Urban walking in high temps: how not to look like a scout master??

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So I live in a French city. DH and I like to go for long-ish walks (riverside, woods, built up, historic areas). Usually I wear jeans and nice walking shoes and that’s fine. But it’s summer, way too hot for full length trousers, and I’m struggling to find an alternative.

i am tall, broad shoulders and back, big boobs. Then I taper downwards to skinny legs, ankles, feet. It’s so difficult to find anything short: anything that fits over my (now fairly broad) hips looks huge further down with my skinny legs sticking out the bottom. As a pair of sensible walking shoes and it’s 100% scout master: this is not stylish in what is a very stylish city!

Any ideas for cropped / shorts lengths and styles that would suit my body shape and need to wear sensible walking shoes?

Omg @APurpleSquirrel thanks for the link - I'm literally setting off tomorrow on a European city trip and I've been looking for shoes like this for years! I've called my local trespass and reserved a pair ro collect as we set off!!

OP thanks for starting this thread. I called in to Trespass this morning and the sandals were only £24. So far so good, I'm expecting to walk a good few pavement miles over the next few days, and I WON'T FEEL LIKE A SCOUTMASTER. I've painted my toenails and re-packed my case with a couple less 'practical shorts combos' and a couple more 'dressier and feminine but comfortable' options.

If they're as good as they feel now I'll be buying another pair on the way back.