The popularity of outdoor fashion makes our understanding of shorts surpass the past.
In the past, everyone may only want comfort when wearing shorts, and under the influence of outdoor logic, especially the rise of outdoor life vision in summer, we also have functional practicality for shorts, as well as more important extended needs for style matching, not only outdoor sports can be worn, daily travel or trend matching, can be satisfied. Of course, the fabrics of general outdoor shorts are mainly light, breathable, sweat-absorbing and quick-drying fabrics, so they will also go to a higher level in comfort, giving men a summer without hot crotches.
Therefore, it is quite necessary to find a good pair of outdoor shorts in the summer. Today, TOPMEN has also selected several summer outdoor shorts with cool and wearing attributes from many outdoor brands for your reference.
01.Gramicci
As long as it comes to outdoor pants, the first thing that cannot be avoided is Gramicci, known as "mountain villain" by the Chinese, with excellent cost performance and trendy and lively design, this brand that started with outdoor rock climbing has long been not only limited to the outdoor field, but also extended to the positioning of basic or trendy brands, favored by everyone.
Most outdoor brands were born out of founders' dissatisfaction with the original outdoor gear, and Gramicci did the same. In the 60s, when people were still wearing jeans for rock climbing, Mike Graham, who was only 12 years old at the time, first introduced rock climbing and decided to develop climbing pants with better performance, and the Gramicci brand was born.
Mike Graham's ingenious addition of a piece of Gusseted Crotch design to the crotch of the climbing pants can make the wearer's legs more open, and the built-in nylon belt design Webbing Belt, which allows climbers to quickly adjust clothes with one hand during climbing, these convenient designs have not only become the signature features of Gramicci pants, but also have a profound impact on the design of countless outdoor brands of pants, also makes Gramicci deeply bound to outdoor pants and other items.
With comfortable and functional pants, Gramicci not only became a household name in the United States, but also entered Japan after the millennium, relying on the treasure land of Asian outdoor culture to create outdoor pants that are more in line with Asian sizes and wearing habits, and it was also from this time that Gramicci was no longer limited to outdoor activities, but began to enter people's urban wardrobes through concepts such as Urban Outdoor.
Gramicci's shorts mainly have various fabrics such as nylon and wear-resistant cotton twill, while retaining the functional characteristics of windproof and waterproof, light and wear-resistant, adding different bright colors, and incorporating more urban and street elements, making it no longer so hardcore, but showing more possibilities. For example, the brand's classic G-Shorts collection is made of lightweight nylon with a loose, straight silhouette, but is usually shorter than cropped pants, above the knee, if you don't mind showing more of your thighs, it can easily wear a variety of urban functional styles while bringing comfort.
G-Shorts
In addition to the brand's own style, Gramicci's many joint collaborations every year also have many shorts released, such as in the latest season Gramicci and the Japanese outdoor brand Nonnative cooperation, will change their lively personality, but with black, beige, olive green to create a calm style, if you don't like Gramicci's own color is too "beach pants", then this time the joint name can undoubtedly meet your more decent style needs, and ripstop nylon, corduroy and SOLOTEX can also meet your different matching textures.
Gramicci x nonnative
02. DAIWA PIER39
DAIWA PIER39 naturally does not need to be introduced too much, this emerging outdoor brand endorsed by BEAMS and City Boy godfather Akio Hasegawa, in the past few years set off a wave of fishing clothing, the same with the approachable price and subversive hardcore outdoor form of loose ideal fit, but also make DAIWA PIER39 the best choice for many people to contact outdoor items for the first time.
Of course, when it comes to DAIWA PIER39 in the past, many people first think of its vest, shirt and functional suit, but it also has its own characteristics in outdoor shorts.
Similarly, DAIWA PIER39's shorts are also based on typical fishing styles, borrowing from retro fishing items from the 90s, adding pockets of different sizes on both sides, which you can really wear when fishing, and in urban commuting, it can also put into mobile phones, headphone boxes and other daily necessities to help you reduce the trouble of carrying. The material is made of Taslone nylon thread that is high-density weaved, waterproof and soft to the touch, and a mesh material is added to the interior for a comfortable wearing experience.
03. meanswhile
Meanswhile is a brand founded in 2014 by manager and designer Shoda Fujisaki, although people are accustomed to positioning it as a functional outdoors, but the original intention of Meanswhile is to "use clothes as the closest tool to the body" as the concept, with the integration of functionality into daily life, and taking into account the sense of design positioning, it also makes it stand out from the boom of function and mountains, and has become the representative of "functional fashion" in the minds of many people.
