Every few years, the same question surfaces: How short should shorts be?
Micro-inseams are trending, but almost any length goes.Nickelson Wooster, a fashion consultant and a frequent subject of street style photographers, is known, among other things, for his taste in shorts. He wears them long and short, loose and tight, in leather, wool and twill.
Ross Figlerski, 32, recently started leaning into truncated inseams. “I’m a bigger guy, and I find them a lot more flattering and reliable for whatever outfit I end up wearing,” said Figlerski, who lives in Brooklyn.Inseam trends move up and down like an accordion. In the 1950s, flared, foot-long Bermuda shorts washed up on American shores.
Designer Willie Norris said she was interested in “why the short inseam vigor is so strong with straight men.” Gay men, Norris added, have long chosen their inseam lengths without the same sort of heated debate: “This type of granular sartorial stance is something I see straight men participating in far more than gay men.”
Nostalgia isn’t the only thing driving inseam choices. Liam Burack, a 15-year-old high school sophomore from Johnstown, Colorado, says that “quite short” shorts have been popular among his friends since the pandemic, largely for practical reasons. Some designers aren’t thinking too much about which way the wind is blowing. Daiki Suzuki, founder of the brand Engineered Garments, was a bit surprised to learn about the shifting style in short lengths. Suzuki, whose label specializes in adventurous and coveted interpretations of Ivy style and American work wear, said that he typically keeps inseams between 9 and 11 inches when he’s designing a new pair.
Zach Pollakoff, 39, remembered when, as a college student, it seemed like a “big statement” if someone was wearing super short shorts. “It was like, OK, he’s not a frat dude, he’s not an academic. That’s an indie music kid.”
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