Are formal shorts making their return? Kristen Stewart’s 2022 Oscars look indicates the trend is coming back
that the two exchanged on the red carpet had me wiping an honest-to-God tear from my eye, because 15-year-old Twihard me could simply never have imagined that the star of my favorite film franchise could come out and look so happy...or, for that matter, that I could.)
Now that I’ve extolled the virtues of Stewart’s Oscar look and the apparent joy of her relationship, let’s get down to brass tacks. I am, in a word,that the stunning success of her custom Chanel ensemble will inspire a resurgence in arguably the most chilling trend to come out of the early to mid aughts: formal shorts. I just can’t do it again, guys. I don’t have it in me.
I’m all for us mere mortals attempting to pull off the looks that celebrities like Stewart wear with aplomb, and if you’re moved to wear formal shorts to your next black-tie event, I salute you . What I’m worried about, though, is a seismic fashion shift so powerful that even I, a conscientious formal-shorts objector, am forced to stock my closet with pair after pair in order to remain even vaguely on trend.