What it is:
Miu Miu mini dresses aside, the most popular trend this summer will be super-short pants. Tiny hot pants were front and center in the Spring/Summer 2024 collection, some barely cut and others featuring vintage-inspired waistlines. While celebrities were all over the super-short shorts craze last year, their prevalence on the catwalks next season only hints at their continued influence in the year ahead as they begin to take to the street form with their flare and vivacious style.
Why you’ll want it:
The teen shorts trend is likely a compensation for the popular miniature miniskirts that have taken collections by storm over the past year, and it seems to be an evolution of this confidence-boosting way of dressing. As a result, the cultural mindset of women taking responsibility for their bodies and dressing in a way that makes them feel comfortable has only begun to grow in the last few years and will continue into the future. It’s this that makes miniature shorts the perfect addition to this summer’s closet, providing a cool and stylish piece to a shopper’s holiday suitcase.
Where we’ve seen it before:
The Spring/Summer 2024 miniature shorts come in a wide variety of shorts, a look that can be seen in tons of shows in every fashion city. They also vary greatly in style and material. For example, leather and PVC-like iterations could be seen in the collections of Isabel Marant, Chloé, Egonlab and Laquan Smith, the latter two offering silhouettes so refined that the lining unfolded outward underneath. Other brands favored their own pairings. Alexander McQueen showed a structured denim jacket and shorts, Victoria Beckham paired it with a matching oversized pink blouse, and Christian Cowan’s voluminous hemline look was paired with a corset and a long Blazer.
How to style it:
Pairing it with shorts is indeed an easy and stylish way to wear super short pants. Whether it’s a fitted jacket or a ruffled shirt, this outfit always comes together in a stylish way that’s perfect for a beach vacation. The look can be further enhanced with sleek knee-high boots (as styled by Alexander McQueen) or lace-up sandals from the Chloé show, which are more summer-friendly. As an alternative, edgy blouses are also popular tops, with styles ranging from fitted styles to exaggerated proportions.
This is the golden year of the micro-short summer. The natural evolution of this mini trend has swept the celebrity world, and as retailers begin to develop in-store collections, shorts are only going to become a more permanent fixture in the casual closet.
