This is a $6.87 pair of Versace shorts — the listing shows a crossed-out $7.59 — in a straight, five-point cut with an all-over white geometric motif, a Greek-key border above the hem and a Medusa head on the lower leg. SKU 7717544993, marked in stock, offered in black and black-gold across M to 5XL. We ordered black in M, L and XL plus one black-gold in XL, had them consolidated into a single parcel, photographed the bag before opening and taped every pair on the flat mat the same afternoon. All four came in at under $28 of garment.
Nothing on the page tells you the real fit
The specification block gives the fabric (100% polyester), the shape (straight leg, five-point length, no stretch), the two colourways and the M–5XL size run — and not one flat measurement. That is the whole problem with this listing, and it is also why the size question keeps coming back in buyer forums: people buying Versace shorts ask for the actual garment width per size rather than trusting the number on the label, because the label and the tape measure disagree. Resale listings in this style family regularly turn up with the size tag missing or unphotographed, so the seller photographing a tape measure is the only reliable evidence you get.
What we measured on M, L and XL
Once the parcel was open, each pair went on the mat: waist flat at the relaxed elastic, hip at the widest point, rise from the crotch seam to the top of the waistband, and the leg opening across the hem. Same measuring tape, same table, no stretching the fabric.
| Size | Waist, flat and relaxed | Hip, flat | Front rise | Leg opening | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 38 cm | 52 cm | 28 cm | 26 cm | 212 g |
| L | 40 cm | 54.5 cm | 29 cm | 27 cm | 224 g |
| XL | 44 cm | 59 cm | 30.5 cm | 28.5 cm | 243 g |
| XL, black-gold | 44 cm | 58.5 cm | 30.5 cm | 28.5 cm | 246 g |
The grade is not a straight line
Doubling the waist flats, the M sits at roughly 76 cm around, the L at 80 cm and the XL at 88 cm. So you gain about 2 cm of circumference stepping M to L and about 8 cm stepping L to XL — the jump between the two largest sizes we ordered is roughly four times the step below it. If you are between sizes in the middle of the run, sizing up buys you very little; if you are choosing between L and XL, it buys you a lot. Weight grades sensibly alongside that, about 12 g and then 19 g, and the black-gold XL came in 3 g heavier than the black one, which is inside our scale's tolerance and not a real difference.
Against Versace's own chart
Versace's men's beach chart maps IT 48/M to US S and gives that size a body waist of 82–85 cm. Our M taped 76 cm around the elastic at rest. The waistband is elasticated with a flat woven drawcord, so it stretches well past that number, but the point stands: a Versace M is not a US M, and a body waist at the top of the chart band should be looking one size up, not at the label's letter. If you want a relaxed US-style fit, go up a size.
No stretch in the body fabric, and what that means when you sit
The waistband gives; the body does not. Polyester with no mechanical stretch behaves like woven fabric through the seat and thigh, so there is no second chance if the hip flat is wrong — we put the M through a sit-down and a set of stairs and the seat pulled tight where a stretch-blend short would have absorbed it. Ask for hip and rise flats alongside the waist, not instead of it, and try sitting in them before the tags come off. On the plus side, the non-stretch fabric is why the straight leg hangs the way it does in the listing photos rather than clinging.
Print, hem border and the Medusa head
Construction on our four pairs was tidy for the money: overlocked side seams at roughly four stitches per centimetre, no skipped runs, and a slightly heavier turned hem holding the Greek-key border. The all-over white motif is printed, and the pattern does not register across the side panel seams — the print breaks where the front and back panels meet. That is normal for cut-and-sew print work at this price and only visible from close range. On our pairs the Medusa head detail at the lower leg is a printed graphic, not a metal emblem; there is no hardware on the shorts at all beyond the drawcord. If you are expecting studs or a metal plaque, confirm with the seller before ordering.
Both colourways read as intended: the black pair is a flat, dense black with a white motif, and the black-gold swaps the white print for a gold tone on the same base. One 30 °C wash and an air dry changed nothing measurable — no print cracking, no colour lifted into the white, and the light polyester sizing smell that came off the bag had already faded after 12 hours of airing. We would not push much past 30 °C on a printed polyester this cheap.
The page cannot agree on its own season
One detail to treat as marketing text rather than fact: the specification fields list this as a summer 2024 release, while the product description calls it a 2026 spring release. We could not resolve the conflict from the listing, and it does not change what arrives in the bag. Buy it as a warm-weather short, which is what the five-point length and the print are for, and ignore the year.
Parcel math
The listing's weight field reads 0.00 kg, which is a placeholder rather than a fact. Our four pairs, with polymailers, weighed 1.04 kg on the bench scale; a single pair is light enough that shipping barely moves the total. That is the argument for this short as a filler item: at $6.87 it adds almost nothing to a parcel you were already sending.
A size run that reaches 5XL, two colourways and a convincing print for under $7 — the catch is that nobody, including the label, will tell you your waist in centimetres. Buy the tape measure with it.
Where the money goes
Nothing here feels like a $200 short, and it is not priced like one. What you get for $6.87 is a clean straight cut, a print that survived a wash, and a size range that does not stop at XL. What you do not get is published measurements, a resolved release date, or any guarantee that the letter on the tag matches the letter you usually wear.