Sometimes, shorts are just decidedly unattractive…I hate to be the grinch who stole summer, but we’ve gotten to that point in the season where the streets are filled with short-wearers and I, for one, would like to lodge a complaint. 

Now I’ll admit up front that I fall very firmly into the anti-short category; it has to be faced that in the majority of instances they’re just not the most flattering option.  Some people (we’ll call them Experimental Group A) look incredible in shorts, walking goddesses in abbreviated trews.  The only problems is that E.G.A. would also look good in a brown paper bag and, as such, are a tiny subset of the population.   

Sadly, the rest of us fall into Experimental Groups B-Z. Group B is comprised of those with marginally less perfection in their lower limbs and, at the other end of the spectrum, Group Z is made up of those of us who, even in the sweltering depth of summer, refuse to be parted from either some thick opaque tights or a pair of (full-length) pants. 

There’s no shame here. Group Q probably looks like a dream in a dress and Group M are, in all likelihood, divine in a drop-crotch.  But, simply because it says July on the calendar, there’s a feeling that everyone must wear shorts.  Perhaps it’s time to take a short break…

Note from the Fashion Guru: Even though I want to pull out my shorts on this beautiful and warm sunny day, I agree that everyone can’t wear shorts. Either there are teenage girls walking around in shorts that should be illegal, older mothers that think they look cute in their “short shorts”, or people that that just don’t look good in them at all. If you feel that capri pants or pants are too hot to wear, then I suggest wearing a city short or bermuda short instead. Your legs will be covered, you’ll look on trend, and you’ll keep cool. Let’s leave the little shorts to the runway models instead.