Dress shorts, we'll grant you, used to be a bit of an oxymoron. These days, most of your favorite pants are readily available in summer-ready form: khakis, sweats, hell, even jeans . And yet, the specific type of breezy capital-T Trousers all over the runway—and on the shelves of your local big-box brand—haven't had much in the way of warm-weather counterparts … until now.

This is a huge relief: If you’re going to lunch on vacation, or spending the day at a beach club, or if you’ve got friends with a place upstate (lucky you), you’re really going to need a pair of shorts that weren’t made for the gym. That's where the best dress shorts for men come in.

As for how to wear the style, there are two paths to take, best embodied perhaps by two of the most stylish men working in fashion to

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