Faro in Midweight Linen

Most men compromise on shorts. Too tapered, too tight, too short, or too flimsy to hold their shape past the first wash. Faro fixes the lot. A clean flat front, just enough taper through the thigh, a length that sits properly above the knee, cuffed hems that give the leg some substance. The kind of shorts you can wear to a beach, a brunch, or a bar, without feeling underdressed at any of them. This edition is cut from midweight European linen, plain woven, the same fabric we use for our linen city pants. Linen demands a little patience and rewards it generously. Out of the box it has body and a dry, honest hand. Some call it stiff. We call it real. After a wash or two it relaxes, the weave opens, and the fabric starts moving with you instead of around you. In peak summer it does what no other fabric can. Breathes. Dries fast. Stays cool against the skin even when the air refuses to. The wrinkles that come are not flaws. They are the fabric telling you it has been somewhere. Wear them with a linen shirt and leather sandals for the unhurried version, a polo and white sneakers for something sharper, a tee and slip-ons for the weekend default. Cuff them up another turn when you wan