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<p>6-8 inch inseam shorts are rather short, and many men will need considerable diet and exercise discipline to keep looking good wearing 6-8 inch inseam shorts (men wearing shorts that are wider than they are long do not look particularly good, if that is the goal).</p>
<p>Regarding the tackiness or ugliness of khaki / chino / cargo shorts in general, it has a lot more to do with the styling than the presence of the extra pockets. (Some of the non-cargo shorts examples posted upthread are rather ugly and tacky looking compared to one (not all) of the cargo shorts examples also posted upthread.)</p>