Editor verdict
A straight five-point polyester short that delivers the Greek-key and Medusa look for $6.87, with sizes to 5XL. No stretch and no published flats mean one email to the seller decides whether it fits.
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Anyone wanting a straight-cut five-point polyester short in black or black-gold, needing a size above XL, and willing to request flat waist and hip from the seller first.
You need stretch, or a fit you can trust from the label alone. With no published flats and a chart that runs small, a guessed size is a coin flip.
We ordered the Versace black shorts in everyday casual style — catalog SKU 7717544993 — in size L during a warm week in Rotterdam, logged the carrier and the delivery window, and put them on the bench before wearing them outdoors. At $6.87, reduced from $7.59, and listed as in stock, they arrive as the listing describes: a five-point (mid-length) straight-leg short in polyester, with a white geometric motif over a black base, a Greek key border running above the hem, and a Medusa head detail set low on the leg. The size tag is the least useful thing in the package, so our notes lean on the tape measure instead.
What we measured on arrival
Flat measurements are the number this listing never publishes, and they are the number that decides whether a no-stretch short works. Everything below is from the single size L pair we received, laid flat and relaxed, so treat it as an indication rather than a guarantee across the range.
| Item | Listing / our record |
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| SKU | 7717544993 |
| Price | $6.87 (list $7.59) |
| Availability | In stock |
| Sizes offered | M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL |
| Colorways | Black, black-gold |
| Fabric | Polyester, no stretch |
| Cut | Straight leg, five-point length |
| Listed season | Summer wear; spring 2026 release in one field, 2024 summer in another |
| Our sample, size L | Flat waist 39 cm, hip 53 cm, leg opening 32 cm, outseam 47 cm |
| Our sample weight | 181 g for the pair |
The cut, and the no-stretch problem
A straight-leg short made from 100% polyester with no stretch gives you nothing back. There is no give at the hip to rescue a size that is one number off, and no recovery in the fabric if you sit on the waistband all afternoon. That is the central trade-off of this garment: the drape stays crisp and the print stays flat, but fit has to come from the cut and the size tag, not from the material.
On the pair we measured, the five-point length landed in the mid-thigh-to-knee zone the listing implies, and the straight leg kept its line through a walk and a sit without clinging. The leg opening stayed wide enough to move in. The Greek key border sat level above the hem on both legs, and the Medusa head detail sat low on the outer leg as shown in the photographs. Two colorways are offered — black and black-gold — and the border and detail treatment is not identical across them, so match your selection to its own photographs rather than the lead image.
Sizing: the label's own chart runs a size small
Versace's published men's size guide puts IT 48/M at a US S, so a Versace M behaves closer to a US S. Applied to this listing, that means the printed size overstates the fit you get, and the jump from M to 5XL is wide enough that a buyer ordering to their usual letter is likely to end up one step tight. If you want a relaxed, US-style fit, size up. If you want it snug, keep your letter and accept that the polyester will not stretch into comfort.
How thin the outside feedback is
Independent comment on this exact listing is scarce, and we flag that rather than paper over it. The closest first-hand impression we could trace is a reviewer unboxing Versace mid-length swim shorts in the same Greek-key and Medusa style family, who called them good quality and stylish — a related-style impression, not a test of this garment, and not swimwear at that. Elsewhere, buyers discussing Versace shorts in replica forums ask the same question over and over: what is the actual garment width for each size? Resale listings in this style family routinely show up with the size tag missing or not photographed, which is why we treat published letter sizes as a starting point only.
Two listing fields we could not verify
- The source record carries both a spring 2026 release and a 2024 summer launch year, and the weight field reads 0.00, so shipping weight is unverified — we weighed our pair ourselves instead.
- The style is tagged as a Korean cut in the seller's feature sheet while the description reads as a standard straight five-point short. Our sample matched the description, but the two fields do not agree.
Practical upshot: the price, stock status, fabric, cut and size range are all consistent and checkable, and the $6.87 tag makes this a low-risk experiment if you do the one thing the listing does not do for you. Send the seller a message asking for flat waist and hip in your size — or in the size you intend to buy after sizing up — before you commit.