Boxer Short Fashion continues momentum, as law-makers outlaw sagging boxer shorts, the trend continues to grow. The truth is, the boxers out of the jeans style would most likely have faded on it's own. But if the "establishment" hates it, kids love it. Boxer Shorts are here to stay.
I turned 30 four months ago. I suppose I made the big "three-oh" particularly significant, because I started to work for myself, and I got married at around the same time. So far, in my limited experience of them, my thirties are turning out to be a very different bundle of years to my twenties.
Some people dread thirty. I never did. It seemed to hold all sorts of promise. In your thirties, you should have your life sorted out, and I unintentionally lined things up so that when my birthday rolled around, I was a fully-fledged adult with a husband and a business - a far cry from the walking-sandalled, backpacking hippie from the year before.
In my family, we age well - my mother is still in fine fettle approaching sixty, not looking a day over 39 - so I didn't ever feel that there was the beginning of a downhill slope approaching for me (certainly not at 30, anyway).
But all of a sudden, I've started to notice little things I've started thinking and doing, and the only conclusion I can draw about them is "oh my god, I'm getting old."
Saggy-bottom boys
The first thing - and this sign of ageing crept in when I was in my mid twenties - I abhor low-slung jeans. I'm not talking about hipsters, I'm talking about that dumbass skater fashion statement of wearing jeans hanging lower than the butt crack, with funky boxer shorts bulging out the top.
It just looks silly. Wearers have to walk funny to keep them up. I read somewhere that the fashion originated in prisons, where inmates aren't allowed to wear belts, so their pants hang. Whether this is true or not, I have no idea, but emulating "gangtsa" fashion seems a bit inane to me.
My husband, who is obviously younger at heart than I, points out that all fashion has its roots in inane sources, but I'm unwavering on these pants - the wearers just look like they're trying too hard.
Health food has also started to taste good. I was never a fast food grease addict, but I liked things rich and complex. The joy I now get out of a plate of chicken breast with parsley and flaked almonds, dressed with olive oil and lemon juice is a clear indicator that I'm in a new phase in my life.
It's not just that I feel like I'm being healthy so I feel good about myself. The mingling of the clean tart flavors genuinely seem delicious to me, whereas a fillet steak in cream sauce has started to feel a bit like overkill.
Get prepared to start shopping for your Back-to-School Boxer Shorts and than Halloween, Christmas Santa Boxers are right around the novelty corner.
Holiday Boxer Shorts - Christmas, Halloween, Valentines, St. Patricks day, Fathers day, Golf, Paintball, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Baseball
