Urban Outfitters Male Shorts and Tights

I've been a long-time advocate of shorts and tights as a fashion for men, and the style is not new in the men's fashion world. Many men's fashion designers have shown the style, including well-known designers like Givenchy. For some examples, see this set on my Flickr page. However, I was still astonished to see the style go from the runway to a mainstream retailer, Urban Outfitters.  I mean astonished in the best sense, and I applaud UO for bringing this style to the public.

Here's the picture of the model from the product page, which is for the shirt:

Admittedly, they're just showing a single style, but it's right there in new arrivals and in their regular products pages, just like the more conventional men's styles. Urban Outfitters is a hip store, that many young people and hip people of all ages love. They're in a perfect position to help popularize a new style among people who are the most open to new fashions. I hope that happens in this case, and that this is the start a new mainstream fashion style for men. Go UO!

If any reader knows the background behind how Urban Outfitters decided to sell the shirt using the shorts and tights style, I'd be very interested in that.

Update February, 2013: UO no longer sells the shirt, and I have replaced the link to the product page with the picture of the model from it.