Wear these with shorts. I love the Geek look with these just barely sticking out above my low cut lace-up boots. Wear with your iPhone pouch belt mounted case plus (short) slide rule case on the opposite side. A pocket protector with ball point, drafting pencil and red/blue pencil will complete the short pant Geek image. Black rim glasses of course. The size seems a tad small. They look smart with Bass Weejuns if you're wearing long pants.  I didn't need 12 pair, so I gave 6 pair as birthday gifts to acquaintances.