Had some that were wearing out, so started looking for replacements. Only to find that in most places what are now referred to as 'shorts' are more properly defined as ' pants that shrunk in length'.
Note to lower-body covering makers: if I want to wear pants, I wear pants; if I want shorts, I want something that does not end six inches below my knees. I don't give a crap how many extra pockets you sew on.
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Try Cabela's. They have some cargo shorts that are actually short (5 or 7 inch inseams, e.g.). They come to about mid-thigh on me.
They do, just the thing
Use scissors and a sewing machine on a pair of too long not shorts? Or hand sew, which is what I do... and if I can end up with good enough for public wearing almost anybody should be able to do it.
(My mother was a professional seamstress, she used to make evening gowns for society ladies during the late 50's, and the end result is that I never really learned how to sew clothes - because she did it so much better, and liked doing it, why try? But since I'm short in the end I had to learn how to shorten sleeves and pant legs)
I buy those from Cabela's, too. I found that for me, even the Not-so-short shorts of 9 inch inseam that end above the knee are surprisingly annoying.
Besides, when the "shorts" are too long my knees look really knobby and spindly.
Marja, thought of that, but so many have effing cargo pockets hanging so low you'd cut through them at midpoint. Good think Cabela's came through.
Ah, sewing, I've saved myself a lot of trouble being able to do minor repairs on stuff over the years.
Maybe I'm not as short as you, but I don't have much trouble finding shorts that fit me above the knee at Target. Wrangler makes several types, including plain jean shorts, without fancy cargo pockets or carpenter loops. I've got two jean shorts, and two khaki cargo shorts, all from there, that I like.
Target. That's one place I didn't look.
Hell, maybe I overlooked something at other places, but all I saw were the below-the-knee things.
Yep. Cabela's. I had the same problem.
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