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This month's GQ, under "Amp Up Your Style," has a short how-to piece making cutoffs -- taking a $145 pair of DKNY chinos to do the job. Obviously, we would not likely pay $145 for a pair of chinos to begin with, and if we did, would certainly not be making them into cutoffs, but we digress . . . This got us to thinking, though -- cutoffs for men? Is this acceptable? Jack says, in a word, no. Let's qualify that -- no, unless you are 21 or under, hiking through the deep woods, OR are in the midst of a pick-up basketball game on the neighborhood playground (and even then they must -- MUST -- be to the knee at least). If you are outside of those three circumstances, then we say get a regular pair of shorts and leave the ragged edges to the kids. Yup, growing up is hard.

Okay, that's our take -- but what do you have to say? Are cutoffs a fashion Yea or a huge style Nay?


Yup, you can buy 'em that way: Levi's 501 Cut Off Shorts, $54, LevisStore.com