chic shorts

You'd think that an invitation to a haute couture show in Paris would require some major dressing up, but the 80-degree heat is demanding otherwise! Attendees are sporting chic shorts to keep cool, and why not? Shorts are just so easy and yet they can be a completely legitimate style statement, as demonstrated here. Of course, sophisticated accessories--i.e., an Hermes bag, a pair of Celine heels, above--up the chic factor. I could breeze through summer in the city with these especially stylish shorts by 3.1 Phillip Lim, A.L.C.,  J.Crew, Ulla Johnson, and Keepsake.