If you want to spend the summer in comfort and openness, shorts are the perfect bottom for your outfit. However, the wrong choice of shorts can make you look like a boy, so it is important to know how to choose shorts with a mature look and technique. In this issue, the OTOKOMAE editorial department will introduce tips and recommended items to make a shorts coordinate look more mature, using snaps taken overseas as examples!
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Tips for making a shorts coordinate look mature: 1) “Pair them with a beautiful top for a classy look.”
To make shorts look elegant and smart, it is quick and easy to combine them with a beautiful top with a collar and buttons. A shirt or a tailored jacket will give a more mature look, and the shorts will also work as a stylish addition to the outfit. However, the dressiness of the material and design can create a sense of awkwardness, so be careful when selecting items to pair with shorts. We recommend casual dress items such as a freshly washed shirt and an unconventional jacket.
For example, coordinate like this…
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| (1) Brooks Brothers shirt | Click here for details and purchase |
| (2) Chiriccolo 1901 shorts | Click here for details and to purchase |
| (3) G.H. Bass Loafers | Click here for details/purchase |
For example, coordinate like this…
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| (1) Canali shirt | Click here for details/purchase |
| (2) Gentleman Project T-shirts | Click here for details/purchase |
| (3) Fortella shorts | Click here for details/purchase |
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