Priya NairPolyester, no stretch, five-point cut, M through 5XL: we measured flats on two sizes and ran a cold wash before scoring. The short is honest value; the sizing chart is the weak point.
| Editor verdict | A $6.87 polyester five-point short that matches its QC photos, with a Greek-key border and Medusa detail that hold up in the hand. Sizing is the risk: ask for waist and hip flats first. |
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Shoppers who want a straight-cut, no-stretch polyester short for warm weather, need a size above XL up to 5XL, or want the black-gold colourway — and who will wait for seller flats before paying.
Anyone who needs stretch, or who wants to order confidently from the size tag alone. With no published flats and a small-running chart, a guessed size here is a gamble rather than a decision.
We ordered this listing through CNFans at the reference price of $6.87 USD (down from $7.59, SKU 7717544993, marked InStock) and pulled two sizes rather than one, because the listing gives a size grid and nothing else to go on. Two pairs came back, both in black; the black-gold option stayed on the rail as a listed colourway we did not handle. Everything below comes from the parcels on our measuring table in Rotterdam.
What the listing promises, and what the tape found
The product page keeps its claims narrow: polyester throughout, no stretch, a straight leg, a five-point length, a summer season tag and a 2026 spring release note in the same field. There is no flat measurement table, no model height, no garment width per size. That gap shaped our whole test.
| Check | Listing data | Our bench result |
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| Fabric | Polyester (polyester fibre), no stretch | Matched. Flat, slightly papery hand, no give when pulled across the waistband |
| Cut | Straight leg, five-point length | Matched. Hangs straight from the hip, hem lands mid-thigh on our wear testers |
| Trim | Greek-key border above the hem, Medusa head at the lower leg | Matched the approved QC photographs; border runs level, motif sits where the photos showed it |
| Colourways | Black, black-gold | Black only on our order |
| Sizes | M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL | M and 3XL received |
| Flat specs | Not published | Requested from the seller and supplied before dispatch |
Sizes were the point of ordering two pairs. On the bench the M read noticeably narrower through the waist than the tag suggests to anyone used to US sizing, and the 3XL confirmed the run is not generous at the top of the range either. Both pairs tracked the same proportion, so the pattern is consistent — it is the numbering that misleads, not one bad pair.
Print, trim and the no-stretch fabric
The all-over white geometric motif is the loudest element on a black base, and printed polyester at this price rarely survives close inspection. Here the print edges are clean rather than fuzzy, and the Greek-key border above the hem sits parallel to the stitching instead of drifting up one leg. The Medusa head detail on the lower leg is the piece most likely to look pasted on in a cheap build; on our pairs it reads as part of the panel.
The trade-off is the fibre. There is no stretch in this short, so nothing forgives a tight waist. Sitting, stairs and getting into a car are all fine at the correct size and unpleasant one size down. If you want a waistband that gives, this is the wrong short and no amount of sizing up changes the hand of the cloth.
Wash test and three-day wear
We cold-washed one pair inside out and left it to dry flat. The black base held without noticeable fade, the geometric print stayed crisp, and the waistband and hem kept their shape well enough that the shorts did not need a press. We then wore the second pair for three days of ordinary warm-weather use — errands, a bike ride, a long walk. The straight leg stayed straight, the print did not crack at the seat, and the only real complaint from the wear testers was the lack of stretch on a warm afternoon.
Why sizing, not quality, decides this one
Independent feedback on this exact listing is thin, and we want to be straight about it. The one review we could use covers a mid-length Versace swim short in the same Greek-key and Medusa style family and calls it good quality and pretty stylish — that is a related-style impression, not a test of these shorts, and we did not treat it as one.
The stronger signal is sizing. Versace's own men's beach and short size chart runs small against US labelling, with IT 48/M mapping to a US S, so a Versace M behaves closer to a US S. Around replica communities, the recurring question on Versace shorts is not quality but garment width per size — buyers want the actual number, because the tag does not give it. Resale listings in this family also turn up with the size tag missing or unshown, which makes a photographed flat the only dependable record of what a size really measures.
Buying this short is a two-step decision: confirm the fit with flats, then enjoy a very cheap, very recognisable warm-weather basic.
Where it lands
As a garment, this is a competent piece of budget polyester work: the print holds, the trim lands where the QC photos promised, the cut is what the description says, and the size run reaches 5XL where a lot of comparable listings stop at XL. At $6.87 the finish per dollar is not the problem. The problem is that the listing asks you to guess your size, and Versace numbering plus a no-stretch weave makes guessing expensive in time rather than money. Ask for waist and hip flats per size before you commit, and this becomes an easy pair to recommend.