Thom Browne Short Trousers

I can never remember to roll my trousers up and they don't seem to sell that clip thing here in China (though they no doubt produce it). I have mangled several trousers ankles, but I am also am too lazy to worry about it.

I'm going over to a Thom Browne length of trouser. All those jokes about the length failed to grasp their practicality.

I ride a bike every day though.

Anyway, these days everyone knows thom browne anyway. His photo is even in obscure direct marketing magazines in second-tier chinese cities. People will probably just say: "Ah, the Thom Browne look." I will say "Yes, it works for bicycling." I'll come off as balsy, fashionable, and practical. It's hard to be all three.

People who oppose browne probably don't believe in global warming. If they did, they would see the need for trouser lengths that prepare for the increased amount of flooding that will affect low level urban areas over the next seven decades. They would also immediately see that this length of trousers is perfect for bicycling, which is a way of cutting down on carbon emissions.

Suburbanites with their high-consumption lifestyles and automobiles are the ones whose trousers break.


When I first saw the Thom Browne trousers, my reaction was "wow, they're really running out of ideas; that's clearly just for the runway and a few fashion slaves in Lower Manhattan" as any sensible person might think. Not that I come close to being sensible, but I'm quite sure that most on this forum do.

Then, yesterday, I was forced into a pair of trousers that an incompetent tailor had shortened by about an inch and a half more than he should have. I had requested "no-break" but some Chinese tailors overcompensate when faced with requests that they deem nonsensical. It may also be that the extra inch I have put on around my waist forced me to pull the trousers up by an extra inch to a region that is still slimish. It so happened, that literally all of my other non-suit trousers that aren't in loud plaids were at the laundry or in that pile I haven't touched for three months that should be going to the laundry.

So, I rode and walked around in these too-short trousers all day and, in fact, found it to be quite liberating and convenient.