STYLES I LOVE: The Guide: The Skinny on Swimwear

As I've been saying for some posts now, summer is here! And with the coming of this oh so warm season, it's the perfect time to pull off some swag that you normally couldn't at any other time of the year. The quintessential example: swimwear, gents!

Now there's nothing I hate more than going to the beach and seeing men wearing basketball shorts or even worse, boxers (!) to walk the shores. First of all, they're not aesthetically pleasing. Secondly, the material they're made of was not made to hold water. And lastly, the potential for see-through is tremendous. Do me a favor please, put that away.

Good God almighty. Do you want to look like these 'tards?

While board shorts usually do the trick for most of us, I'd like to go a step further. Much like how shorts should fit the right way, so should our trunks. Now, I'm not talking Speedos here. No, no, no, no. I'm talking about the proper fitting that is neither gangsta or DOM. That perfect in-between that seems to elude most swimwear makers nowadays.

I'm talking about above the knee shorts to up about a quarter of the thigh up, fitted just right along the leg and not baggy nor tight by any means. It has that vintage feel to it, but feels modern because of the added breathing room. Ralph Lauren makes it. Lacoste used to. And F&H has some in stock, which I recently copped for only P599.

Now, don't you worry about showing some leg now. If you got it, flaunt it, I always say. And hey, it is summer after all, tan those babies and go live a little, 'ya heard.