Although denim has existed since the 17th century, jean shorts are relatively new to the fashion lexicon.
, when the demand for sturdy workwear skyrocketed. Still, its spawn jean shorts—or jorts—were not a part of the sartorial lexicon until just over 50 years ago.
The counterculture movement in the 1960s brought about the rise of jean shorts. Prior to this, wearing shorts in public was considered a grave impropriety, with some cities going so far as to ban them outright. By the late ’60s, aided by a free-love, anti-authority mentality, folks began hacking the legs off their jeans to create shorts.
Soon enough, jorts were everywhere—and getting shorter by the year. Cutoffs found a home in the punk scene in the ’70s, with stars including Debbie Harry and Patti Smith embracing their counterculture roots. Starting in 1979 through the mid-’80s, Catherine Bach donned the most famous pair of jorts to ever grace television as Daisy Duke in. To this day, the itty-bitty thigh grazers still bear her character’s name and have inspired cultural references galore.
In the 1980s, hemlines grew longer, waists got higher, and washes were lighter. Tennis legend Andre Agassi even played the 1988 US Open in a pair of acid-wash jorts. By the ’90s, hip-hop culture in New York introduced a new approach to jean shorts, with rappers like Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Killah Priest endorsing a baggier silhouette. But by no means were short-shorts obsolete. Azzedine Alaïa sent them down the runway in 1991, and Cindy Crawford filmed her 1992cameo in teeny-tiny cutoffs.
In the 1990s, hemlines diverged: Some preferred the überbaggy longer shorts pioneered by the hip-hop scene, while others followed the lead of punk singers like
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