Shorts are welcome relief from bulky winter clothing
Many KU students don warm clothes year-round
By Nathan Olson Special to the Kansan
When the sun shines in Lawrence, so do the legs of KU students — no matter what the temperature.
A typical mid-February day with sunshine and temperatures in the low 50s almost always produces more than a few students who forsake their jeans and (gasp!) longjohns for shorts.
"When you've been cooped up in jeans all winter, you look for an escape," said John Thompson. Lenexa senior.
Though he preferred not to wear shorts when the temperature was below 60 degrees, Thompson said exceptions did occur.
"The sun makes it seems warmer," he said.
But from now through the rest of the semester, many students will be wearing shorts instead of jeans.
Thompson said he enjoyed cut-off jeans.
"It's nice to take a pair of pants you're going to throw away and make something out of them," he said.
This season, slightly baggier shorts in khakis and olives are standard fare.
Plain, nonpleated shorts with button fronts are featured this season at The Gap in Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, said
Steven Spurgeon, assistant manager at the clothing store. Spurgeon said popular colors included olive, khaki and salt.
"We're seeing a lot of plain fronts that go about two inches above the knee," Spurgeon said.
The Gap also is featuring cargo shorts, which have pockets on the sides and situated lower than in other shorts.
"We're trying to pick up on that grunge thing." Spurgeon said.
A perennial favorite continues to be denim shorts. At The Gap, Spurgeon said, jeans shorts are a little looser this season.
Longer inseams, which translate into baggier shorts, are popular with The Buckle, 805 Massachusetts St.
Greg Schroeder, manager of The Buckle said that the most popular style was a knee-length denim short and that KU students liked a creamy khaki, sometimes called "natural." color.
"Here in Lawrence, they want more traditional basics," Schroeder said.
Another popular style is a plaid short, a kind some people refer to as the "skate-boarder" look.
Benny Tarwater, Tulsa, Okla., senior, said he enjoyed khaki shorts for a particular reason.
"I like khakis because they look good when your legs get dark," he said.
Another favorite of Tarwater's is cut-off jeans.
"Every summer it's pretty much a ritual for me to cut off all my jeans," he said.
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