We all remember when Kim Kardashian started trying to make bike shorts a thing, right?
Well, okay, maybe you don’t, but I do because at the time I was working at Galore Media and my co-worker Maria Pasquini was on the case.
At the time, it seemed bizarre, but also genius. After all, bike shorts are kind of just a shorter version of the yoga pants/capris that people already wear to everywhere but the gym.
I thought it was kind of great, and I even wrote a guide to how to wear bike shorts for Galore here, but it took me some time to actually incorporate them into my own wardrobe.
I tried buying a pair of bike shorts online from Forever 21 (I think it was this pair), but something about them just didn’t feel sexy when I tried them on. It might’ve been that the fabric was actually too thick for me. Or, it might have just been that it was so early in the bike shorts trend cycle that I didn’t feel ready to rock them yet.
Either way, over a year later I decided to try again, because I am seriously lacking in the “casual” summer bottoms department. And I actually found an amazing pair
Lo, and behold, my new favorite bike shorts…
They’re actually more expensive than the pair I got from Forever ($15 vs. $4), but they’re definitely worth it in my opinion. The fabric is more of a jersey stretch knit, so it moves with your body and is tight without squeezing you in the wrong places. I got them in red (shocker), but they have black and most other colors available.
These have been the perfect shorts to bring along with me as I’ve been traveling the past month, because they go with a lot of my tops and are perfect for days where I’m going to be walking around a lot and want to be comfy.
And, as we’ve seen from Kim K, bike shorts can be dressed up for night time, or dressed down for during the day (which is more what I went for here, clearly).
Anyway, hope you or someone you know snags these bike shorts! I’m currently in Vegas sweating my butt off, so I have a feeling these shorts will come in handy 🙂
Check out more pics and outfit deets below!
Other Outfit Details:
Choker: Lady Love Boutique [buy similar here]
Top: Revolve [buy it here]
Hoodie: Revolve [buy it here]
Sneakers: Adidas [buy them here]
Socks: Nike [buy them here
