Mens' Capri Pants?

[svc40bt]

Demolay, I believe you are correct about the knickers in the UK. What we here in the US call knickers, are called breeks in the UK. Anyone from the UK, please correct me if I am wrong. These are rarely seen in the US, and then typically only at golf courses and perhaps some fancy shooting clubs. They are shorter than capris and have some mechanism to snug them around the leg, while capris typically have open bottoms.

[Barry]

I have never heard `em called breeks here in GB. The usual names are those employed in the USA (except knickers, which always refers to women`s panties)
They are definitely a fashion item as, although available many years ago, were not worn by men. The chaps tended to wear shorts i.e. bifurcated garments with length above the knee. Over the years shorts have varied from v short to knee length and back again - currently knee length is `in`. Moi - I prefer a few inches above, if I have to wear shorts rather than a MUG.
As for svc40bt`s item, there was something that my Pa used to wear before the war which were like baggy trousers tucked into long socks - worn by golfers and hikers - called "plus fours". =American knickers???

No doubt as the wheel of fashion revolves capris will cease to be worn by the lads and one can only hope that the charms of the kilt are finally discovered by Joe Public.

[pdcorlis]

Hijack warning!!!!!!!!!!

Plus Twos and Plus Fours - usually found on the golf course - pants extending 2 and 4 inches below the knee.

Breeks - Traditionally worn by hunters and beaters - also extending below the knee. Usually tweed, corduroy, or moleskin.

[svc40bt]

I maintain that golfers and shooters wear the same bifurcated garment, whatever it is called, and that they are not capris. I actually found the term breeks when I was looking at shooting jackets on UK websites last year. They came in plus twos and plus fours, refering to the length of the legs in inches past the knee. I didn't get a shooting jacket, but I did get a nice Harris Tweed sport jacket (trouser length). It is going to be hard for me to resist the Kilt Shooting Jacket from STA and Kevin Kinney, but I am sure my wife will help boost my resistance.

[Splinty]

As for how I call it, long shorts are still shorts as long as they're loose about the leg like a wide leg or straight leg trouser . They can go a little ways below the knee.... but pretty much look silly. Men's capris are tighter about the leg and only look good on young Italian men on scooters. In Italy.

I'm all for my men wearing trousers, kilts and maybe the occasional just above the knee short*. Leave the length adventures to us women.







*If you are as cool as Payne, you can wear knickers/breeks/plustwos or fours. Only on the course though.

[Rex_Tremende]

I believe these are the "capri pants" referred to in the Chicago Tribune article.

There are more photos of the gals. You decide.

Regards,
Rex.

[TheKiltedWonder]

Those aren't so bad (the black ones). I don't think I'd wear them, but to me capris are generally a little longer. Maybe my time in Europa has inured me to them. Still, the mid-calf length bothers me, but hey I don't have to wear them!

The other guy is wearing cargo shorts, or?

[Bugbear]

A cousin of mine, he's the same age as me, only will wear the long shorts or short pants. Just roll your pants up to your knees and go barefoot like a country boy.
Who cares. Some people might look good in capris, other's not.