Will I be teased for wearing Jorts to the parks?

[NotaGeek]

Uh, yeah. Jean shorts? Nope. But, as long as Old Navy makes them people will wear them.

I would say 1994 was the death of the Jean Short ... and cut-off jeans? that was out in the 70's (even Daisy Duke didn't wear cut-offs).

[Boost]

I would have to agree with others who said that jean shorts went out of style a while back. They may come back later on, but for now, I would choose a lightweight 100% cotton pair of shorts to wear. In the summer heat in Florida, I think that most people would just be too hot. I would also recommend using some Gold Bond powder to add some additional comfort and keep cool and dry. Hope that this helps...

[dumbo_buddy]

jean shorts on men are unacceptable.

jean shorts on women are ok but completely unacceptable if they have the fringe at the bottom.

that being said, i think fashion goes out the window at disney. people wear some TERRIBLE things there. but it's disney, it's your time to dork it out!

[hubbyofadisneyholic]

Speaking of jorts, remember when short shorts were in, in the 80's? Then we all started seeing young men wearing the long shorts down to their knees, and we all thought that was the goofiest thing?? Now, looking back at old pictures, my kids laugh hysterically at the short shorts! LOL I keep telling them that they will be back in style one of these days. They can't even imagine it!!

Anybody over about the age of 30 knows that fashion runs in cycles.
Back in the late 60s - early 70s my wife had a closet full of short skirts, then the fashion went to floor dusting length skirts, now lengths are all over the board.

I can remember women being horrified if even a part of a bra strap was showing, now it seems to be a fashion statement in some circles to show off as much of your underwear as possible.

What is fine to some is a look others wouldn't be caught dead in.

There are fashions that I find unattractive, not to mention ugly. But, I would never be arrogant enough to tell someone that their attire was unacceptable, unless it had crossed the line to being totally obscene.

[Boost]

This is a great topic. My brother-in-law loves to come to Disney wearing the following:

-Mandals (Man sandals)
-Jorts (Jean shorts)
-Plain white t-shirt (the thinnest kind that Hanes sells in the underwear section)
-Red bandanna on his head

He has a goatee and with the bandanna, our four year old thinks that he looks like a pirate.

He gives my wife and I a hard time because we like to wear our Disney t-shirts and he thinks that we are Disney snobs. We don't dress to the gills to go the parks, but we always take lots of photos and it's just nice to look halfway decent for a photo that may end up on the wall of your home, right?

[nicster]

The world give great legs a "pass", no matter what they are wearing... not a perfect world, I know.

[SFTrny]

Just look at the stats for the thread. This has the most posts and the most views of any active thread in this forum...or from what I can tell, any active thread in any forum!

This thread now has over 10,000 views; the next closest, under 7000. And over 280 replies...next closest 237.

Amazing how a small thing like appropriate pantsing would generate such an interest.

[Ian]

I think it's evolved beyond the original question and taken on a life all it's own.

Threads do that around here from time to time!

[Pagan]

LOL...."appropriate pantsing".

Love it!

[magicofdisney]

I googled Jorts and it came up through UrbanDictionary. I then submitted Scrocs. I read/saw someone else making fun of us Gator fans under Jorts, so I retaliated against one of our biggest foes.

Anyway, this has been an entertaining thread. Maybe I should head up an awards thread and submit this as most viewed.

[garymacd]

LOL...."appropriate pantsing".

Love it!

Oooh. Being "Appropriately Pants-ed" means something completely different where we are. This usually happens to men (Some of whom I worked with years ago - I never did this myself, though. I am a nice guy) with large waists who insist on still wearing pants with a 32 inch waist!

All it takes is one good tug from behind....

[iheartdisney]

I was following this thread before our recent trip and I made it a point to do an unofficial survey of the number of jort wearers during our trip. I forgot! In fact, I was so into our trip to my favorite place I have NO IDEA what anyone else was wearing. NONE! Women could have been topless and men wearing speedos and I don't think I would have noticed. My family and I were having too much fun to care!

[jakeybake]

Everyone has their own individual style and I respect that and could honestly care less what other people are wearing.

That being said, I haven't worn jean shorts in 15 years. I haven't even seen them at any of the stores I shop in years, and I very rarely see them on any men up here in Boston.

Now if a beautiful woman aged 21-45, decides to wear a pair of short, "Daisy Duke" jean shorts on a hot summer day, well then who am I to say that she shouldn't

Jay

[SFTrny]

I was following this thread before our recent trip and I made it a point to do an unofficial survey of the number of jort wearers during our trip. I forgot! In fact, I was so into our trip to my favorite place I have NO IDEA what anyone else was wearing. NONE! Women could have been topless and men wearing speedos and I don't think I would have noticed. My family and I were having too much fun to care!

It's disappointing that SOME PEOPLE would put their own personal interests ahead of the serious issues of this thread! SHOCKED! Shocked, I am! I demand that you return for at least a week and spend your entire time surveying and reporting on the "sub-navel" clothing elections of the WDW populous.

[DakotaDisney]

Wear whatever you want as long as it isn't innapropriate for public decency or disrespectful to others.

About wearing socks and sandals or crocs:

I agree that long socks or colored socks with sandals or crocs generally looks silly, but again wear what you want.

But what is wrong with the short white socks or ankle socks (as long as they don't go above your ankle) with sandals? I think there are times, especially when you are on your feet all day, say like at WDW it benefits your feet to have socks on.

[Becky2005]

I asked my 15 year old the other day if she knew what Jorts were and she looked at me like I was insane.

She had never heard the term before.

[iheartdisney]

It's disappointing that SOME PEOPLE would put their own personal interests ahead of the serious issues of this thread! SHOCKED! Shocked, I am! I demand that you return for at least a week and spend your entire time surveying and reporting on the "sub-navel" clothing elections of the WDW populous.

I would love to! Now, help me convince my husband!

[hubbyofadisneyholic]

We are down here @ WDW now and while I haven't spent every minute on jorts watch, when I am looking it doesn't take long to lose count of how many pairs I have seen.

While they are definitely a minority, they are still out here.
We have also noticed many females guilty of wearing frayed cut-off jorts in public.
Oh the humanity...

[VaderGirl]

Jorts are in style in NY!!! As long as you fit in them, when people go cramming themselves in clothes that are too tight, no matter what style, then it's inappropriate. So go ahead and wear them, they sell them all over the place, how are they not in style, that's ridiculous!

[joonyer]

The way I see it, who cares if jorts are not in style? I could NOT care less if anyone that sees me at Disney World thinks I don't know how to dress in style. And I don't care if they are not in style either. I don't know them; they don't know me. We're all on vacation; anything goes! (so long as it's not obscene, disgusting or gross. That's where I draw the line.)