Remember when a bunch of TikTok users established that shorts with a 5.5in inseam – the length that shows just a peek of thigh, but not too much – immediately makes the guy wearing them more attractive? Well, Mr Paul Mescal certainly knows what we’re talking about. The short shorts trend hasn’t come out of nowhere – it’s been around for a few summers, in fact – but the 28-year-old Gladiator II actor is still one of its biggest supporters. This year’s spin on it? Opt for a pair that resembles undergarments and team them with a simple shirt and a sports-socks-and-loafers combo. This just-rolled-out-of-bed look should not be slept on.

Mr Austin Butler is no stranger to our best-dressed lists, and he just so happens to be wearing a suit most times he’s in it. Grey tailoring usually means business, but the American beau – here on his press tour for The Bikeriders – proves it looks just as good away from the boardroom. Nailing colour analysis certainly pays off, but the shade adds lustre and radiance regardless, ensuring you stand out among a sea of black suits. The secret, here, is wearing it with a bare chest, if you dare, and nothing but a simple, silver chain and a pair of polished Chelsea boots.

June is an odd month to dress for. There are some who opt for full summer attire and some others who, like Mr Pedro Almodóvar, find themselves having to wrap up in a couple of layers. It helps if those layers are as carefully considered as the ones worn by the Spanish director, who attended LOEWE’s Paris SS25 show in jeans, a colour-coordinated sweater and a blouson jacket, all rounded off by a pair of sneakers courtesy of the label’s collaboration with ON. Make of it what you will, but he sure looks cool enough to be wearing sunglasses indoors.

For many men, summer is a time to experiment with colours and textures. To dig out that a clutch of camp-collar shirts in jazzy prints from the back of the wardrobe. Mr Donald Glover be like: hold my salt-rimmed yuzu shandy. Of course, having a link at Louis Vuitton probably helps when it comes to this double-breasted blazer given an aloha glow-up. But the key to an out-there piece – as ever – is to make sure it doesn’t turn into a shouting match with the rest of your outfit. So, surf’s up, so long as everything else is grounded.

The Canadian/Texan tuxedo has come a long way since the nadir of the 2001 American Music Awards. And while playwright Mr Jeremy O Harris here has the western trend in his sights, his take on double denim couldn’t be further removed from that of Mr Justin Timberlake, which left the look languishing for two decades. That there’s a difference in tone plays a part; the embroidery takes it to another level. The untucked white shirt helps break it up. And we should be thankful he opted for loafers over riding boots.

Where should shorts end? It’s a debate that rages every summer, and Mr Justin Bieber has decreed that, this year, it stops just below the knee. Other opinions are of course available – see Mescal above. We say look for a length that works for you. But here that discourse feels like a side issue. The real talking point is what’s on his feet. For those willing to dip a toe, Mary Janes present a versatile choice of shoe. They wouldn’t look out of place in more formal situations, but hold their own here accompanying an off-duty look. In fact, we’d go as far as saying they elevate everything worn above. We’re Beliebers.

Where does art end and the artist begin? It’s a conundrum that we’re increasingly having to wrestle with. And yet in the case of American interdisciplinary creator Mr Bryant Giles, we’re willing to bet that as much of him goes into the way he dresses as into his artwork. It all seems so simple at the Bianca Saunders show in Paris, but dig a little deeper and hidden details reveal themselves. A long-sleeved camo waffle knit worn under an oversized short-sleeved tee, for example. A Rolex on a two-tone bracelet, stacked with a gap-year beaded piece. Scuffed shoes poking out from under ample black jeans. Proof that it’s often not so much the clothes you wear, but how you wear them.