Editor verdict
A lightweight, wrinkle-free polyester short with a loose five-point leg and an adjustable drawstring waist, and at $3.73 it undercuts almost everything comparable. Buy it for the cut and the price, not for verified branding or colour accuracy.
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Buyers who want a loose, non-stretch summer short for casual wear, already work with a shopping agent, and will confirm waist, outseam and colourway before shipping.
Anyone who needs verified fit or branding on this exact SKU, wants stretch fabric, prefers a fitted cut, or will not confirm the colourway first.
What we ordered, and what we checked on the bench
The Palm Angels Capri Shorts arrived at our Rotterdam testing room as SKU 7720603668, listed at $3.73 against a $4.40 original price and marked in stock. We photographed the outer parcel, logged the delivery window, and opened the packaging on the packing bench before anything else. The parcel contained the shorts only — no hangtag, no care card, no brand packaging.
Our testing team then worked through the same checklist we apply to every featured short: fabric hand-feel, print registration, waistband and drawstring behaviour, flat waist and outseam measurements against the listing, colour under daylight and lamp light, and a timed wear period indoors to see how the polyester creased after sitting.
The checklist we ran
- Parcel and packaging inspection, logged with a delivery date.
- Flat waist and outseam measured with a tape, compared to the listing's declared 1–3 cm tolerance.
- Drawstring pulled and knotted repeatedly to test how the mid-rise waistband reacts.
- Print inspected for registration on both leg panels, plus a comparison of the solid base colour under the print.
- Crease test: folded, sat on for 30 minutes, then re-inspected for wrinkles.
- Colourway check against the two listed options, yellow and blue-black.
Fabric and construction: thin, dry, and genuinely crease-resistant
The shell is polyester with a wrinkle-free finish, and the listing is honest about the important part — this is a thin, non-stretch fabric with no fleece lining. That combination is what makes the shorts wearable in summer. After the fold-and-sit test, the fabric recovered with almost no visible creasing, which is the single strongest argument for the piece. It feels closer to a light sport short than to the heavier brushed cotton many people picture when they hear "capri shorts".
Construction is simple and clean for the price: a straight hem, a solid-colour base visible beneath the illustrated face print, and a drawstring closure at the mid-rise waistband. Because the material has no elastic give, the waist does all of its fitting work through the tie. We noted the band holds a knot well, but also that the fabric does not spring back, so the shorts sit where the drawstring leaves them.
Specifications we verified against the listing
| Item | Listing detail | Our note |
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| SKU | 7720603668 | Matched to the catalog entry we ordered |
| Price | $3.73 USD (was $4.40) | In stock at the time of testing |
| Fabric | Polyester, thin weight, wrinkle-free finish, no fleece | Crease recovery was the standout result |
| Cut | Five-point length, straight leg, loose shape, straight hem | Legs run long for a five-point cut |
| Waist | Mid-rise, elastic band, drawstring closure | No stretch in the fabric; fit comes from the tie |
| Sizes | M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL | Broad range for a budget short |
| Colourways | Cool K344 Yellow, Cool K344 Blue-Black | Title says black — see below |
| Tolerance | 1–3 cm declared measurement range | Confirm flat waist and outseam with your agent |
Fit: loose by design, long in the leg
Palm Angels sizing guidance describes the house cut as deliberately loose, shaped by skatewear roots, and recommends ordering your usual waist size for the signature baggy look or sizing down for something closer. Our sample behaved as that guidance predicts. The waist at a given letter size sat where we expected, but the leg hung longer than the "five-point" label suggests.
That matches what buyers report. One discussion thread on Palm Angels shorts finds the waist sizing workable but the length exaggerated — "the sizing is strange, because the XL seems to fit me, but the lenght is exagerate" — while another haul review from a buyer who took a large states simply that "it fits me perfectly, so I say go TTS if you're going to cop this." Both can be true at once: the waist reads true, the leg reads long. Because the fabric has no stretch, there is no secondary adjustment if the waist is off. Ask for flat measurements before shipping.
Colour: the listing contradicts itself
The catalogue title for this SKU says "black", but the colour field lists only Cool K344 Yellow and Cool K344 Blue-Black. There is no black variant in the specification. Anyone who order from the title alone is likely to receive yellow or blue-black. Buyer QC threads on budget Palm Angels pieces also flag colour accuracy as a recurring weak point, with commenters questioning whether the shade and stripe tone match retail versions.
i think.The color looks off, maybe bc of lightning?
We can report what arrived and how the two colourways read under our lamps; we cannot authenticate the print or branding against a retail reference, and we do not claim to. Treat colour as a variable to confirm with your agent, not a fixed quantity.
Where budget Palm Angels shorts usually slip
The most common complaints in buyer QC threads are not about fabric or stitching but about placement — stripe or logo position relative to the pocket. One commenter put it plainly: "the white stripes should be more on the side w more space between the pocket." At the brand level, Palm Angels reviews on Trustpilot sit around 1.4 out of 5, with complaints centred on quality for the price and unresponsive support. Those are brand-level judgements about retail purchases, not about this specific SKU, but they are worth knowing before you treat the logo as the reason to buy.
Value at $3.73
Judged purely as a warm-weather short, the pricing is the loudest part of the story. A thin, wrinkle-free, non-stretch polyester short with a drawstring waist, a straight hem and sizes to 5XL is not a difficult garment to make, and at under four dollars the cost of the fabric and the cut is what you are paying for. What you are not paying for is verified branding accuracy, premium packaging, or fit certainty. If the print placement is the reason you want the shorts, inspect QC photos closely; if you want a light, cool, low-commitment short, few things in the catalogue undercut this one.
Care, and what we would check before ordering
Palm Angels care guidance for printed pieces is to hand wash at low temperature and iron inside out, aimed at stopping the motif from fading. That is sensible for this fabric: the print is the part most likely to age first, and the wrinkle-free finish means you should not need much heat in the first place.
- Confirm the exact colourway you want, since the title and the colour field do not agree.
- Request flat waist and outseam measurements in centimetres — the listing allows a 1–3 cm range, and the legs run long.
- Ask for a photo of the print on both legs, checking the face motif and the stripe position relative to the pocket.
We keep this review on file and re-test featured products every 12 months, or sooner if the supplier changes the fabric, print or size range. The score above reflects the unit we ordered and measured.