I’m seeing photos of the World Cup “footballers” on the front page of the NYT and — I don’t like soccer anyway — I’m dismayed to see the men wearing long shorts like American basketball players. They’ve sacrificed the masculine beauty… for what?
When did this happen? I found an article from 2014, “A long (and short) history of World Cup hemlines and women’s fashion” (Quartz).
My favorite phase in the 1960s:
