We Never Thought We’d Say This, But...Let’s Talk About Cargo Shorts

It's time for another re-examination, so gather 'round, folks. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Cargo Shorts Are Coming Back. They Just Aren't the Cargo Shorts You Expected.   Cargo shorts? You mean those much-maligned, many-pocketed, most-of-the-leg coverings that have become a sort of shorthand punchline for a certain style of dressing that is, shall we say, not exactly smiled upon by the arbiters of good taste? Yes. Those cargo shorts. The baggy ones that hang well below the knee with the billowing pockets that, for some reason, are never filled with anything more than crushed bags of Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream potato chips. Cargo shorts are, if not back, back in the conversation. People Are Talking about cargo shorts. Here's what Style Director Jonathan Evans has to say about the matter. (It's probably not what you think.) Read More           Dr. Marten's 1461 Oxfords Are Looking Like the Grown-Ass Shoes of the Year   These days, any shoe that's a) not lined in fleece or b) able to easily convert into a slip-on is a serious no-go. We get it, dude. We're with you. We're all only human, and the last thing any of us need right now is an additional iota of discomfort to compound the everyday misery of our already-miserable lives. But sometimes the only thing you need to snap yourself out of a rut is a new pair of shoes—at least, that's what Avidan Grossman has been telling himself—what is 2020 but one long rut with no foreseeable end in sight? If you're looking to shop away the pain, you can't do much better than Dr. Martens' genuinely timeless 1461 leather oxford, a silhouette that earned its associations with the counterculture the hard way and is suddenly looking like the sturdy, reliable shoe you're going to want lace-up (!) throughout this fall. Read More           The President*'s Town Hall Was a Train Wreck Atop a Dumpster Fire   Evidently, while Charles P. Pierce was watching a fine NBA playoff game, the president* had another unfortunate encounter with his alleged fellow humans, this time in Pennsylvania in a "town hall" format which, alas for the president*, meant questions from actual humans with actual concerns. The result, by all accounts, was a train wreck atop a car wreck upon a dumpster fire at the bottom of a cliff. Here's Pierce on why you have to watch the video to get the full flavor of this masterpiece. Read More           The Crushing Reality of Zoom School   "Are you muted?" The first thing Dan Sinker's five-year-old learned in kindergarten, set up at a tiny desk in the corner of our dining room, is to always stay muted. It's probably the wrong thing to teach a child, but not everyone remembers, and then life bleeds in. Zoom school becomes a portal into worlds you never see as a parent making awkward smalltalk at pickup. You can hear a mom working a job doing collections for medical billing. Call after call. A dad who calls his sister on speakerphone. They fight most days. Grandparents asking how long it's going to take. There are babies wailing. Of course Zoom school is a nightmare—with the lack of time to properly plan and the lack of funds to make anything work, how was it going to be anything else?—but every school option right now is. Here's Sinker, a few weeks in, on why we can't keep doing this. Read More           20 Coffee Table Books That Are as Cool and Stylish as You   If there's one kind of book you can judge by its cover, it's a coffee table book. Hell, it's actually downright incumbent on you to judge coffee table books by their covers, given the prime real estate they occupy. But why stop at just the cover? Sure, they need to be showponies in order to get promoted from the bookshelf, but they shouldn't be all style and no substance. Why not dig deeper for choices that are reflective of your passions, your heart, and your mind? That's where we come in. We've taken the liberty of rounding up some of our favorite reads from our own coffee tables, ranging from lavish, show-stopping books about fashion and interior design to unassuming gems about city life and hot sauce. Whether your coffee table is a mid-century modern masterpiece or an IKEA joint, a curated selection of books will take it to the next level. Your guests will be suitably impressed—and lost between the covers in no time. Read More           Just Updated: The 60 Best Movies You Can Stream on Netflix Right Now   The bad news: Netflix isn't hosting as many films as it used to. The popular movie and TV streaming platform has about 40 percent fewer movies than it did five years ago, thanks in part to the fact that these days, it's facing a lot of competition. The good news, though, is that there are still thousands of films on Netflix—3,781, according to one report. But by the time anybody tried to scroll your way through more than 3,000 options, movie night would be long over. So here's a list of some of the very best movies on the platform right now. From indie hidden gems to Oscar nominees, documentaries to sci-fi, action to rom-coms and more, these are the best movies to stream on Netflix. Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2020 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019