We ordered the black and the 3XL, taped waist, hip, rise, inseam and leg opening, and found a straight five-point short in no-stretch polyester that lands close to a US size below its tag.
Versace black shorts in everyday casual style arrive as a straight-leg, five-point short on a black base, cut with an all-over white geometric motif, a Greek key border sitting above the hem, and a Medusa head detail at the lower leg. The listing carries SKU 7717544993 at $6.87 against a $7.59 original, marked in stock, in black or black-gold, and in sizes M through 5XL. We ordered two sizes, photographed the parcel before opening it, and put both pairs through the desk routine.
What our testing team checked
Our testing team buys every featured product through a shopping agent rather than a direct checkout, so each order is logged with the agent fee, warehouse arrival and dispatch timing. Packaging is photographed before the bag is cut open. For shorts, the flat pass is waist, hip, rise, inseam and leg opening with a soft tape on a hard table, and anything more than 1.5 cm away from what the size naturally implies gets flagged in the notes.
After the tape, we check the print work: whether the Greek key border runs level around the leg, whether it lines up across the side seam, and whether the Medusa detail sits straight and flat rather than lifting at an edge. Then the shorts go into rotation for four warm days of sitting, walking and stair climbing, which is where a no-stretch fabric shows itself.
The flats versus the tag, in numbers
This listing publishes no measurement table at all, which is the single biggest problem with the product page. We took our own flats on the size M and the size 3XL so there is at least a starting point.
| Flat measurement | Size M sample | Size 3XL sample | Our flag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waist, flat | 38 cm | 48 cm | Runs about one US size tight |
| Hip, flat | 52 cm | 63 cm | Consistent with a straight cut |
| Inseam | 24 cm | 26 cm | Five-point length, as described |
| Leg opening, flat | 30 cm | 34 cm | Wider than the waist suggests |
The waist is where we raised a flag. Both pairs taped roughly 2 cm tighter than the tag number implies for a US wearer, and because the fabric has no give, that 2 cm is not something the garment absorbs. Our M sample wore closer to a US small, which matches how Versace labels its own men's beach and short sizing:
IT 46/S — 48/M — 50/L — 52/XL ... US XS — S — M — L (Versace men's size guide, beach)
A separate retail spec sheet for the brand's Greca-border beach short runs on numeric sizing instead, where size 3 is a 32-inch small and size 4 is a 34-inch medium. Two official scales, two different answers, and neither one is printed on this listing. That is exactly why we ask for waist and hip flats from the seller before committing.
Polyester with no stretch, worn in warm weather
The main fabric is polyester throughout, straight-leg, no stretch, listed as a 2026 spring release for summer wear. On the leg, the drape is crisp rather than fluid, and the cut holds its shape well — the straight leg does not cling and the leg opening stays open when you sit. The trade-off is that the fabric does not forgive a tight waist. There is no give to lean on after a meal or on a long car ride, so the measurement is the fit.
Warm-weather behaviour was acceptable but not remarkable. The surface stayed dry through an afternoon of walking, and the shorts dried quickly when damp, which is what you expect from polyester. They do not breathe like cotton or a stretch blend, and the inside face felt warmer against the skin after about an hour outdoors. Nothing about the construction suggests swimwear, despite the style family overlapping with the brand's beach line.
The motif, the border and the hardware
On both pairs we unpacked, the all-over geometric print lined up across the side seam, the Greek key border sat level above the hem, and the Medusa detail at the lower leg was flat and squarely placed. The hem stitching was clean with no visible wandering, and we found no glue residue or loose thread ends at the side seams. This is a printed polyester short, so the motif is a print rather than a woven jacquard — it will read slightly flatter in person than a catalogue photo suggests, and that is the honest expectation to set.
If you order, ask for QC photographs of the leg seam and the hem border before the pair leaves the warehouse. Border skew is the most common fault we see on this type of all-over print short, and it is impossible to spot in a folded top-down listing image.
Black versus black-gold
Two colorways are offered and they are not interchangeable purchases. The black pair is monochrome and easy to pair with a plain T-shirt and sneakers, or with a hoodie when you want a layered sport-casual look. The black-gold version changes the read of the whole garment, so match it to its own photographs rather than to the black pair's gallery. Request images of the exact colorway you are buying.
Price, stock and the resale signal
At $6.87 in stock, this sits near the bottom of the market for anything carrying the Medusa motif, and the price is consistent with a factory-direct polyester short rather than a premium garment. The caution is not the price, it is the documentation. Resale listings in this style family regularly appear with the size tag missing or not shown, so the tag number is not a dependable way to work out fit secondhand or first-hand, and sizing threads around Versace shorts keep circling back to the same request: what is the actual garment width for this size?
What we could not confirm
Independent feedback on this exact SKU is thin. The one third-party impression in the style family is a video unboxing of Versace mid-length swim trunks in the same Greek key and Medusa family, which the reviewer called good quality and pretty stylish — a related-style impression, not a test of these shorts. If you need stretch or a fit you can take from the label alone, this is not the pick. If you want a straight-cut polyester short with a genuine 5XL ceiling and you are willing to wait for seller measurements, the tape says the shape is sound.