Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These shorts are quite big. Here are my measurements, hope this is helpful: 5'4", 123 lbs., 32.75" at the hip bones, 38.5" at the widest part of my hips. I normally wear a 5 in junior's, or 4 / 6 in women's. I ordered both a 4 and a 6 knowing I'd return one, and it turns out both were too large. The 4 fit perfectly at the hip bones, but sagged on the butt (despite my rounder butt): just not terribly flattering. The 6 was just HUGE all around, like a circus tent. Also, unlike this apparently tall model, the shorts fall just above my kneecap: I would have preferred the lower thigh length as pictured. The fabric is a bit stiff and chalky-feeling, but this might have gone away had I washed them (returned both instead). A tiny annoyance: the velcro enclosure under the drawstring had the scratchy side pointing out, which instantly snags the shoelace-like drawstring when you open the velcro. If they had just sewn the scratchy velcro side facing your body, this would not have been an issue. Poor design. True to color (Grape), and the front looks nice. I found O'Neill's A-Frame men's boardshorts in size 30 (19 in. outseam) fit me FAR better, with nicer material, and they had a more shapely butt that fell along the right curves. The pictures included are of the size 4 Grape boardshorts.