Lets hear it for the boys! Menswear is getting really exciting recently as men get more comfortable embracing trends and exploring their sense of style. Men are starting to crack the long held belief of menswear moving slowly. Typically trends in the menswear industry lasted 3-5 and there wasn’t a lot of turnover. But now men are starting to embrace trends as they are seen on the runways.
Last year the debate started of shorts in the workplace and wearing them with suits tops and blazers andcontinued into this year. This summer men have been rocking the trend like its the norm. The New York times has yet another article discussing this trend.
“It was no more than a moment ago, in the sartorial long view, that a guy who came to work wearing short pants would have been shown the door — or anyway, given the address for human resources at U.P.S. All that appears to be changing.
“Seminudity, of the sort proposed by Miuccia Prada or Dsquared in the recent men’s collections, holds little appeal for someone like Kwesi Blair, a branding adviser whose shorts and blazer look became a wardrobe default during a recent sweltering spell. Wearing a shorts suit, Mr. Blair explained, is not only more comfortable than the alternative, but a way to road test your own self-invention.
“I get a lot of looks and remarks,” said Mr. Blair, whose wardrobe runs to conservative labels — a Polo blazer, shirt and tie, a pair of J. Crew shorts. “On the street, people are like, ‘That’s a bold move.’ But, honestly, I’m just tapping into my own sense of style and sensibility and putting it out there. It’s not like I’m looking for acceptance.”
So it seems that shorts are reaching their zenith and making that necessary transition from fashion forward to mainstream appeal. But we’re not quite there yet.
And let’s all just wonder how many more articles on the subject we’ll have to endure from Old Gray Lady. They been quite infatuated with the trend. Here’s a timeline of their coverage on the subject of shorts:
Feeling Boyish, in Shorts or a Suit July 6, 2006
I Wore Shorts to Work, and They All Laughed August 6, 2006.
A Return Engagement: Get Shorty March 11, 2007
Dress Codes: Shorts May 24, 2007
The Sharpest Shorts Are Abbreviated Pants July 10, 2008
Shorts Crack the Code July 31, 2008
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“Menswear is getting really exciting recently as men get more comfortable embracing trends and exploring their sense of style.”
AMEN!!!