Different from general functional clothing, although meanswhile pays more attention to functionality, it does not stack various "functional elements" to reflect its sense of function, but pays attention to the integration with design techniques to achieve a balance between function and daily life. For those who want to experiment with functional clothing or Outdoor-style at first, the simpler, "human-oriented" meanswhile is a friendlier choice.
And meanswhile's shorts are especially worth considering.
meanswhile The neat cut of shorts will make you often mistakenly think that this is not a "functional brand" at all.
Clean fit, clean lines, even comparable to suit shorts, Ye personally thinks that meanswhile may also borrow the design of traditional gentle pants, such as the adjustment tripping on both sides of the Italian Neapolitan pants, which is very close to the elastic adjustment buckles on both sides of the waist of meanswhile.
It has been changed to a lighter adjustment method to facilitate debugging, and also combines the classic taste of gentlemanship with a trendy sense of function, which is compatible with the elegant temperament of traditional male style. The wider and higher waist can be released casually and calmly, and the built-in adjustable belt is interspersed to facilitate the upper body, and also simplifies the style matching, achieving a more relaxed style effect.
In a good stylistic performance, meanswhile focuses on the fabric, which is also a highlight of the brand.
Most of the brand's trouser fabrics are independently developed materials, mainly polyester nylon, after special processing, not only tough and light, anti-wrinkle, easy to care and other advantages, its texture is also very close to traditional cotton and wool, full and delicate.
On the basis of maintaining functionality, meanswhile shorts can also adapt to decent style matching, and are also a representative of multi-purpose pants across occasions and styles.
You can wear it to see the good mountains and rivers, and you can also use it to show your decency during your commute.
04. nanamica
As a representative of Japanese mountain aesthetics, with daily fit, simple design, clean cut supplemented by excellent fabric quality, so that countless people have become loyal fans of Nanamica, unlike most outdoor brands, we can rarely find a purposeful external functional design on Nanamica, no buckles, few adjustable straps and multi-pocket design, laying the foundation for its style of "normality", more like a basic brand.
Nanamica's outdoor functionality is actually more reflected in its focus on fabrics, from the classic GORE-TEX to ALPHADRY, COOLMAX and other different performance fabrics, equipped with professional waterproof, windproof, breathable, quick-drying and other functions, but also laid the foundation of Nanamica's "universal" concept, not afraid of climate change. In other words, Nanamica's design is suitable for different scenarios from urban to outdoor, and it is also an option for anyone to get on the body.
This characteristic is especially evident in Nanamica's shorts. From the point of view of appearance, nanamica shorts seem to be no different from ordinary cargo shorts, but in fact, it is made of lightweight, quick-drying, durable cordura ripstop fabric, compared to ordinary cargo shorts, in comfort and functionality is undoubtedly better, but at the same time does not attach too much redundant burden, with a basic fit to interpret functionality, and then bring more experience, which is precisely the essence of nanamica.
05. CMF Outdoor Garment
The last CMF Outdoor Garment is also a niche brand that has gradually entered the public's attention with the popularity of outdoor style in recent years, and it is not because it is really unpopular, but because its development process is more tortuous. CMF Outdoor Garment is an American outdoor brand born as early as 1915, but like many old outdoors, it encountered a development bottleneck in the 80s and 90s of the last century, and finally gave a new life to Japan's unique regional experience and market demand.
The current CMF Outdoor Garment not only inherits the traditional genes of European and American outdoor culture, but also integrates the characteristics of comfort, easy wear and strong craftsmanship in the Japanese outdoor environment, and is an outdoor aesthetic brand that combines a broader vision of the East and the West.
Like other outdoor items of the brand, CMF Outdoor Garment's shorts also have a very significant layered design, usually based on military pants, but will enlarge the structure such as the extended pocket and add the quick release structure to form a staggered silhouette, so it will definitely not be monotonous in the summer style matching. In terms of material, it is mainly made of waterproof and tear-resistant elastic nylon material, which has the characteristics of light and comfortable, breathable and wear-resistant, and is also a shorts that can accompany you to trek mountains and rivers, and can be worn in the city.
Nowadays, outdoor shorts are driven by the outdoor lifestyle that has emerged in recent years, and are also sought after by urban trend people who love to dress, and have long been not exclusive to professional outdoor people, so people who love functional wind can wear them boldly.
More importantly, through them, we can also understand that a seemingly simple pair of shorts actually contains different styles of aesthetic content behind them, and shorts must also be carefully selected.