I have now made two pairs of truly shoddy shorts.

I did not set out to make shorts with a short lifespan. I am not a fast fashion operative existing for the express purpose of churning out an enormous volume of cheap goods in a short amount of time. I did, however, take shortcuts, and while the process of making the shorts wasn’t particularly short, their time as functional garments has been.

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