Shorts Are the New Pants

For at least the last half-decade, menswear has been preoccupied with pants. In recent years, trousers have gotten bigger, wider, and slouchier, with sharp pleats pinched like folded paper and hems that pool over shoes with ease. They became the true statement-makers of an outfit. Designers spent season after season stretching the silhouette until there was seemingly nowhere left to go. And if this Paris Fashion Week proved anything, it’s that there’s a new hotbed for menswear…