Short & stylish

Be it to dodge those rainwater poodles or avoid spoiling your clothes with mud stains, keeping it short is the best thing to do during the rainy season. The demand for shorts, hot pants, capris and three-fourth pants, which picks up with the onset of summers, therefore touches a new high during monsoons.

Even as almost all malls and garment showrooms dealing in western wear across the city are offering the end of summer season sale, shorts and capris are being picked up in large numbers, that too in bright and colourful shades. And, the sales are only expected to soar when the monsoon collections hit these stores.

Says Ananya Patnaik, pursuing B.Com at Rama Devi Women’s College, ‘’I go for capris and shorts in monsoons as they are easy to carry and easy to dry off and they don’t get dirty in mud and water splashes outside. Besides, they are comfortable to be in. Now is the time to go for darker shades of capris or shorts as it won’t really matter if they get dirty. Pairing it with nice b old colours of t-shirts is quite nice along  colourful flip-flops for the feet.’’

Availability:

One of the best collections of shorts and capris is available at Pantaloons. With brands like Honey, Rig, UMM for Women, Bare Denim, Lee Cooper and Agile for both shorts and capris, there is a lot to choose from. Available in cotton and jeans fabric, the shorts, particularly are available in various designs - those with deep whiskering, low waistline, patchwork,  contrast stitch designs, check patterns, back pocket designs, the military and the burnout looks and even the skirt look shorts.

While the price range for shorts varies from Rs 999 to Rs 1599, the capris are priced between Rs 1299 and Rs 1599 and colours range from the neutral shades to the bright ones like indigo, pink and green.

Black and white are two colours which are offered by almost all the brands though Honey has the most colourful collection. The store is, in fact, going flat 50 percent off on all weekends and Friday from August 3 to August 15.

Reliance Trends also has a decent  collection from their own brand and Jealous 21, with the shorts available in a price range of Rs 399 - Rs 1500 and the capris in a range of Rs 399 - Rs 2000. Big Bazaar on the other hand has a wide collection of shorts, hot pants, cargo pants, harem pants and dhoti pants (mostly in three-fourth lengths) from brands like DJ & C ( in-house) and Lee Cooper in a reasonable price range of Rs 449 - Rs 999. This apart, brands like Levis and United Colours of Benetton have a variety to offer too though the price is a little on the higher side.