Short Y2K

Where the jorts collection stays strictly denim, this smaller edit covers everything else — studded jersey shorts, ripped cotton, calligraphy-print pairs and one genuine pair of stretch denim shorts styled closer to jersey than the store's heavier jorts.

Cross Short pairs a contrast pink waistband with a small skull patch on a soft jersey base, while Music Short works a treble-clef print into the waist trim instead. Cross Shorts repeats the cross motif in a different construction — studded rather than patched — giving the same symbol two distinct treatments across the collection.

That pairing of a hard symbol — skull, cross, stud — against soft jersey fabric is a recurring move across Y2K and gothic-adjacent streetwear: the fabric stays comfortable and easy, while the hardware does the work of signalling something sharper.

Women's Ripped Shorts builds genuine distressing into a mid-rise denim base, frayed edges and open tears placed the way real worn-in shorts develop damage. Studded Jean Shorts keeps a fitted stretch-denim construction and adds grommet hardware across the surface. Calligraphy Shorts moves away from denim entirely, working script text into a softer cotton base.

Deliberate distressing has its own specific vintage-grunge lineage — fraying and tearing that mimics decades of actual wear, compressed into a single new garment. It's a shortcut to the lived-in look that heavier jorts take years to develop naturally.

The studded and graphic jersey shorts run softest and lightest, best suited to warm weather or layering under a longer top. The denim-adjacent pairs hold more structure and pair naturally with a fitted top, the same balance of proportion that works across the store's baggier bottoms. Calligraphy Shorts sits in between — cotton rather than jersey or denim, closer to a casual short than a statement piece.

This collection exists specifically for the shorts that don't belong in heavyweight denim — softer jersey, stretch fabric, distressed cotton, each built for warmer weather and a lighter hand-feel than a genuine pair of jorts.