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What: Park & Ronen solid-colored snap swim trunks for $85 each. Why it’s worth the splurge: We’ve already ditched knee-length swim trunks for box cut styles. Now we’re going to upgrade to quality swimwear that can be used for upcoming vacations and summers to come. Parke & Ronen’s low-rise snap button trunks are available in about 15 different solid colors. The stretch material is comfortable and bodes well body shapes while the color options and classic style makes this splurge …

Looking sharp is as easy as taking sheers to a faded pair of pants. As the fashion world springs ahead to 2009, we’ve been seeing cutoff shorts above the knee. “It’s just cooler, more casual," the new fashion director of Details magazine Michael Macko said to the New York Times. Browse the Times slideshow of options and catch onto the trend with the following picks that are available now. Cutoff knee shorts in throwback blue denim with the same fit as …

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 …