Kick Off Your Spring Gear With These Top Shorts

About.com Men's Fashion Guide, Daniel Billett, drops his pants for fashionable Spring/Summer shorts. To the privileged that are able to go half-cropped all year round, I'm sure warm weather solicits little excitement. However, for those of us who are forced to shuffle seasonal gear, the shear anticipation of hot sticky days makes us want to hit the streets with calves exposed.

If we've learned anything this year—especially from Ms. Naomi Campbell—it's to look our best (even under the most dire of unsanitary circumstances). After all, a self-confident and well-dressed man can practically have their pick of the boys in the yard. So why not part the streets, as my friend puts it, when you step out this Spring/Summer? A starting point to a hot you in a hot wardrobe is Daniel Billett's top picks in men's shorts.

This season is all about plaid. What do you think: Are you down with the criss-cross or will you go against the thread?

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