"You know..."

[DZoolander]

My Wife: "You know, cargo pants went out of style like 15 years ago."
Me: "I'm bringing sexy back"

 

[Tropical Wilds]

My husband is doing his best to support you in your cause.

 

[DZoolander]

haha - nice!

Like, 15-20 years ago my favorite pants were this olive pair of corduroy cargo pants. A few weeks ago I got a hankering to buy another pair - but couldn't find them anywhere. Eventually I tracked down some on ebay - which I promptly bought.

She said whatever made me happy was cool, but didn't I clue into the fact that I couldn't find them anywhere but ebay?

 

[Motherofkittens]

I love cargo pants!

 

[mkgal1]

You have a supporter in my husband as well. He wears cargo shorts all the time (and I can't imagine him wearing any other style). In shorts especially.....what's even the alternative? Flat front shorts like these? He also doesn't tuck in his shirts.

 

[mkgal1]

but didn't I clue into the fact that I couldn't find them anywhere but ebay?

It looks like some manufacturers are now calling them "back country" pants (*that* doesn't seem like good marketing to me!). I think they'll always be "in" with the hiking/fishing crowd (like at Royal Robbins):

Royal Robbins Backcountry Convertible Pants (For Men) - Save 50%

ETA: and they're also called "tactical" pants: Buy Pants - Free Shipping over $50 | Zoro.com

 

[DZoolander]

These are the ones I bought -

Pelle Pelle Limited Edition Corduroy Cargo Pants | eBay

I generally like cargo pants, carpenter jeans, etc. I've got a few pairs of normal jeans as well - but I like when there are bells and whistles to them.

 

[mkgal1]

These are the ones I bought -

Pelle Pelle Limited Edition Corduroy Cargo Pants | eBay

I generally like cargo pants, carpenter jeans, etc. I've got a few pairs of normal jeans as well - but I like when there are bells and whistles to them.

 

[Dave-W]

I have never been fond of corduroy. Too noisy.

 

[DZoolander]

Ya know, I used to hate corduroy when I was a kid. But in my late 20's and early 30's I grew to like it.

 

[mkgal1]

I have never been fond of corduroy. Too noisy.

Are you needing to make a silent entrance or get away?

Corduroy is nostalgic for me. I grew up going to a private Catholic school.

 

[Dave-W]

Are you needing to make a silent entrance or get away?

My granddad was about 350 and could walk thru dried fallen leaves and no one would ever hear him (1/4 Pottawatomie Indian) So I dislike hearing footsteps or anything else like that, including the "whoosh whoosh" of cords.

 

[mkgal1]

My granddad was about 350 and could walk thru dried fallen leaves and no one would ever hear him (1/4 Pottawatomie Indian) So I dislike hearing footsteps or anything else like that, including the "whoosh whoosh" of cords.

Oh.....so Dave Steplightly.

I have the gift of being noisy no matter how hard I try to be quiet. In fact....the more I try, the noisier I am. For instance.....one time I knocked over a giant bag of recyclables left in the family cabin in the middle of the night. I didn't want to turn on a light (afraid I'd wake everyone). Well.....imagine what a bag full of bottles and aluminum cans sounds like on a tile floor when everything is silent. That's me trying to be quiet.

 

[Odetta]

My oldest son is a Boy Scout, and my husband is a Scout leader. We have a lot of cargo shorts in our house.

I don't like corduroy. I remember being in elementary school and there was this corduroy dress my mom got me that I hated, but she made me wear it anyway. It was the style/cut i didn't like, but the fabric makes me remember all that. Oh, also, in pre-school, she made me wear pink corduroy pants on picture day, when I wanted to wear a dress. Clearly corduroy and mommy issues go hand in hand for me.

 

[Bumble Bee]

My husband doesn’t have a sense of style at all. He has these awful olive green camo carpenter pants. An ugly faded red cowboy shirt. All his T-shirt’s are from high school, faded with holes and show his belly. It’s like pulling teeth to get him in new clothes lol!

 

[WolfGate]

Cargo shorts are perfect for a weekend of baseball when my son is playing. Can carry all the little things needed like glasses, gum, sunscreen, etc.

 

[OK Jeff]

On being “in style”....a short story.
I was mid 20s, hadn’t yet put together enough farm/ranch land to make a living. So I had taken a day job managing a farm supply store and grain elevator. I had two college boys working for me during the summer. One day my grampa came in to do business (more to visit), dressed exactly the same as he’d dressed the duration of my life. The boys came in for marching orders and noticed him. One said “that’s a killer pearl snap!” Grampa wasn’t amused by the compliment, he didn’t even know it was a compliment. Point is he was just going on, wearing the same clothes he’d always worn, and along the line, unwittingly became “in style”. Moral of the story: stick with what works. It’ll come back around one day.
I dress the same every day of the year. Only difference is I wear a straw hat in the summer, felt in the winter. Before I met the wife, all my shirts were blue and/or grey (I’m colorblind). Now she buys my clothes and wear what she buys, so long as they’re the style, material, and brands I like. She even has me wearing colors, so long as they aren’t too exciting. I don’t know or care what’s “in style”, but I know eventually my clothes will be again.