Flirty Shorts
Lingerie looks emerged as an overarching trend for Spring/Summer 2010, with ultra-feminine, boudoir-inspired shorts taking the place of the sundress as this summer’s wardrobe staple. Various iterations of these flirty shorts are now being seen on every street across America, as mass retailers like J Crew, Top Shop and BCBG Max Azria quickly adopted the trend. But it all started on the runway, where Stella McCartney, Isabel Marant, and Prada were among the first to send these sexy shorts down the catwalks.

Of course, each designer gave this new shorts look a unique spin. At Isabel Marant, loose, flesh-colored shorts were tempered with a chain-mail scarf and slouchy boots that lent a 70s, rock ‘n roll vibe to the otherwise romantic look.
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Miuccia Prada’s interpretation called to mind an Upper East Sider on holiday. She channeled the South Pacific with beachy, photographic-print shorts that gave her pulled-together ensembles a hang-loose vibe.
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