Junya Watanabe’s looks are always so wearabe (and we don’t mean that in a negative way) that we wonder why more people aren’t taking style cues from his shows. As his SS09 show demonstrates, his denim shorts can be to be used to an incredibly effective manner with a fisherman’s cagoule and some bucks. Get them from Browns.

Denim shorts have traditonally been a no-no but there’s been several designers who are making denim shorts look good, even if it won’t satisfy the purists. These Rittenhouse denim shorts are the perfect shorts length – i.e not so short they look like boxers and not so long they look like cropped trousers – and the material makes for a pretty comfortable wear. Get from Oi Polloi.