Super Short Shorts Are Back Big Time (2024)

For some reason or another, pant trends always seem to be controversial. We may have just gotten past theskinny jeans vs. baggy jeansdebate, but another trend is already arising with a handful of naysayers: Super short shorts.

Short pant trends have been particularly polarizing over the past few years, but it has not always been the case. Back in the day, we use to move as a united front. In the early 2000s, short shorts dominated. However, by the latter half of the decade, our shorts had become so long they were almost capris.

In the early and late 2010s, with the rise of music festivals, fashion bloggers, and Tumblr popularized high-waisted, cut-off jeans, and so tight-fitting short shorts became the go-tos.

Though in apparent decline already, COVID-19 lockdowns brought our focus to casual and comfortable styles, and short shorts were finally dethroned. Over the past couple of years,bike shorts, as well as retro-inspiredmom shortswith longer and looser silhouettes, have remained popular between both celebrities and the general public.