Like jeans, bike shorts show off the human form implicitly, without the explicit lascivious connotations of lingerie.
Someone can look good without looking tawdry.
And also like jeans, they are unisex, in fitting with the feminist ideals of modern times. The athletic connotations also help the status of the wearer. As this example shows, designers who build in one type of human factors into a product may find that the product grows in appeal for a completely different set of human factors. Institute of Design. All right reserved.