We all know jean shorts are sweet and the go to leg-wear during sweaty NYC summers and weekends in the office, but what's your preference? Pre-fab jean shorts or make your own with old jeans?
Pre-fabs/Jorts - Pros: More convenient, ready to wear, clean hems - Cons: Less mobility, can't choose your own length
Custom/home made - Pros: Sweet fringe, basically free (opportunity cost of old jeans), customizable length for optimal leg mobility - Cons: Might not have old enough jeans have home, need good scissors to create
Thoughts?
Jean shorts are terrible.
Pick up some 7" inseam Chino Shorts at J. Crew.
Jorts aren't in at all. They say "I'm a liberal hippy, I eat tofu, and I'm for green energy!" If you want to show off your quads get short inseam chino shorts, those are in.
You have revealed your ignorance TTG, anyone who knows fashion better than this asshat care to weigh in?
Guys, I have an informal "informational" interview scheduled with an MD of a bulge bracket bank in NYC (think GS, JPM, BS, LB). I already know I'm going to wear a gold tie clip and driving shoes from Banana Republic, but I was wondering if pre fab jean shorts would be OK (obviously not self-cut).
Also, it's in his office, not sure if this makes a difference.
Thanks in advance, I really want to get this offer.
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I do not see the point in 'casual dress'. I'm going to a meeting or an important family dinner and will be well dressed, or I'm just hanging out and will not be bothered with convention. Someone, please enlighten me.
Boothorbust -- sounds like I have found my hipster commiserate on WSO.
Bonus: Why did the hipster burn his tongue?
He ate pizza before it was cool.
How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb?
It's a pretty obscure number, you probably never heard of it...
Jean shorts are amazing on girls, not so much on guys. In fact, if you are wearing jean shorts as a guy please stop, you look like an idiot.
jnco's got some nasty jean shorts
it's "jeans shorts" not "jean shorts"...
they look good on women, but i don't think they suit men... It's more of a boyish pre-teen look.
I personally love to wear jorts. They're great on casual Fridays in the office. Pair them with the jersey of a student or professional athlete (or a short-sleeved button-up if the more formal partners are in that day), some shield-shaped/baseball-style Oakleys, and a domestic beer coozie for your coffee (or domestic beer).
Short cut off jorts + Flannel shirt with the sleeves cut off and a camo hat is a great way to look super white trash. That can be good or bad depending on the setting
Boothorbust, you totally jumped the gun on me. We need to communicate better.
I am actually writing the next WSO guide which will detail methods for "home-fraying" those worn out AG jeans you have laying around. Let's you get just the right inseam to provide maximum air-flow while at the same time preventing the feared "ball-slip".
90% that this is a troll. No man wears jean shorts in public unlss they are a blue colar worker and need them for the job.
What sort of job would you need to wear jeans shorts for as a man? I can't think of anything?
I can think of guys maybe wearing them at a music festival... But never at a job site.
WSO is probably the only place possible for these jobs to be considered Blue Collar. :D
jorts get you laid
Shorts only for sports, beaches, or maybe barbeque-like recreational activities. Shorts to work? Geez.
See: Tobias Funke
I hope you're joking. By all that is good and holy do not wear jean shorts. And "customizable length for optimal leg maximum mobility"?
???
Bring back spandex while you're at it.
Jorts on Urban Dictionary:
"Jean shorts. Worn mostly by children and douchebags. Jorts are perhaps the easiest way to recognize people you will not like."
People often cite better hours, less client interfacing, more autonomy, investment decisions, etc. for reasons to move to the buyside but its a little know fact that with the buyside comes the freedom to express your individuality. Some guys rock purple gator loafers, $100k Amosu suits, and a few wear jorts (primarily on Thursdays and Fridays in the summer). I was actually reluctant to post about my fondness for acid washed jorts and am pumped that someone finally had the balls to talk about an often overlooked part of the buyside dress-code. Well done, sir. I am just excited that I can finally wear my white jorts now after the recent holiday. Definitely a fashion fowpa to wear white jorts before memorial day.
I believe it's spelled "fashion fupa."
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