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Brief encounters: short shorts in the spotlight at Gucci menswear show
On the front row, the brand’s ambassador, Paul Mescal, wore a striped cotton pair that at first glance could have been mistaken for boxers
He was one of the first to thrust micro shorts into the spotlight when he was pictured circa 2020 in a pair from his local GAA team (Gaelic Athletic Association), an Irish sporting organisation that Mescal previously played football for. Photograph: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for GucciHeld at the Triennale Milano, a sprawling design and art museum in Lombardy, the show was the third men’s collection under the stewardship of Sabato de Sarno, who was named creative director in January 2023. Serena and Venus Williams alongside De Sarno’s parents joined Mescal on the front row, which comprised individual lacquered and cornichon-coloured box-shaped seats set against the backdrop of the Triennale’s vast literature section.
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