Short-Sighted

It's kind of early in the year to be talking about this, but the fashion designer Tom Ford says men "should never wear shorts in the city." I understand where he's coming from, but I find this rather unrealistic. But then again, Mr. Ford's version of reality is likely vastly different from mine.

(the following is more or less paraphrased from a comment I posted on The Awl's story on this)

I can appreciate Mr. Ford's intent—after all, he's a designer, of course he wants to see men dress better—but somehow I suspect he doesn't spend many 90+ degree July days walking around in Manhattan (or Boston or any other city) or riding public transit there. I imagine his summers are spent largely in the Hamptons or in Europe, lounging on beaches, and when he does have to return to the city for work, he's driven around by a car service and only has to walk from the door of his home to the car to the door of his office building. If that was my life, I'd probably wear long pants in summer too.