The Shorts I Live In All Summer

A couple years ago, I bought myself a pair of big, boxy, beautifully baggy shorts from Nike's cult-favorite ACG ("All Conditions Gear") line. Taking their cues from old-school outdoors apparel, the nylon shorts with a self-belt—a reference to vintage climbing gear—felt absolutely perfect. Comfy. Breezy. Unbelievably easy. So, I bought a couple more pairs. As a reformed anti-shorts-ist, my wardrobe was in dire need. And when you find something this good, you stock up immediately, right? Right.

View in Browser  SHOP EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBE The Shorts I Live In All Summer Long A couple years ago, I bought myself a pair of big, boxy, beautifully baggy shorts from Nike's cult-favorite ACG ("All Conditions Gear") line. Taking their cues from old-school outdoors apparel, the nylon shorts with a self-belt—a reference to vintage climbing gear—felt absolutely perfect. Comfy. Breezy. Unbelievably easy. So, I bought a couple more pairs. As a reformed anti-shorts-ist, my wardrobe was in dire need. And when you find something this good, you stock up immediately, right? Right. Read More It Takes Some Major Cojones to Defy the Supreme Court, But Alabama Is Doing It Alabama Republicans are trying desperately to dilute the power of Black voters. Read More Remember Those Michigan False Electors? They're Now Facing Felony Charges They were among the more visible grunts in that overall effort to overturn the 2020 election. Read More Few 'Golf Brands' Understand the Menswear Zeitgeist Quite Like Gumtree Golf & Nature Club Karsten Jurkschat just had an ah-ha moment. We're sitting in his 1993 Range Rover Classic during a Brooklyn summer scorcher. He's telling me about growing up in Australia. When suddenly it hits him—and me, too—that he was pretty much destined to shake up the golf world in the manner he has been since he launched Gumtree Golf & Nature Club. Now, Jurkschat is releasing his most special offering to date: an extremely limited collection of 20 one-of-one Japanese lace-linen shirts, each adorned with mid-century state flower patch sourced from across America (and with a little help from Kelsey Parkhouse of CARLEEN, whose work you can catch most recently in The Bear). Read More 15 Cuban Collar Shirts To Keep You Cool All Summer Long (In More Ways Than One) Meet your warm-weather secret weapon. Read More 13 Luxury Furniture Brands That Make Personality-Defining Pieces From elite work desks to gorgeous coffee tables to high-end couches, these are the online shops to know. Read More What I Learned From Studying Every MLB Player's Walk-Up Song To so many kids around the world, Major League Baseball players are superheroes. And what do ballplayers and actual superheroes have in common? Well, they're just about the only people on Earth who get to have their own theme song. (So to speak.) So, when a Little Leaguer goes up to bat, they imagine they're in a stadium—and the announcer's voice rings out, as they say their name. The crowd goes wild. And, of course, the young athlete's walk-up music pumps through the stadium's speakers. Now, you'd think that the few kiddos who make it to the big leagues—and have the chance to blast their own pump-up tunes for massive crowds—would make the most of the opportunity. But so many of them fuck it up. Read More Follow Us Unsubscribe | Privacy Notice/Notice at Collection esquire.com ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019