What do you want from a pair of shorts? It’s an interesting question as everyone has different requirements. Around the pool, men like to wear slightly shorter shorts as you don’t want a dreaded mid-leg tan line. When out and about in town, you’ll want shorts which are at least mid-length, with a 5″ or longer inseam.
You then start to realise you need more than one pair of shorts and it becomes complicated. Life should be easier, men don’t want to make complicated purchasing decisions and, here at Short Motivation, we often get asked if we can recommend a ‘goto’ pair of universal shorts which will see you through the day. And we often struggle to make a recommendation.
Step up OGUY Apparel, a small American brand who may have gone unnoticed, but we’d seriously recommend you pay some attention as these guys are deadly serious in bringing you the perfect short. Indeed, their mission statement is Live In Your Shorts as they want to perfect a short you can wear from morning through evening.
Alex, one half of Short Motivation, in the original navy Luxe Leisure
We believe they might have met their own high expectations with the second revision of the Luxe Leisure short, first released in 2017. The new range includes colour options in Black, Navy, Charcoal, Grey and limited edition colours of Olive and Red. The Luxe Leisure is best described as the ultimate leisure short, with a soft and comfortable fabric, yet with a sturdy, formal and conservative design. You can as easily wake up on a morning and put your Luxe Leisure to walk the dog on the beach, as you could meet friends on an evening at the local restaurant. Simply add a crisp white linen shirt for a more formal look.
So, what’s changed in the latest 2018 Luxe Leisure? We asked Chris Martinez from OGUY who told us “we wanted to change, or rather; perfect, the fit and feel of the short. We went back to the drawing board and worked on the pattern and through various stages of testing, we found what works best for this fabric. We are sourcing the best quality Pointe-Di-Roma fabric available. It’s the softest and most durable yet. We also branded our buttons to give it a special touch. We feel the Luxe Leisure Core is the best ath-leisure short out there”.
The Luxe Leisure short is the first release of the forthcoming Capsule 5 collection, which will be fully available from March 2018, but listed on the OGUY Apparel website for pre-order. The Luxe Leisure is a core OGUY short and will be stocked all year in the four key colours.
One highlight from Capsule 5 is the brand new Spotted Terry short, which is a cotton/polyester mix. and we asked OGUY for more information “with its raw hem, contrast buttonhole and colored button is more of a casual short, compared to the Luxe Leisure, which has the fabric has a more luxurious hand”.
All the OGUY shorts have a mid-length 7″ inseam, apart from the brand new Nantucket, which we recently trialled in Miami and were impressed. The Nantucket is a cotton twill short with a cotton/spandex fabric. With it’s 6″ inseam, it’s slightly shorter than the other OGUY shorts, but still ideal for town. Shipping in Khaki and White, we think this is one of favourite cotton shots.
There are other shorts coming with Capsule 5. A revised version of the Uptown is a classicly styled short in a cotton sateen fabric and will be available in Black, Gunmetal and Olive.
We’ve picked four short selections from the up-coming Capsule 5 collection:
The Luxe Leisure Core in Navy
Spotted Terry in Grey
Uptown in Olive
Nantucket in Khaki
That’s our OGUY Apparel overview and, like you, keen to see the full Capsule Collection due March 2018. Keep one eye on the Short Motivation social media for sneak peaks of the new range and also refer to the OGUY Apparel website for release information.
