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The SILKWORLD is the short, loud pair: a 5-inch inseam, prints from pineapples to flamingos, and a back pocket that closes with Velcro. It’s the trunk in this store that gets bought for the pattern.

We haven’t travelled with this one ourselves, so what follows is the spec and what owners keep saying about it.

Five-inch inseam, thin polyester, Velcro back pocket

The shell is 100 percent polyester, thin and quick to dry, over a mesh brief liner. There’s an elastic waist with a drawstring, two side pockets deep enough for a phone, and a back pocket with a Velcro flap. The inseam is 5 inches, so the hem sits mid-thigh. Sizes run X-Small to XX-Large, and the listing’s size chart gives a waist measurement in inches for each letter. The prints on amazon.ca include pineapple, flamingo, watermelon, fish, palm and stripe, plus solids.

Down to the beach bar with nothing in your hands

Phone in one side pocket, room key in the other, a card under the Velcro at the back. That’s the walk to the bar and back without a bag. They rinse in the sink and are dry by morning, so two pairs cover a week. If you’d rather have a soft liner than mesh, the BRISIRA is the pair for that.

What keeps coming up

The prints look the way they do in the photos, the fabric dries fast, and owners with a lean build say the fit is right. The sizing is the catch. Some prints run small and others run big, so owners who bought the same size in two colours got two different fits. The leg openings are narrow, so muscular thighs need a size up, which is what SILKWORLD says in its own listing. Five inches is short, and the hem sits well above the knee.