Elordi is not alone with an elevated approach to shorts. A$AP Rocky donned a Raf Simons designed short suit set late last year for an upscale date night with his partner Rihanna. The rapper has routinely turned these styles into youthful ensembles worthy for formal affairs, including a Prada number for Milan Fashion Week. Younger stars are embracing it as well Gossip Girl star Evan Mock donned couture Thom Browne shorts at the 2021 Met Gala, paired with a latex mask, while at Cannes Film Festival last month, Troye Sivan dished out a gender fluid interpretation of fancy shorts by pairing his with a loose cut out blouse. The de casualization of shorts is more than apparent on runways, too. Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino sent out a cadre of models in pleated shorts in white, black, camel, brown, red and more for the brand’s spring 2024 show. Sometimes they were paired with blazers with thick shoulder pads or a knitted polo with a matching tie—explicitly office minded garb. Over at Dior, creative director Kim Jones has developed a penchant for crafting boyish pastel hued short sets crafted with a skater boy sensibility.
Of course, no designer has worked harder, or longer, at making a strong case for formal shorts than designer Thom Browne. The designer has long sent out masterfully tailored short suit sets on his runways for years. He practices what he preaches, too—short suits are a signature uniform. Then again, Browne does have the chutzpah to go behind such a bold style maneuver—he leads a successful global brand and is chairman of the CFDA. But I think, in today’s increasingly anything goes menswear landscape, even an intern could pull the look off. With the right calibration. All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may earn affiliate revenue on this article and commission when you buy something. All white outfits might be all the rage with celebrities this summer, but Selena Gomez knows nothing semaphores Parisian chic quite like black. The singer turned actor was snapped leaving a restaurant in the French capital in a suitably Gallic combination of black dress, black trench coat and black patent leather Saint Laurent shoulder bag.
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