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To get away from the baggy Army-issue khaki shorts worn by service personnel serving in hot countries, I remember shops in the '60s stocking very short shorts. Way before the advent of lycra and stretchy materials, normal 'kit' worn by competitive rowers was as illustrated here.

That pic was taken during the first big freeze-up in '62-3. Our Liffey river froze to an ice thickness of 5+ inches and the 20-yr.-old TJK was impervious to the cold.

Tom

Just unearthed this vintage Mega-DIY pic of Muggins with hair & a beard wearing the sort of shorts which were on sale for men everywhere then. A long time before I discovered skirt-wearing. That's a nail in my mouth, not a fag.

That's my last entry on this thread.

Tom

Kirbstone wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 10:09 pm That's my last entry on this thread.

Tom

I was looking forward to more

I love short shorts

I thought that I posted this pic before but can't find it. Nowadays it is just mini skirts, which I believe offer greater modesty both front and rear.

These "Very Short Shorts" are what I remember as a child
and young adult. They were NORMAL at that time. The
"New" shorts are longer than Bermuda Shorts. Yuck

Bring Them Back

Uncle Al

Uncle Al wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:31 pm These "Very Short Shorts" are what I remember as a child
and young adult. They were NORMAL at that time. The
"New" shorts are longer than Bermuda Shorts. Yuck

Bring Them Back

Uncle Al

Yes, I remember them too, and as the standard fare of the day we adapted to them the same way we did to pants. The younger chaps got the Bermuda stuff -- sometimes with the utility of larger pockets; but mostly enough fabric to drown a swimmer -- but, they were the 'accepted' item of their era and that is the rub: We all get caught in the perceived stream of acceptable conformity -- thus MIS are so rare. Maybe we should be hollering for the default men's wear of the early Christians -- and dress more like Christ-- to bring the Western world of men around!

Faldaguy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 2:06 am Maybe we should be hollering for the default men's wear of the early Christians -- and dress more like Christ-- to bring the Western world of men around!

Sounds like a good idea to return to that as a common style. I expect the fashion was almost universal then, with the exception of wearing loincloths or nothing at all for manual work. Let's work for people having a wide variety of choices.

The memories of the shorts we wore in the 1970s and early 1980s...
Completely normal and acceptable 40 years plus ago.

I remember a certain Australian brand - Stubbies....

denimini wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:06 pm Suttonst_scan76.jpg

Not only the shorts, I like accepting the challenge to move the tank.