The thing is that what suits one person may not suit another. A year or so ago I tried on a skirt: it was pretty, a straight skirt in polka dots, with one of those bias cut flounces round the hem. It looked dead cute on the model, and really nice on the hanger, and made ME look like I should be on the street corner in the red light district!
I too like capri length trousers for summer, and have a couple of pairs (one in nice but ordinary navy blue and the other in lime green!). I don't do shorts, but sometimes it is just too warm for long trousers.
I don't care to expose *my* belly button, and I don't care to see rolls of fat flopping over the tops of trousers coupled with too short tops, but that's just my opinion. You wear it if you like, and I'll keep quiet. There have been some seriously ugly fashions over the years, but they are more on the lines of shoulder pads you could land Concord on, bustles coupled with skirts like festoon blinds, and hats the size of Africa with half a rain forest and a flock of birds decorating them! Oh and those bows the size of pillows you used to get on the backs of wedding dresses...
And I love my hoodie and plan to wear it to Bluewater in the near future! ;)