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Leather Shorts - Cow Hide Bermuda Shorts Are Totally In Right Now

From double leather suits to bucket hats and mules, here are the best long leather shorts to buy and styling tips for wearing them

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Bermuda shorts are tough at the best of times. Classic denim styles provide all sorts of conundrums, such as finding a pair that are a nice loose shape, but don't swamp your body to the point of no return. Ditto, if you're vertically challenged, a pair of shorts that crops at the knee can be lethal to your stature. And the current long leather shorts trend poses a whole new set of issues, like how to avoid the dreaded walk-squeak, whether to go baggy or fitted on the top half, if there's ever a case for flats and if double leather is a bridge too far. (Clue: it's absolutely not).

So, if you plan to take a directional approach to off-duty dressing this winter with a pair of long leather shorts, let us help you navigate a few of the challenges. Double leather is totally a thing, whether you're matching your top and bottoms in the guise of a leather short-suit, or pairing a camel leather shirt with a black leather short. Heels are almost always advisable for combatting the knee-length leg cut off; mules are always a good idea, but don't be afraid of a boot. Bucket hats are an excellent styling addition, if you can pull them off and certainly get yourself a grabby bag to carry in the crook of your arm.

Long leather shorts with mule heels

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Blazers are a solid styling trick for leather shorts, but if you're at all worried about the proportions of your lower half, pairing leather shorts with a heeled mule is an excellent styling choice.

Pernille pleated faux leather shorts

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Frankie Shop - £130

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Leather Culotte Shorts

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& Other Stories - £225

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Leather Bermuda shorts in camel with strappy sandals and a grabby bag

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Camel colours are as ubiquitous as beige this season, so camel coloured leather shorts are a timely investment. The strappy sandals demonstrated here prove mules are not the only solution.

Straight brown leather shorts

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Cos - £225

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Brown leather bermuda shorts

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Peter Do - £885

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Long leather shorts with high heeled boots

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Worried about your tootsies catching a chill in sandals and open toe heels? That's ok. because boots are 100% a leather shorts styling option. And if they overlap with the hem of the short? No worries.

Faux leather shorts

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Karen Millen - £74.25

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Grant leather shorts with pleats

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16Arlington - £475

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Leather bermuda shorts in black

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Maje - £264.50

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Leather shorts suit

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Leather co-ords are literally everywhere, on everyone. So don't fear the matchy-matchy approach this winter and get yourself a leather shorts suit.

Cream leather shorts

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Gestuz - £252

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Goldsign - £1,440 Leather Shorts by Goldsign

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