I Remember Fashion

1980s Bad: Tiny Shorts

Tiny shorts were hangover from the 70s, along with satin jackets and really tight, waist high jeans. There was no escaping tiny shorts in the early 80s, particularly if you did any exercise at all. To make things even worse, I think these belonged to my mother before I got them:

I’ll save my comments on the hairdo(n’t) in this photo for another time…

Tiny shorts look bad on men and women, no matter how young and trim you might be:

Hard to make out in this picture, but I am wearing the “men’s boxer underwear” short made popular by Madonna in “Desperately Seeking Susan”:

Verdict: despite what men might think, tiny shorts are bad idea. And that includes the Hooters waitresses for whom this is still a uniform.