We’re Trapped In A Menswear Echo Chamber. Can Women Help Us Break Out?

As part of a recent interview to promote season two of Shrinking, an Apple TV+ comedy about therapists, Harrison Ford was asked about short shorts. This isn’t as weird as it sounds. The question, specifically, referenced a certain notable pair of short shorts that Ford wore in a proto-‘fit pic snapped at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival — tiny, navy blue shorts, with a perfect upper-mid-thigh inseam.

Once innocuous, this particular photograph has gained mythical status in recent years. Sometimes accompanied in a carousel with a number of Paul Mescal snapshots, it’s been bandied about across social media as a visual example of the platonic short-shorts ideal. Menswear guys literally cannot get enough of it.  Read more at Inside Hook.