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Michael Jordan apparently killed short shorts for men in America

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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Basketball shorts used to be quite short, and then the fitness craze of the 80s saw guys wearing short shorts everywhere.

But Jordan didn't like the look and started to wear longer shorts.

By the late 80s the trend was catching on.

Now most american guys wouldn't be caught dead wearing short shorts.

If it took a celebrity to kill it off, it will probably take a celebrity to bring it back.

[–] Kowalski (57180) 4 years ago

LEBRON JAMES IS USHERING IS US BACK TO SHORTER SHORTS(NOT SHORT SHORTS) ..INFINITELY BETTER THAN THE BALLOON SHORTS OF THE IVERSON,KOBE ERA...

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

The whole skater thing helped as well in the wider sense. And grunge bands who all wore longer shorts too.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

plus hip hops baggy look.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71425) 4 years ago

I dislike short shorts on men...it looks very girly
I can't be the only guy that feels this way

Thank you MJ👍

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

Thanks, MJ.

[–] Eric56 (4580) 4 years ago

ala Richard Simmons?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na9ZZ4ZjVa8

[–] zephyr_cape (2979) 4 years ago

I wear short shorts. Wanna scrap, I will evaporate your retinas with my pasty white yet resplendently sculptured thigh meats. Don't give a fucc in this WORLD MFER.

[–] AndyKing1967 (33681) 4 years ago

Sadly, I'm just a victim of fashion when it comes to shorts.

[–] Moonglum9 (10697) 4 years ago

And I’m glad he did. Short shorts are like cutoff jean shorts - they only look good on women.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

If you've got a fit body (like many did in the 80s) it was okay, but I don't think it would work with todays men.

[–] GlenEllyn (21061) 4 years ago

Good point.

[–] Moonglum9 (10697) 4 years ago

I’ve gotta respectfully disagree. I remember them most on the basketball players and they were all fit, but they all just looked like big dorks!

[–] GlenEllyn (21061) 4 years ago

The long, baggy shorts have a tendency to look like skirts sometimes.