3/4 length trousers/shorts? Why?

There perfect for mountain biking, long enough to cover most of your legs but short enough to not get caught in the gears. They came from Capri pants.
 
They pre-date Capri pants - at the very least they were commonly worn by army engineers around WW2 possibly before when operating in warm climates - regular issue from 1914 through to the end of WW2.

EDIT: Probably not quite as commonly as I thought - a lot of the images from the desert campaigns I had in mind are just slightly long shorts - but they were issued as well.
 
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Hades said:
Oh are the 90's back now then? I was wearing these in Tenerife back in about 1992 :)

Awful things.
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Can’t comment too much about Tenerife, only had the misfortune of going there once, do people go there a second time?
I had the feeling that God had been a tad concerned about my dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle, and decided to steer me to the Canaries, to show me what awaited me in hell, if I didn’t straighten up, and fly right.
As for the three quarter length strides, it’d be more polite to just say that personally I don’t like them.
I would sooner wear a Ku Klux Klan outfit in Harlem than wear them myself.
 
Efour said:
I recently bought a pair of these to be in with the local hillbilly Swedish population. I've also ordered a baseball cap.

Seriously what are these all about and where do they come from? Sailing scene?
I'm all up for smart casual or casually smart bit I'm struggling with the concept.

Im going to get a wicked sun tan on about 10cm of my shins if I'm not careful...
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It’s a grunge thing.

Get an old baggy pair of combat trousers, cut 6 inches from the bottom, voila, grunge shorts!
 
I thought this thread was going to be about how I've put on a bit of weight and my trousers are climbing up my ankles. 'Half-mast' springs to mind :p
 
I'm with you OP, I think they are horrendous coming from a bloke who wears shorts all year round even when going the pub in winter.
I only found out at the weekend that my favoured short are called cargo shorts.
 
NewGamer11 said:
Cargo shorts aren't much shorter than 3/4 trousers really.
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They are above the knee, nothing like 3/4 trousers.

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Worn by older 40 something men who try to look younger. I never wear shorts never been a fan of shorts.

What I do hate is jogger pants and even jogger shorts. You even see trendy trendy types where them on a night out, what's that all about!

In the 90s everyone wore Adidas poppers but now it's all these joggers but worse.
 
I imagine most of the men on this forum wear cargo trousers and cargo shorts. Both of which should never be worn, these shorts described by the OP belong in the same camp.
 
They're for skateboard/BMX people who wear knee pads as they give the comfort/performance of shorts whilst covering up the knee pads

It's the same reason 3/4 length t-shirts exist to cover elbow pads

:)
 
cargo shorts are gross, as are cargo pants, OP's opinion is void.

3/4 lengths aren't new either, they've probably been around 60-80 years at least i'd have thought.

Nor is a long sleeve t-shirt under a short sleeve t-shirt, they've been doing that since at least the 60s.

B@
 
I love cargo shorts. The pockets are great for carrying the GFs **** around.

Actually yea, need to get rid of them so she can carry her own purse/phone/sunglasses/makeup/other crap.
 
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