By Gabi Meyers | Last Updated: Aug 4 2016

*Disclaimer: This was all my idea and I’m here to push your boundaries, so hear me out*

Yes, cargo shorts are a truly terrible, horrible, fashion mishap that really had it’s day in 2008. We were in a time where it was almost as if there were no other summer bottom options for men who wanted to show off their leg hair. These baggy, amorphous skin colored short pants managed to hold everything you could ever possibly need and more, while doing absolutely nothing positive for your body.

So why would we want to resurrect a beast that we’ve finally managed to eradicate? As is the case with measles, there is always a potential for a comeback. Some forward thinker thought, “hey, why don’t we take the only good part of cargo pants – extra storage – and apply that characteristic to our favorite shorts of today?” From this thought, or so I can only assume, bloomed the modern cargo short.

Their streamlined silhouette is the same as your standard chino shorts, and with the pocket placed in the front, you lose the weird saddlebag effect of the cargo shorts of yore.

Popover: Carhartt WIP, $88 | Hat: Post Imperial, $210 | Sneakers: Sperry Top-sider, $60 

Sunglasses: Frank + Oak, $170 | Bracelet: Miansai, $65 | Watch: Nixon, $100