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Y'all are a little touchy about someone criticizing your cargo pants! Consider that perhaps his criticism hits a nerve because there is an element of truth in i
by glial 6y ago
Y'all are a little touchy about someone criticizing your cargo pants! Consider that perhaps his criticism hits a nerve because there is an element of truth in it - for most people (myself included as a younger person), the symbolism of cargo pants is as important as the function.
- xapata 6y ago> most people Have you performed a survey? My intuition, from my own experience, is that most people are completely ignorant of the symbolism of cargo pants and use them solely for the cargo feature. I wear Eddie Bauer "Guide Pro" pants. I recommend them, mostly. I haven't found more stylish cargo pants. https://www.eddiebauer.com/p/12951063/men-s-guide-pro-pants https://www.eddiebauer.com/p/12951063/men-s-guide-pro-pants
- wishinghand 6y agoTo be fair, no one thinks of pants that look like that when picturing cargo pants.
- grasshopperpurp 6y agoThese pants look fine. When I think of cargo pants, I think of ridiculously large pockets that really only work in the context of the baggy style of the late 90s/early 00s. It's not my favorite look (though it was when I was a kid), but you can make it work on some level. Anyway, when most people are criticizing cargo pants, I believe they have the jumbo pockets in mind. Another poster correctly noted that they ruin a silhouette. The pants you linked don't have this issue as far as I can tell. Note, this is just my impression. Maybe there are people out there who just really hate extra pockets.
- Izkata 6y agoI actually started wearing cargo shorts because I could fit whatever book I was currently reading in those pockets.
- DEADMEAT 6y agoWhat you posted aren't cargo pants? Those are hiking pants. Cargo pants have large, external pockets.
- xapata 6y agoNot all hiking pants have large pockets on the mid/low thigh. Seems more like a Venn diagram relationship.
- astura 6y agoThose aren't cargo pants, these (https://www.amazon.com/OCHENTA-Cotton-Military-Pockets-Trousers/dp/B013OVICL0 https://www.amazon.com/OCHENTA-Cotton-Military-Pockets-Trous...) are cargo pants.
- nottorp 6y agoCargo pants symbolize something? :)
- aflag 6y agoI never knew cargo pants had a symbolism. I love pockets. I carry as much as I can in my pockets so that I don't need to carry a backpack. I was slightly disappointed with the article because I find the pocket they created seems even smaller than the front pocket, so I don't get how they improve anything.
- aahhahahaaa 6y agoAll fashion has symbolism. Just because you ignore doesn't mean it isn't there.
- aflag 6y agoFair enough. My point was that I don't think that's such a big reason for people to wear cargo pants, as I've wore and seen people wearing it, yet that was never communicated to me. It's anecdotal, I agree.
- elric 6y agoNot every garment is a fashion statement. Some people dress for practicality, and not to appease others' innane sense of fashion or vanity.
- aahhahahaaa 6y agoThis is like saying "stop making everything political." It's not even possible. Everything is a statement, the lack of intention can be doubly so. There are entire utilitarian schools of thought in fashion just like there is in everything else. Also fashion doesn't exist solely to please others! I wouldn't dismiss an entire massive industry as inane. Vanity is a big part of it like a lot of other things, but if you're making a conscious choice in what you wear... fashion is playing some small role.
- aflag 6y agoEverything can be analysed from a political, fashion or symbolic aspect. However, that analysis is not always insightful or even relevant sometimes. For instance, Lorenz transformation applies to every body in motion, however it's the wrong tool to describe most of the movement we encounter on Earth.
- rmetzler 6y agoWhat is the symbolism of cargo pants?
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- angrais 6y agoAre you serious? I thought it was dad trousers?
- Lammy 6y agoNah, it's because "pants pockets problems" is such a commonly-heard womens' issue, and they hate women :p