Versace Black Shorts in Everyday Casual Style Review: The 5XL End of the Size Run on a No-Stretch Polyester Five-Point

We ordered the black pair of Versace black shorts in everyday casual style at retail and put it through the bench routine we use for anything that advertises a straight leg and no stretch. The short is listed at $6.87 (SKU 7717544993, marked in stock), built from polyester with no elastic give, cut as a five-point length, and offered in black or black-gold across sizes M through 5XL. The headline here is not the price. It is that the size run reaches 5XL while the listing publishes no flat measurements at all.

What we ordered and how we checked it

We bought one pair in black, size L, and worked through the same checks we run on any garment making a fit claim:

• Tape measure on flat waist, hip, hem opening and inseam, relaxed and under light pull.
• Weight of the single pair on a digital bench scale, plus the sealed parcel.
• Print inspection on both legs: the all-over white geometric motif, the Greek key border above the hem, and the Medusa head detail at the lower leg.
• Two machine washes at 30 °C with a fan dry, re-taped after each.
• Two weeks of warm-weather wear in a casual rotation.

The numbers, before and after the wash

The listing's own shipping field reads 0.00 kg, which tells you nothing about the garment, so the scale did the work. A pair this light is one reason the parcel can cost more than the shorts.

The printed hem border and the Medusa detail

The Greek key band sits above the hem as described, and the Medusa head lands at the lower leg where the listing shows it. On our pair the border wrapped with a small offset on one leg — a few millimetres, not enough to read at arm's length, but enough that a pattern-matching purist would notice. The white geometric motif is printed rather than knitted in, so it sits on the surface of the polyester; after two washes the white still read clean against the black, with no lifting at the print edge and no visible bleed into the surrounding fabric.

Because the main fabric is polyester throughout and the cut is straight with zero stretch, the short holds its shape rather than molding to it. That keeps the print graphic legible, but it also means the waistband gives nothing back when you sit, drive, or cycle.

Sizing is the real decision here

Versace's own men's size chart runs small relative to US labelling — an IT 48/M corresponds to a US S — so a Versace M behaves closer to a US S. That makes the label number a poor guide on its own, and this listing compounds it by publishing no flat waist or hip figures for any size. Our size L taped like a slim US medium at the waist.

The saving grace is the range: M through 5XL. Most listings in this style family stop at XL, and buyers in replica forums repeatedly ask for actual garment width per size on Versace shorts precisely because the size number alone does not pin down the fit. Before ordering, ask the seller for flat waist and hip for the size you want. If you are between sizes, size up — a straight polyester short cannot be talked into a different fit.

Care, and how it behaves in warm weather

Nothing about the care is demanding. Two 30 °C cycles and a fan dry cost us no measurable length or width, and the polyester dried fast enough that humidity never became a problem. The trade-off is that a no-stretch waistband is unforgiving after a heavy meal, and the fabric does not breathe the way cotton does over a long day.

The black-gold colourway is listed with the same polyester construction and the same straight five-point cut, but we washed black only. Treat the gold treatment as unverified until someone tapes it.

What we still cannot tell you

Independent feedback on this exact listing is thin. One reviewer unboxing a mid-length Versace swim short in the same Greek-key and Medusa style family called it good quality and pretty stylish — a related-style impression, not a test of this item. Resale listings in this style family also turn up with the size tag missing or not shown, which is another argument for getting measurements in writing before you commit. And the spec sheet disagrees with itself: the top-line description lists a 2026 spring release with summer wear in mind, while a lower field tags a 2024 summer season. None of that changes the cut, but it does tell you how loose the listing's paperwork is.

What we can say is bounded and useful: a lightweight polyester five-point, a straight leg that keeps its line, a printed border that survived two washes, a size run that goes where most competitors stop, and a fit that only the seller can confirm.