Organic Classic Shorts

Easy cotton shorts with side pockets and a relaxed, unstretched waist, for hot nights and slow mornings. Short enough to be cool, long enough to stay put.

The colour comes from plants rather than a dye bath of synthetic pigment. Deep Indigo is dyed with real indigo, Violet Sumac with sumac nutgalls, Matcha Leaf with green tea and pomegranate, Cacao Brown with cacao husk, and Virgin Cotton is left unbleached and undyed. The pigment is bound into the cotton using only water and sound waves, with no synthetic fixatives, so the colour sits inside the fibre instead of on top of it.

A women's fit, XS to XXL. Go by waist and hip. Each piece can vary by about 0.4 inches.

Materials

100% organic cotton.

Sizing

Garment measurements, laid flat, in inches. Relaxed waist / hip width / outside leg: XS 13.4 / 19.3 / 12.6. S 14.2 / 20.1 / 13.0. M 15.0 / 20.9 / 13.4. L 15.7 / 21.7 / 13.8. XL 16.5 / 22.4 / 14.2. XXL 17.3 / 23.2 / 14.6. Front rise runs from 10.2 at XS to 12.2 at XXL, and the hip is measured 4.3 inches above the crotch.

Care

Cold water, gentle cycle, inside out, and wash dark colours separately for the first few washes. Use a mild, pH-neutral liquid detergent and avoid bleach, optical brighteners and strongly alkaline detergents, which can shift plant dyes. Air dry in the shade for the best colour and shape, though a low-heat tumble dry is fine. Keep it out of prolonged direct sun. Spot-clean gently rather than rubbing hard, and don't soak it for long.

Let antiperspirant and oil-based skincare dry before dressing, and keep alkaline deodorants and direct sprays of perfume off the fabric — all three can stain it.

Please note

This is a pre-order. Shipping starts 20 December. The inside leg measurement is not published — the figure above is the outside leg, taken from the waistband.