I need some shorts for holidays and I don't do shorts. Help!!

[DrNortherner]

Normally live in LOng flowing skirts or linen wide legged trews, which is why legs never get a tan.

I'm fairly short - 5'4'' and a good size bum so no hot pants. Will wear with wedges as look all umpa lumpa in flip flops.

Don't want to show too much thigh.

TIA style peeps

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Will do.

£12!

I am tall and have v skinny legs at the bottom - picture a flamingo! - so I have to be careful with shorts that they cover my thighs otherwise I look very odd

get some shorts woman, better for playing around with your son (unless you like flashing your knickers whislt on hols?)

olive

flamingos are very smelly

who would buy this?

Agree about the mutton Ruby. Fortunately, I have been blessed with cellulite free, firm, shapely thighs[smug emoticon]. It's all the exercising I do.

Olive, I would wear that without the straps.

H&m have wide selection of shorts, I bought some cargo pocket ones the other day. I wear wide-legged linen ones from White Stuff (last season); straight-cut ones from Gap; 3/4 ones from h&m; and also a pair from Next in their std linen-cotton mix. The linen ones are very cool but do wrinkle. How can you do summer and not wear shorts!

Quite easily florence when you live oop north!

Summer normall last about 1 week

sadly too true here at the moment. i remember this time last year floating around in sleeveless tops and linen skirts - today I am wearing wool trousers, long-sleeved blouse and vest!

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linen shorts from Next are really flattering ( as best as you can get in shorts anyway)