Paul Mescal can pull off short-shorts, but can ordinary men? | Barbara Ellen

I'm preparing to avert my gaze from the victims of this summer's fashion fad, championed by the young actor Something strange is happening to men's shorts. They're no longer shorts, rather they're short-shorts. Last week, Normal People actor Paul Mescal, soon to appear in Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2, went viral after rocking up at the Gucci menswear show in Milan wearing short-shorts. "I'm a big advocate for men wearing shorter shorts," said Mescal, an official Gucci ambassador. Teamed with a shi...