Most men treat shorts as an afterthought and it shows. Ripstop fabric used to be purely utilitarian, the kind of thing you’d find on a hiking trail or a military base, but the better brands have figured out how to make it work in a way that looks considered rather than tactical. The weave gives you durability without the stiffness, and it moves well enough that you’re not fighting the fabric when you actually do anything in them. We’ve been paying attention to fit above everything else here because ripstop in a bad cut just looks like surplus gear. The ones we’ve pulled together sit at a length that works, have enough pocket organization to be useful without looking overdone, and come in colors that don’t require a specific outfit to justify them. Some are built for travel. Some are just good everyday shorts that happen to be basically indestructible. All of them are worth the money.