Mens Shorts

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British men have at last taken to wearing shorts as leisure clothing, not just beach wear. They are comfortable, practical and cool in warmer weather. There are still horrific fashion faux-pas with men in shorts the main complaint probably being the socks that are worn with the garment.

If it is cool enough to wear shorts then it is probably cool enough to wear appropriate cool footwear. Any type of patterned sock is atrocious and many men who wear socks with sandals, even sports socks, look ridiculous. When wearing shorts it probably is a much smarter move to wear trainer socks to line your footwear so that there is no great expanse of ankle cuff on view. At least keep the sock cuff as low as the shoe.

Trainers can look scruffy or passé so opt for a pair of lightweight canvas shoes if you still want to wear socks or keep feet bare inside moccasins, sandals or flip-flops. Unless you are wearing your shorts in a businessman or military official southern-hemisphere style way with knee-length socks, a tailored short-sleeved shirt and a safari jacket you should stay away from anything but casual wear with shorts. T-shirts, polo shirts, vests and casual short sleeve shirts would all look well with long shorts and hairy legs are fine!