Short Supply
In the summer, at least in my free wear-whatever-I-want time, I find that shorts are all I ever feel like putting on. It gets so hot in New York City—that sticky, nasty humid kind of hot which basically means fewer clothes = better. Last year I bought a pair of paper-thin black cuffed Helmut Lang shorts and wore them just about daily, which I take as a sign that I should acquire another pair to keep in the rotation. I can already tell that these navy cotton ones by In God We Trust are it. There's a row of little white buttons running down each side that add a charming English-schoolboy-goes-sailing quality, but they're still simple enough to wear in lots of different ways. For evening cocktails somewhere in the neighborhood, I'd add a drapey silk blouse and patent leather sandals, and they'd be just as good with a heather gray tee for wandering around Central Park. And they also happen to be priced on sale at an astoundingly cheap $20. Sizes are limited, but if you're a 2, 4, or 6 you're in luck.
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