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2. Cargo pants - Wikipedia

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   Cargo shorts are cargo pants shortened at the knee. Some cargo pants are made with removable lower legs allowing conversion into shorts. In 1980, cargo shorts were marketed as ideal for the sportsman or fisherman, with the pocket flaps ensuring that pocket contents were secure and unlikely to fall out. [6] By the mid-to-late 1990s, cargo shorts ...

3. Wide-leg jeans - Wikipedia

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   Wide-leg jeans. In the 1980s, baggy jeans entered mainstream fashion as the Hammer pants and parachute pants worn by rappers to facilitate breakdancing.In the 1990s these jeans became even baggier and were worn by skaters, hardcore punks, [6] ravers [7] and rappers to set themselves apart from the skintight acid wash drainpipe jeans worn by metalheads. [8]

4. Pedal pushers - Wikipedia

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   Knickerbockers were initially worn by men in the late 19th century and over time became part of women's fashion. Often cuffed and worn tight to the skin, they are related in style to capri pants, and are sometimes referred to as "clam diggers". The name "pedal pushers" originated from the style originally worn by cyclists, because long pants ...

5. Boardshorts - Wikipedia

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   This is designed to be a secure place to carry a car key, house key, or hotel key card while in the water. Boardshorts traditionally have no lining, unlike traditional swim shorts. Boardshorts are normally longer than many shorts or form-fitting speedo styles of swimwear, and often (other than the waist) they have a loose or baggy appearance ...

6. Cycling shorts - Wikipedia

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   Bib shorts are cycling shorts that are held up by a bib (integral suspenders/braces) instead of an elastic waistband. Pro and serious riders tend to prefer bib shorts over non-bib shorts, due to the discomfort that often occurs with an elastic waistband, such as tightness (digging into skin) and chafing. [5]

7. Shorts - Wikipedia

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   Shorts would soon become more popular by the late 1960s as a result of the countercultural movement that defined the decade, and men and women started wearing jean shorts and other variants as the 1970s dawned. [6] It would become more common for men to wear shorts as casual wear in summer, but much less so in cooler seasons. [citation needed]