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Read our privacy notice . As temperatures creep up, London’s style-savvy set starts showcasing more skin. Baby tees , mini slips and cami tops saturate the city’s fashion hotspots, from Portobello Road to Brick Lane via Victoria Park.
You may have noticed an influx of shorts-sporting cosmopolitans who are particularly keen for summer to set in. Your eyes don’t deceive you. Shorts are a hot topic of conversation for summer, promising both fashion and function wrapped up in one thigh-skimming silhouette.
Typically not considered appropriate for the office, shorts are primarily worn for out-of-office occasions only. Weekends call for on-trend denim designs, while festivals encourage kaleidoscopic crochet. According to Pinterest , searches for ‘gingham shorts’ have rocked by 770 per cent since last year, positioning the picnic-themed designs front and centre of the trends cycle for summer 2024.
The checkered print has taken over from vintage-inspired jorts, a divisive cut beloved by It-girls such as Hailey Bieber and Bella Hadid. eBay dubbed the slacks the definitive microtrend of 2023, with searches for ‘jorts’ on the platform soaring by a huge 1398 per cent. Of course, shorts play a key role when packing for.
