Haven't owned a pair of shorts since I was maybe ten. My son can probably get away with that and might wear shorts at home while working on cars or feeding a horse, but he wears jeans or slacks in public. He does wear boots, either cowboy ones or, more often, combat boots that he's favored since his days in Iraq.
His wife has impressive legs, but she, too, usually favors jeans over shorts. My daughter turns men's heads whatever she wears, too, but women just dress differently, with cause. Trim young women look great in shorts, but I usually prefer them in sandals to boots.
Somewhere on the Net, there's a photo of three hotties wearing shorts and cowboy boots at a rattlesnake roundup. They're cute, but "country." Like Daisy Duke!
I'm fortunate enough to live pretty close to SMU and Dallas is sort of a fashion center, too. I see a lot of cute chicks in shorts, most in sandals. Some just throw on a tee shirt or beach coverup and shop in bikinis, and some Highland Park wives shop in tennis dresses. Very scenic.
As for restaurants, some have dress codes that I hope preclude people who shouldn't wear shorts making public eyesores of themselves. What's okay at a fast food place might not be at a more formal restaurant. The eyesore people do sometimes invade malls and grocery stores. I see them in Target, and I'm sure that Wal-Mart is as bad or worse. 200 pound women don't look good in anything, let alone shorts and halter tops. There is a place for the muu-muu, and this is it.
I wear normal shirts (some short-sleeved) in summer and slacks like khaki or olive Dockers. I wear casual shoes like Timberlands that are sort of fancier boat shoes with better arch support. I have boots, but only hunting boots with Vibram soles that I sometimes also wear on snowy days, for warmth and traction. The current ones are from L.L. Bean, but I think they're Herman Survivors marked for Bean's. Certainly very similar, and of really good quality. If I get any more boots, they'll be Danners. I very much liked a pair I had. I have an old pair of Russell's Birdshooters with Vibram soles. But I don't really think a moccasin-styled boot gives enough ankle support in rocky country. And the raised toe seams get scuffed in brush. Also, mine got wet and my ex-wife threw them in a car trunk without telling me. They got a lot of surface cracks, although oiled.
Cowboy boots are bad for your feet, so I don't own any. But I will look at girls in boots and Daisy Duke shorts. IF that girl looks good in that combination.
I'm still trim and my legs are good for a man. But even Tarzan would look kinda silly in boots and shorts. Do you think you look better than Tarzan?
Now, Jane...
