The best colourful statement shorts to update your summer looks

If you’re an everyday jeans kinda person, we’ve found your perfect summer flex – statement shorts. The popularity of shorts, or repurposed boxer shorts, as more than a basic has been bubbling for a while. But this summer, everyone from Boden to Next to Free People and Me+Em have given the humble short as much attention as a pretty summer dress.

The result? They’re being offered in a visual feast of vibrant poppy colours, playful fruit prints, intriguing textures, deckchair stripes, even embroidery and broderie anglaise. These are proper style statements, shorts that will instantly make an outfit, and to celebrate, we’ve curated an edit of 13 of the very best.

Our delightful picks have been selected to work as part of a capsule wardrobe on a city break, and considered for their ease as a stylish pull-on solution when leaving the beach or pool.

So why not throw a little bit of fun into your suitcase? This summer, let your shorts do the talking for you…