cargo shorts.

If you search for this URL in google, it should not prompt for a subscription:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/nice-cargo-shorts-youre-sleeping-on-the-sofa-1470082856

Have to subscribe to read the story.

I don't understand the hate; they're the equivalent of a man purse when you're working on things.

Also:

Joseph Hancock a design and merchandising professor at Drexel University, who wrote his Ph.D. thesis about cargo pants.

Seriously?

I will admit that Cargo shorts are not the best looking shorts in the world.. but very few men look good in any kind of shorts

I love cargo shorts, i also wear cargo pants, even my uniform pants are cargo. I love the pockets!

I wear regular shorts that look like work pants without the excess pockets. I'd wear them year round if I could wear them to work. Not wearing shorts is the only thing I really miss about driving a bus. I tried cargo shorts but over a certain circumference you look like Gabby Hayes should be riding you into an abandoned mine.

The only time I don't wear cargo shorts is when I'm wearing cargo pants.

Function over form, in all things.

I'm wearing a pair now

Wait, so there are other types of shorts?

I wear cargo pants for work.. and cargo shorts around the house.

I'm wearing cargo pants with the legs zipped off.

I'm also pushing 40, white, bald, pudgy, married and we have a child. Who the hell do I have to impress anymore?

When you're as tired as I am and need to carry your stuff, the baby's stuff and your wife's stuff, you don't need to worry about a lack of pockets.

Function over form for me, thanks.

Cargo shorts ftmfw. Where would my wife carry her E36 M3 of I didn't wear cargo shorts?

I love my cargo shorts and I'm not even from Ohio

This reminds me... I need to get some new cargo shorts.

I think BassPro is having a sale on Cargo Shorts. That's where I get mine.

My work uniform (fire department) is tactical ripstop cargo shorts. I love those things. When they get replaced every year I take the old ones home. Whether I'm at my job or working in my shop, it's shorts/365 days per year for me.

mad_machine wrote: I will admit that Cargo shorts are not the best looking shorts in the world.. but very few men look good in any kind of shorts

Speak for yourself! I look damn good in shorts.

So if we re name them tactical ripstop shorts I bet they become cool again.

The only way I, a no-assed white man with a bit of a gut, could wear cargo pants is with suspenders as part of the deal.

I'm sorry but I happen to love my husband's cargo shorts. I don't see anything wrong with them. As mentioned about... the firemen wear cargo pants...and some of those calendars are pretty hot!

Streetwiseguy wrote: The only way I, a no-assed white man with a bit of a gut, could wear cargo pants is with suspenders as part of the deal.

As another no-assed white man, I have no problem with my cargo shorts or pants. As long as I have my belt cinched down real tight.

Grown men don't wear shorts.

If you're happy looking like a toddler, that's up to you.

Also, if your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, your pants are tucked into your shirt.

It's all I wore for years.

I miss them- work makes me wear long denim now.

My girl thinks my legs are hot! So, frankly TM, I don't care if I look like a toddler. My girl thinks I'm sexy in shorts- I see no reason to consider anything else!!

Trans Maro has obviously never spent a summer in the deep south.

I've switched from standard khaki cargo shorts to the nylon quick dry version. Their great in tropical south Georgia. Lightweight, quick dry and look the same as the khaki ones.

Cargo shorts became a lightning rod of the fashion world earlier this year. But fashion is one of mankind's dumbest inventions and can go berkeley itself, and cargo shorts are functional, comfortable, and elegant.