Dad bod summer, get over here. Dad’s short summer is upon us. Football shorts are a common sight for everyone’s favorite short-shorts-wearing, dad-in-training, Paul Mescal, who played a heartbreaking father in 2022’s heartbreaking Aftersun. There’s flexibility in the airy clothing. Consider the clothes that you or your father formerly wore in the 1990s.
Gucci, which sent 40 pairs of shorts down the runway at their Milan spring summer 2025 menswear show and where Mescal was spotted sitting in the front row in a dressier, white pinstripe version of his staple short, seems to have been inspired by Mescal’s advocacy for short shorts this summer.
Mescal stated to GQ, “I’m a big advocate for men wearing shorter shorts.” It has to do with proportion, in my opinion: a shorter short with perhaps a longer top.
Chioma Nnadi, the editor of British Vogue, disputes Mescal’s assessment of the proportions. “It seems like he’s on the verge of not pulling it off,” she said in an interview with Vogue’s The Run Through podcast. Chloe Malle, Nnadi’s co-host, issued a warning: “Guys, don’t try this at home!.
