It's Officially Been a Short Shorts Summer According to Paul Mescal and Sabrina Carpenter's Fashion Choices

by Mariana Federici

Summer of 2024 was the perfect time to bring back some of fashion’s most comfortably iconic pieces.

One of the main reasons for the popularity is their androgynous fitting - so it’s no surprise that short shorts are back in style and more harmonious than ever.

Two remarkable brands that sought to provide the public with the best quality short shorts, while still maintaining mobility and mode, are HORDE and YEF.

HORDE Studio has outdone themselves ever since the year of opening in 2023, where runways continue to show off incredibly original patterns, including: denim-on-denim, cheetah prints, street-style, and many more groovy designs.

While HORDE shows off their unique blueprint, YEF Studio portrays an elegant and well carried line of clothing with a mixture of modern fashion and sophisticated late eras. Each piece is manufactured with such detailing, precision, and a relaxed fit for everyone’s taste. Their newest collection embodies the designer’s vision perfectly to a chic, simple getaway tailor.

In fashion especially, sometimes the beauty of simplicity outshines the most dramatic scenes.

This trend accentuates women’s confidence in more ways than one.

Not only are they the perfect piece as we move into the warm weather, they also allow for flexible wardrobe mixes such as a casual t-shirt, tank top, oversized shirts, or even hoodies to be worn with.

You can pretty much mix and match however preferable. Sabrina Carpenter, for example, has grown to become modern royalty within the entertainment business.

Carpenter was spotted wearing denim short shorts at Disneyland in 2023 with the cutest Powerpuff Girls Y2K graphic tee. And it’s no secret that the “polly pocket” popstar can pull off anything while influencing her fans to do the same.

Among those trend setters, we have Normal People sensation, Paul Mescal, who got the memo of this summers’ fits. Short shorts for the win!

The actor was spotted multiple times this year, wearing short shorts to events and day to day. Frequently paired up with a blouse t-shirt or polo for a more effortless look.

At the spring/summer 2025 Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week, Mescal decided to keep it simple and cool with some classy/casual short shorts, black loafers, and a loose light buttoned Oxford blue shirt. The actor claimed “I’m a big advocate for men wearing shorter shorts.”

His advocacy for the short shorts have shown numerous times this year alone. And why shouldn’t they? They’re awesome.

Edited by Emily Duff

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