Shorts and Blazer-Can it be done and how?

[SGladwell]

Originally Posted by grimslade

Angus Young is no dork.

"Is" and "looks like," are two different concepts. He might not be a dork. I don't know. I've never met him. In a jacket and shorts he definitely looks like one, though. Pace Zip's pictures above, my thoughts are that if you're old enough to ****, you're too old to wear shorts and a jacket.

 

[epa]

Originally Posted by zjpj83

Yes, that was the only appropriate context that I could think of when reading the title of the thread.

 

[thepataphysician]

i think it works sometimes, but as very casual wear. I throw a blazer on sometimes on a chilly summer evening at the beach or on a boat.

Other than that adults shouldn't wear shorts, much less shorts with a blazer. bermuda excepted

 

[texas_jack]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

Only in Bermuda, IMO, and I think it looks kind of stupid there. I have read in threads of this sort previously that it has rather fallen from favor even there.

+1

 

[lpwb32]

theory.com has some examples. still too far out there though imo even in calif

 

[Leslierc]

I've seen this look pulled-off on Martha's Vineyard. In my opinion, it's kind of "preppy" bordering on WASP-ish, and only to be worn at a resort setting.

 

[Toiletduck]

I've only seen this work on young guys really. and definitely not in the conservative way either

 

[stickonatree]

very trendy

 

[Faded501s]

Originally Posted by SGladwell

my thoughts are that if you're old enough to ****, you're too old to wear shorts and a jacket.

and double eek

 

[acidboy]

Every year, at the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the topic of blazer with shorts appears like herpes on a hooker. Every year.

 

[lasbar]

Magnum PI and our beloved Higgins.....
He is the only person on earth to wear such a hideous combi without losing his dignity!!!!!!!!!

 

[Thurston]

I saw it first hand this evening. I was at a pretty nice restaurant along the Main Line. There was a man in his mid-sixties wearing khaki shorts, a medium blue horizontally striped golf shirt (buttoned all the way) and a madras patch jacket. Somehow I failed to notice the footwear.

 

[odoreater]

 

[offline100]

I could see it working with a really wrinkled up linen jacket. Maybe seersucker, but I wouldn't.

 

[lightsky]

Originally Posted by grimslade

that does look bad, but so does this:

http://blogs.chron.com/tmi/peewee.JP...ewee%20(2).jpg

maybe we shouldn't be wearing suits either...