{{Short description|Style of athletic shorts}}
{{Infobox clothing type | name = Dolphin shorts | image_file = Hooters Calendar Girl Melissa Poe.jpg | image_size = | caption = Melissa Poe, a Hooters waitress, wearing orange Dolphin shorts | type = Athletic shorts for men or women | material = Fabric | manufacturer = Dolfin | url = }}
'''Dolphin shorts''' or '''Dolfins''' are a style of unisex shorts designed to be worn for athletics.
==Descriptions== thumb|A white and pink pair of dolphin shorts. Dolphin shorts are a style of unisex shorts designed to be worn for athletics. They are typically very short and were originally made from nylon with contrasting binding, side slits, and rounded corners, with a waistband at the top—a style popular in the 1980s.<ref name="mansour">{{cite book |last1=Mansour |first1=David |title=From Abba to Zoom a pop culture encyclopedia of the late 20th century |date=2005 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Pub. |location=Kansas City, MO |isbn=9780740793073 |page=126 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7GN0E_diWbAC&pg=PA126}}</ref><ref name="negley" />
==History== The name is from Dolfin, the American company that first produced this style of shorts in the 1980s.<ref name="negley">{{cite news |last1=Negley |first1=Erin|title=Which 'Wet Hot American Summer' outfit is made in Pennsylvania Dutch country? |url=http://lancasteronline.com/features/trending/which-wet-hot-american-summer-outfit-is-made-in-pennsylvania/article_59aded40-5660-11e5-8f5f-8fd7bc951be0.html |access-date=1 January 2016 |work=Lancaster Online |agency=LNP Media Group |date=8 September 2015}}</ref>
==Popular culture== * Due to their shortness, they are considered a form of hotpants.<ref name="girlculture">{{cite book| first=Lynn| last=Peril| editor1-last=Mitchell |editor1-first=Claudia |editor2-last=Reid-Walsh|editor2-first=Jacqueline|title=Girl Culture: Studying girl culture : a readers' guide |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313339097 |pages=362–3 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=arQy0v_PBx4C&pg=PA362 |language=en |chapter=Hot Pants| date=30 December 2007}}</ref> * One high-profile wearer of dolphin shorts was Richard Simmons, who boasted of owning 400 pairs of vintage Dolfins in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGinnis |first1=Sara |title=Richard Simmons' new life as Dickie Jukebox|url=http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/958729/richard-simmons-new-nickname-dickie-jukebox|access-date=2 January 2016|work=SheKnows.com|date=27 April 2012}}</ref> * {{As of|2012}}, Orange Dolfin shorts are specified as part of the uniform for waitresses at Hooters restaurants.<ref name="girlculture" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Finkel |first1=David |date=2 October 2012 |title=At Hooters, Men are Men and the Women are Girls. Anbody got a problem with that? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-hooters-men-are-men-and-the-women-are-girls-anbody-got-a-problem-with-that/2012/10/02/9ad5a954-0cb0-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511211630/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-hooters-men-are-men-and-the-women-are-girls-anbody-got-a-problem-with-that/2012/10/02/9ad5a954-0cb0-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html |archive-date=11 May 2015 |access-date=2 January 2016 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>
==See also== * Running shorts
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Category:1980s fashion Category:Trousers and shorts