They were not a style I would ever have pointed to and said, that is a good idea. They weren't entirely awful. A couple of the guys looked okay. However mostly they were an awkward length. It depends on the length of the guys legs and what shoes go with it. If the socks go up too high then it looks very very bad. In order to sucessfully pull off the male capri pant the choice of the shoe/sock combination must be very judicious.