Purple shorts are either done badly or not attempted at all, and most men land on the wrong side of that line. The color gets treated like a risk when it’s actually one of the easier moves in warm weather dressing if you pick the right shade and the right cut. A muddy purple in a floppy fit is a problem. A clean violet or a deep plum in a tailored length with some structure is a different thing entirely. It pairs well with white, works with navy, and sits surprisingly well next to olive. We’ve been reaching for these more than we expected to, which is why they ended up with their own collection. The shorts in here share a few qualities: the length is right, the fabric has enough weight to drape properly, and the color holds after washing rather than going grey and sad. These are worth the small leap of confidence it takes to actually buy them.