3/4 length trousers/shorts? Why?

Efour · 18 Jun 2018 at 08:22

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...

Ayahuasca · 18 Jun 2018 at 08:25

Conform or perish

GravyMonster · 18 Jun 2018 at 08:36

They always remind me of this:

insideline · 18 Jun 2018 at 08:39

Do you not go out much or something ? People been wearing these for well over 2 decades and its only now you're asking why people wear them ?

I imagine the answer is because they like how they look and don't care about even sun tans...

TheMightyTen · 18 Jun 2018 at 08:44

So OP you prefer looking at fat blokes hairy knees then??..........................

Hades · 18 Jun 2018 at 08:45

Oh are the 90's back now then? I was wearing these in Tenerife back in about 1992

Awful things.

Orionaut · 18 Jun 2018 at 09:02

I imagine that originally they would have been work wear.

They offer the protection of trousers against minor injuries and yet are cooler and easier to move around in and since they do not have trouser bottoms, there are no trouser bottoms to get frayed or wet.

Cleisthenes · 18 Jun 2018 at 09:11

They're quite pleasant in the summer, stays formal whilst being able to have the wind on your ankles

e: Actually I'm not sure whether you're talking about 3/4 lengths or trousers with a roll up/cropped trousers. The latter are OK, the former are not

Rimsy · 18 Jun 2018 at 09:20

Oh god these hideous things are trendy again?
Lolfashion....

Efour · 18 Jun 2018 at 11:09

I doubt they are trendy "again" especially up here. It's pretty much like living on the american frontier in the 80s, so that makes sense somehow.

Efour · 18 Jun 2018 at 11:10

TheMightyTen said:
So OP you prefer looking at fat blokes hairy knees then??..........................

Is it possible to have hair on the knee?

Jambo · 18 Jun 2018 at 11:23

Efour said:
Is it possible to have hair on the knee?

Just checked. Yes.

413x · 18 Jun 2018 at 11:37

In summer. Sometimes it's too cold for shorts and too warm for full length.

TheMightyTen · 18 Jun 2018 at 11:37

Efour said:
Is it possible to have hair on the knee?

Very definitely, you should see some of the monstrous sites I have to view at my cycling club

tom_nieto · 18 Jun 2018 at 11:49

Please see this thread as an explanation for 3/4 length trousers:

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...ne-on-it-that-is-ther-for-no-reason.18823117/

Spoiler alert: there is no explanation. They’re just stupid.

antijoke · 18 Jun 2018 at 11:53

Thekwango · 18 Jun 2018 at 11:55

Is op talking about ‘shorts’ that go just below the knee (which are fine) or those ‘things’ that stop about 3 inches from the ankle (which are not fine)
I very nearly divorced the wife when she bought me a pair of those a few years back. I’d rather walk about in a mini skirt and crotchless panties.

Roland Butter · 18 Jun 2018 at 12:10

Thekwango said:
Is op talking about ‘shorts’ that go just below the knee (which are fine) or those ‘things’ that stop about 3 inches from the ankle (which are not fine)
I very nearly divorced the wife when she bought me a pair of those a few years back. I’d rather walk about in a mini skirt and crotchless panties.

Indeed, they are an an abomination, neither one thing or the other, long shorts or short trousers, what the actual fuuk ? .

Trend and fashion has no basis in logic, a few years ago any spotty dweeb wearing a long sleeved t-shirt UNDER a short sleeved shirt
would be roundly ridiculed and have the dogs set on him, now such an demonic ensemble is de riguer among the great and the good.

Luke_Bowman · 18 Jun 2018 at 12:11

Thekwango said:
Is op talking about ‘shorts’ that go just below the knee (which are fine) or those ‘things’ that stop about 3 inches from the ankle (which are not fine)

I'd disagree with this, shorts that go below the knee make you look like a Slim Shady impersonator, pants rolled up above the ankle can look fine if they're fairly smart.

Rroff · 18 Jun 2018 at 12:18

They seem to go in and out of fashion ever 20 years or so for some reason - when my dad was young they were the thing to wear for a few years and then there was that period in the early 90s when they were popular with a certain type - can't remember if it was before or after spliffy jeans.