I had to keep digging.
“Of course.”
In general, many respondents favor night shorts – with some stipulations.
Tensioning on the pro-shorts side is Chris Black, co-host of the menswear-focused podcast How long has passed? and sometimes a contributor to GQ, who think shorts “fit most of the time,” give or take at certain upscale restaurants. “First and foremost, I don’t care. If it’s hot outside, I have to prioritize my comfort,” Black said over the phone while on vacation in Italy, where he wore a lot of shorts. “Also, if I’m being completely honest, I think the best part of my body is my legs, [and] I’m glad they’re out there.” He has the specs on his shorts: they can be baggy, floral, sporty, or khaki, but wear them with loafers (penny, Belgian, or “something more upscale a”) little”), skip the socks and choose a collared shirt or a turtleneck; T-shirts and sneakers with shorts are for daytime.
Rainer Castillo, co-founder of powerful professional shorts company Chubbies, who married in shorts and a blazer, admits that he’s “obviously biased on this particular topic.”
He has his reasons. “The pandemic has taken us beyond normal and brought the balance to a more normal level, and I think as a result you will find a lot of men in shorts in places that don’t look good,” says Castillo. they never had in the past,” said Castillo. recently via Zoom from Austin, Texas, where he and the Chubbies are based. “I think this is also regional – the idea of wearing trousers on a date in Austin is not an option. Like, good luck, it’s so hot, you’re going to burn in July,” he noted, before offering another good point: “New York has its own… They have a lot of rules here. New York. And I think the rest of the world is looser.”
GQ Style editor Yang-Yi Goh, meanwhile, gave the green light: “Follow the dress code standards you would apply to pants. For example, if you’re going to a wedding, maybe skip the nylon Baggies in favor of some chic linen shorts that would look better with a blazer. ” Meanwhile, GQ Trade writer Gerald Ortiz advises that “if the occasion is dressed in classy clothes but it’s an outdoor situation (for example, a garden party at night with your flower buds), then a pair of trousers. of loose wool that can fly.” But beyond that? “If it’s too hot, then I’ll wear shorts anytime, anywhere.”
As for the no-go, Goh says you shouldn’t wear shorts when you wake up or go to a funeral – “anywhere where the focus shouldn’t be on you, this, if you’re wearing shorts, at night another official event, it will *will* be. Ortiz’s fellow trade writer Avidan Grossman concurs: “Shiva. Don’t wear shorts with shiva”.
Designer Thom Browne It’s no surprise that he’s supportive of shorts, if only because he’s staunchly supportive of doing whatever you want. In an email, Mr. Browne issued a simple decree, marked with typographical ellipses, in his signature:
