Your mother may have told you otherwise, but shorts are the new dress pants, at least in the summertime workplace.  The New York times dissects the new trend that makes it okay to show some man leg:

When the hockey star Sean Avery took an internship at Vogue earlier this summer, the work uniform that the fashion-besotted left wing chose included a shorts suit that showcased his athletic calves.

“Why go to work and be hot?” he asked last week, adding that there was no compelling business reason to look modest and dull on the job. “You can look good and not have that boring-type look,” said Mr. Avery, who signed with the Dallas Stars this summer after several seasons with the Rangers. “Why are women allowed to do it and not men?”

Shorts Crack the Code - NYTimes.com

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