Most men treat lounge shorts as an afterthought and it shows. Ancient football shorts from a club they no longer support, or something shapeless pulled from the back of a drawer that fits badly and feels worse. The thing is, you wear these more than almost anything else in your wardrobe. Weekend mornings, working from home, evenings in, the days when you are not going anywhere and you know it. That time deserves better kit than the stuff that didn’t make the cut for everything else.

We’ve been looking specifically at shorts that are cut properly, made from fabric that feels good against the skin, and designed with enough consideration that you don’t feel like you’ve completely given up when you’re wearing them. Waistbands that actually function. Lengths that work. Colours worth choosing deliberately. These are not afterthoughts and they don’t feel like them. Once you’ve worn a decent pair, the drawer stuff stays in the drawer.