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 ...

Footwear. The most common mistake men make with shorts is wearing the wrong shoes and socks. Shorts are casual; they do not go with dark leather laced shoes and dark business socks.

He’d wear them all year. “I would be wearing a pair of cargo camo shorts with a hoodie in 30-degree weather while I was waiting for the bus,” he recalls.

Paul Mescal, the GAA player from Co Kildare turned Oscar nominee, has been flexing his fashion muscles again. “I’m a fan of the short inseam,” Mescal, donning - you guessed it - short shorts ...