Happy Black (Velvet) Friday with Chubbies

By Cator Sparks Published December 21, 2019

Happy Black Friday Y’all! While we could give you a list of the best deals on the interweb for today, we have something very special right here just for you! Well for three of you…

Our favorite shorts company in the universe, Chubbies, is debuting their very first Tuxedo short just in time for the holidays. There are way too many ‘jingle bells’ references we could make and Kmart owns that this season anyways but these little numbers will sure to get you merry making. The boys over at Chubbie Town are rolling out five color ways: Navy, Bright Blue, Kelly Green, Crimson and Black for the holiday party season.

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Now we know some of y’all may be scratching your heads, but we have readers in warmer climates like Texas, California, Florida and Mexico (Ole!) who are in need of some festive shorts gear to rock this holiday season. And for you boys living in the cold, we double dare you to roll out in these cozy formal shorts for the staff holiday shin dig. We guarantee you will be in too many Instagrams to remember and people will be talking about ‘The night ole Paul wore those Tuxedo shorts in the snow’ for decades.

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Chubbies designer Nick Mannella and Alexis Boerui, Product Director broke down these Tuxedo Shorts for us:

Velvet: Think of these as the classy cords. Guys and cigars around a fire, blazers, fun charity event-goers, and booze.

Tuxedo: Rat Pack, New Years Eve, super high class shiny shoes and champagne. Callouts:

-Satin stripes down the sides

-Actual tuxedo construction on the inside

-Black shiny finish buttons for your braces and true tuxedo pocketing.

-These are 100% wool.

-The bike riding bear in a top hat is also something we are pretty proud of on these!

-When’s the last time you owned a pair of “dry clean only” shorts? With the tuxedos, now ya do.

Now for the giveaway: We will select three guys who share their best holiday memory on our FaceBook page to receive a free pair of the tuxedo shorts from Chubbies. We are expecting pure hilarity people!

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