- I have to wear it this weekend?
Oh no, I didn't know that was part of it!
Oh god, what do I have to do this weekend?
I don't wanna go out wearing these.
- So it turns out, a lot of people hate cargo shorts.
Or at least have very strong feelings about them.
I don't think they're very fashionable,
but I was surprised by the intensity
of some people's feelings about this.
So I'm gonna talk to some guys around the office
who are gonna explain to me "the thing" about cargo shorts.
- Cargo shorts, oh boy.
- If you wear cargo shorts, you're just
throwin' in the towel on being attractive.
- I like cargo shorts, I was shamed
into not wearing cargo shorts anymore.
- I'm guilty of owning a couple.
- I can see how it looks bad on other people,
but when you're wearing them
you don't have to look at them.
- I mean, obviously, I don't like the way they look
but if I could like fix my brain and everyone else's brains
to make it seem like cargo shorts were a thing,
I would do it!
- If say I was the last man on earth
and there was a nice pair of cargo shorts
I'd wear 'em!
They're nice, they're handy.
- Okay, so to really get the full experience,
four ladies, myself included,
are going to wear cargo shorts for a week.
Let's do this.
- I think they're horrible.
- Makes you wanna drive a minivan
with a bumper sticker that says
"My kid is an honor student"
- The upside is that I don't think
I'll get catcalled in cargo shorts.
- Oh no, god!
- I don't know, they look pretty silly.
- The issue with wearing these for a week
is that this particular week I have a lot going on.
I'm going to a wedding, I'm meeting
my girlfriend's parents for the first time ...
Cargo shorts could be the worst possible thing I could wear.
- Do I have to start wearing it today?
- One, two, three, four, ooh that's a long pocket.
- My boyfriend and I are gonna be twinsies,
'cause he does wear cargo shorts.
- I mean, I can't do a cute pose in this,
you're asking an impossible task.
- I feel even gayer than I thought I could.
- I'm on the street today, wearing my cargo shorts.
My interns think I look like Jane Goodall, but,
I do kind of look like Jane Goodall I'll give them that.
- So I feel sort of bad, because I'm going
to meet friends at a bar, and
I'm not gonna wear my cargo shorts.
- I have yet to experiment with the
wonderful capability to store extra junk.
- [Voiceover] Okay, Brittany had
a bunch of sh*t in her hands
- Not actual sh*t.
- But her cargo shorts came in handy,
and now she has vegan baked goods.
- What, a mini loaf?
Another mini loaf?
- And, turn around, your wallet.
Dun dundun dun!
- Thanks cargo shorts.
- My little girl loves me in cargo shorts.
But really it's not a fashion thing,
it's because I realized that I can keep her treats
in this handy dandy extra compartment.
- I don't know who I am anymore,
but I like cargo shorts.
I like having pockets, and putting my hands in my pockets
and putting stuff in my pockets.
- This week I've been wearing the camo ones
and I really love them, they're comfortable.
More and more I just feel like
this is okay, this is no big deal.
- So, it's been a week.
- I think I had a panic attack
when I first saw them last week,
and I realized that I actually had to wear them every day.
- For the most part, I wore them the whole time
and I feel very free, I feel like a wandering woman.
- I just felt like a 12 year old skater boy
but I have all respect for all dudes who wear cargo shorts.
- I didn't understand the deep connection you can form
with having eight pockets on your body.
- It's so comfortable to use pockets and convenient,
like I didn't really need to carry a purse, which was great.
Like, I get it now, I get why guys would own cargo shorts.
It's not the worst.
- I used to think that they were gross,
and now, now I see a more vulnerable side of cargo shorts.
- I guess it just goes to show you,
don't judge someone until you walk a mile in their shorts.
Like these ones I'm wearing right now.
Still wearing 'em guys, still wearing 'em.