How To Choose Khaki Shorts

If you're going to buy one pair of shorts this summer, if you need versatility, I would recommend something like this, which comes under many names, it can be a khaki short, it can be a chino short. This will go up or down depending on what you need it to do. You can dress this down by wearing it with flip-flops and probably a t-shirt un-tucked; you could wear that with a linen shirt over top of a tank top, again, a linen shirt un-tucked, a pair of Birkenstocks, a pair of casual flip-flops, and it will go down and be much more casual that way.

You could also wear this in a slightly more smart casual way by putting on some nice quality leather flip-flops, maybe in a nude tan leather color. Put a belt matching the shoes as well. No socks in the sandals.

You could put a linen shirt tucked in, for example, if you've got the good proportions to be able to wear a belt you might tuck the shirt in. And it gives it a little more formality if you tuck the shirt in rather than leaving it hanging down and probably sticking with a neutral color scheme if you're going for a slightly more sophisticated look, maybe a soft white, maybe black, then thinking about matching the black shoes with that and that, you could wear to quite a nice summer barbeque, summer parties, that type of thing. Even to the office, if your office permits a smart casual short look.

These could also be a great look for wearing to the office on a smart casual Friday if your office permits. I would still keep the look a little more upscale by putting it with good quality, maybe men's espadrilles, putting a nice matching belt, and always bearing in mind that tucking in, if it suits the shape of your body, will be slightly more formal than leaving it un-tucked. One final point: this style will suit most shapes for blokes.

They've got the slight bit of pleating in the front which will be also good if you've got a fuller middle. If somebody's got a slightly slimmer build, or what we call a finer bone structure, they might be better to go for a slightly more tailored. The fabric is slightly thinner on these, and they're a little bit shorter as well.

So that's something to take into consideration. We don't want to wear something that's too short in a tailored short, depending on your height and I would say, probably, this style of short should finish just slightly above the knee. And those are some tips for choosing khaki shorts. .