Pleated Shorts For Men

Designer Eunice Lee can still recall the moment in the mid-1990s when her bosses at DKNY’s design studio sent out this message, officially banning pleated pants from their collections. “That comment ...

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In 2025, who among us can really ID the absolute best shorts for men? TikTok teens would have you believe that a 5-inch inseam is the only length that matters. (Mea culpa: we’ve done our fair share of ...

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London Evening Standard: Best shorts for men in 2024 and how to style them

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The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Shorts are one of the hardest garments to wear well. Even as a ...

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Summer is not without its nuisances: allergies, insects, and the low-rise, thigh-hugging cotton shorts that many men live in between June and August. These less-than-slightly specimens are essentially ...

GQ: The Best Dress Shorts for Men Do All the Work for You

The Best Dress Shorts for Men Do All the Work for You

After more than a decade of flat-front, slimmer-is-better propaganda, this news may come as an unexpected—and unwelcome—surprise to even the most enterprising men of style: Pleated pants are back.

AOL: The Best Pleated Pants for Men Never Actually Go Out of Style

The Best Pleated Pants for Men Never Actually Go Out of Style

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Pleated trousers were popular before World War II. Pleated pants, especially of the double reverse pleat variety, were commonplace in the 1980s and 1990s, but by the late 2000s they had fallen out of favour.