12 Reasons Summer Style Is the Worst

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Foot funk is hard to fight when the dogs are sweating it out in the portable gulags you call "shoes." After several hours walking around—especially without socks—your kicks can reek so badly you actually consider throwing your grails away.

People are of two sides about shorts: They either embrace them or totally hate them. While camo shorts are a streetwear staple, street style has led to the rise in wearing shorts with a suit jacket—a look most guy's simply can't pull off. 

It really sucks when you're fresh out of the shower, put on your cologne or whatever, throw on a tee, and then have to go outside for a second to get the mail. The sun beats down on you for all of five seconds and you come back in smelling like boiled sweat. Damn you, mother nature!

Trying to break in a pair of raw jeans? Consider waiting a looooong time. Raw denim and warm weather just don't mix. You'll be uncomfortable, sweat inside your pants, and make them smell like a wet dog just in the course of one day. The real move is getting a new pair once fall hits, wear them throughout winter and spring, and once summer comes around you'll have a nice, worn-in pair you can throw on whenever it isn't sweltering.

More sweat = more stink. More stink = more laundry. While you may be able to get a few wears out of a shirt when it's cooler out, good luck trying to do that in the summer.

Are you ripped? No? Then you probably can't pull off a tank top. Which is sad, because they more comfortable than a graphic tee when it's super hot outside. So unless you have the kind of cannons you can bring out at the gun show, it's best you hide the pea shooters under some sleeves, unless you want to look like Richard Simmons.

Summer is by far the worst time for black clothes. Since the color keeps in heat, dressing in full-on street goth regalia means you're a walking easy-bake oven. Maybe consider switching it up to white? Or else you're left with rocking leather sweats with long tanks like Kanye. 

Who really wears summer scarves anyway? Like... what possible weather could be appropriate for a linen piece of fabric around your neck? If it's cold enough for a scarf... shouldn't you just put on a thicker jacket? Maybe pop your collar? There's no way to put on layers in summertime weather without people thinking you're trying way too hard.

We actually can't believe we're saying this... but mandals are heavy in the fashion world right now. From collaborations between Teva and Urban Outfitters to high fashion runways like Astrid Andersen, the love child of flip-flops and monkstraps might be dominating the streets soon. Thing is, if you wanna pull off a pair, it requires serious confidence. Looking like a grandpa on acid is not for the faint of heart.

The hard part about buying summer clothes is that you have such a limited time window in which you can really rock them. Unless you're frequently vacationing near the beach or live in an area where the climate is consistently tropical, it doesn't make sense to drop a lot of dough on pieces you'll heavily wear for two or three months out of the year. Chinos, jeans, and polos can be worn year-round, but shorts and tank tops? Not so much.

Sunglasses look cool when they're on your face, but when you step indoors or in the shade, they go from accessory to nuisance Should you hang them on your shirt? Put them in your pocket? Since you're usually just in shorts and a tee, you don't have a jacket pocket to stash them in. That makes them a hundreds times easier to misplace, leave in a cab, and altogether lose. Which really sucks if they're an expensive pair.

The less said about this, the better.