The Après Short is Taylor Stitch doing what they do best: taking a fabric most brands treat as a marketing angle and actually building something useful out of it.
The Verdict
At $108, this is a well-made hemp short for someone who wants casual warm-weather clothing that doesn't announce itself. The construction is honest, the fabric wears better over time, and the cut stays out of your way.
The Make
The fabric is 6 oz. 100% hemp, garment-dyed and washed down before it reaches you. The result is a hand that's softer than raw hemp has any right to be, with a lived-in weight that doesn't feel stiff on day one. Hemp at this weight breathes well, holds its shape without ironing, and tends to soften further with washing rather than pilling out or going thin. It's not the dense, workwear-adjacent fabric you might expect from a heavier 8 or 9 oz. cloth; at 6 oz. it sits closer to a summer linen in terms of drape and feel.
Construction uses double-needle felled seams throughout, which is the right call for a garment that will spend summers getting worn hard. The waistband is elasticated with a button fly and a drawcord, so you get the adjustability of a casual short without fully committing to the athletic-short aesthetic. Two front slash pockets and two rounded back patch pockets with button-through closures round things out. The pocketing is 100% organic cotton printed with a San Francisco map pattern, which you will never see and which is nonetheless a considered touch. Made in China.
The Fit
Taylor Stitch sizes these as regular, and they run true to size across XS through XXL. The cut is relaxed without being wide, sitting somewhere between a tailored short and a utility short. The elasticated waist with drawcord gives you a half-inch of forgiveness either direction, which is genuinely useful if you're between sizes or wear these after a long weekend. Inseam length isn't specified in brand materials, but the silhouette reads as mid-thigh, not board-short long.
The Context
Hemp casualwear has gotten crowded, but most of it falls into two camps: overly rustic, or overly polished in a way that telegraphs effort. The Après Short avoids both. At $108 it competes with Outerknown's Seventyseven Short and the better end of Faherty's lineup. Taylor Stitch's construction is tighter than Faherty at this price, and the garment-dye process gives the Coal colorway a depth that flat-dyed alternatives don't quite match. If you want something louder or more textured, look elsewhere. If you want something that looks like you've owned it for two summers on the first wear, this is it.
The Personal Note
I haven't owned these. The scores here are based on research and handling comparable Taylor Stitch fabric, not two years of Saturday wear. That said, the brand's track record on garment-dyed hemp basics is consistent enough that I'd buy a pair before committing to the full lineup. The Workshop pre-order discount, when available, makes the math easier.
