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Style Debate: Jorts… on women.

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Above:  Banana Republic’s Rolled Denim Short – $69.50

As a man, if you wear jean shorts you’ll be labeled by many as a style buffoon.  A slob.  Out of touch.  They had their heyday, but wearing a pair of shorts made of thicker denim, a fabric originally intended as workwear, on a hot day seems uncomfortable.  The next step on the scale of garment oddity coupling  would be shorts made from a tweedy flannel.  Strange.

But if a woman slides her gams into a pair of denim shorts?  It’s no longer quite so clear.

Worked then.  Still works now.  Maybe it ain’t the paint, but the canvas.

The (most) correct answer would be a light beach/sundress… but are denim shorts as big of a miss on a woman as they are on a man?  Is it a look you wouldn’t mind seeing more of?  To the comments fellas…

Comments

  1. While guys that were denim shorts look like either dads or little kids it is hard to argue against denim shorts on women. When a woman has a figure and legs that need to be shown off I would say denim short are a close second to skirt/dresses. Third if you count bikinis.

  9. There’s not even a question here. Ladies’ jorts are way more normal-looking than “Mens” (used loosely) jorts. A man wearing jorts just looks out of place. It’s been said many times, when you’re trying to cool your body by wearing shorts, why wear a heavy fabric down past your knees? Women got it right.

    Jorts always remind me of that episode of Always Sunny, though.

  10. womens jorts are great, unless their high waiters and then they look like hill billys 

  14. I love jorts on women. But I will relentlessly make fun of my friends if I see them in jorts.

  16. I live in California. So yes, women in jean shorts all day. Especially with legs to show off.

  21. Women always look great in jean shorts…especially when they have nice legs to show off, haha. 

  22. Agreed.  Also, the question was supposed to be ‘are jean shorts alright for women’ not ‘can attractive people get away with what would otherwise be a style “don’t,”‘ to which I say that they look more decent on a woman than on a man, but there’s enough better options available (skirts, dresses, shorts made of something other than denim) that I can’t really justify them.

  23. While most guys can pull off jorts any day of the week, I don’t feel that they’re something women should wear unless they squat deep, heavy and often.

  24. Does every post have to be about the exact same thing?  Can a blogger not go off on a tangent?  Joe posts on music and booze as well… but women’s fashion/style is off topic for a men’s fashion/style blog?

    Joe posts about women on here on occasion, and it seems that a good portion of the readership are a fan of the gender.  However, even if not everyone is, it’s still a style question of whether girls can get away with denim shorts better than guys.  While a lot of the commentary has been sexual in nature, I don’t think that should preclude the question.

  25. It has nothing to do with whether or not people are fans of women. I love women. Irrelevant. It’s that the question itself is BORING and resulting discussion LAME.

  26.  It’s not so much a problem with posting about women’s wear as with the responses to his question – most of the responses boil down to “woohoo ladies’ legs!” in the comments, which is silly and offensive.

    Ladies are fantastic in all their aspects, but I suppose I just liked to imagine that Dappered and its readers were about more than drooling over exposed skin.  Saying yes to shorts and skirts in the summer is a no-brainer – keeping cool will let you feel more comfortable and look better in whatever you’re wearing, but no one except Ryan N. has commented about the merits of denim as a material for women’s shorts.

    Sexuality doesn’t preclude the question, but no one seems to be interested in the question when there are legs to be oogled.

  29. Just an observation Bryan.  Guys get killed for wearing jean shorts.  But women don’t.  Seems unfair.  Maybe I wanna wear me some jean shorts.

  30. MAYBE you should stop and THINK about WHY so-called “RULES” are rules, instead of just ACCEPTING them as SO.

    Just a bit of a sartorial brain teaser dude.  Step off the ledge.

  31. Here’s what I think about Jorts.
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJL94ifqzSQ
    mighty nice on women though.

  32. As long as the woman wearing such an apparel has toned legs and a nice butt. These type of shorts requires women to be in decent shape.

  34. I’m okay with women that wear jorts. 

    As with trampstamps and tongue rings, jorts let you know its not going to take much to score.

    giggity, giggity

  40.  Appreciate the fun forum, and everyone seemed easy on each other, not always found everywhere else. Women DO look GREAT in denim shorts, no doubt about it. Can’t deny there’s an obvious sexuality to this, wish I could find a serious article on that in sartorial forums. And I don’t know WHO posts the ‘laws’, but I’m a straight male college student, have lived in California and Hawaii, and have mile long legs. Putting on shoes is a major engineering effort at long distance. You’re only young once, So I take the shorts risk. They feel and look great, and yes for some reason other dudes flip, which astounds me because there are so many gorgeous women to look at. Its worth the risks because someday one won’t even be able to do this at all, not perhaps even the girls….Too much obsession with ‘policing’each other, too, which says a lot about society apparently. Remember Twilight Zone’s ‘The Monsters are Due On Maple Street’.and Outer Limits’ OBIT….