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Alexa Chung Just Made Boxer Shorts the Most Unexpected Trend of the Summer \u2014 and French Women Already Agree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You have probably scrolled past a dozen outfit dumps on Instagram this week alone. Most of them blur together – the same linen sets, the same ballet flats, the same safe palette. And then, every so often, someone drops a carousel that makes you pause, zoom in, and genuinely rethink what belongs in your summer rotation. That is exactly what happened when Alexa Chung shared snapshots from a recent trip to New York, toggling between a hand-stenciled Versace skirt and a pair of plaid green boxer shorts as if both belonged in the same suitcase. Because for her, they do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why the 42-year-old style veteran refuses to pick a lane<\/b><\/h2>\n

The conversation around what an It girl should or should not wear has been swirling for years. How much should she reveal? Should she commit to one recognizable aesthetic, or is she allowed to shape-shift? Alexa Chung, a veteran holder of that very title, has sat at the center of this discourse for over a decade. Her answer, judging by the carousel she posted on Wednesday, is refreshingly simple: being a sartorial tastemaker does not mean conforming to a single style.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her first outfit from the New York trip leaned firmly into high fashion. She wore a white tank top layered under a green cardigan, paired with a knee-length skirt adorned with an intricate print of a woman’s face<\/a><\/strong>. That skirt comes from Versace’s spring 2026 collection, a line that debuted to triumphant reception in Milan last fall. It was Dario Vitale’s first – and only – show for the Italian house, and it quickly became the most talked-about presentation of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vitale’s collection was full of color-blocking, 1980s tailoring, and ultra-layered, sensual silhouettes. Two months after he presented it, he left Versace when the house was acquired by Prada Group. That departure only amplified the cultural weight of his singular runway moment. The specific design Chung chose depicted a woman with buckled curls and bead-embroidered blue eyeshadow – one of many garments featuring intricate faces that were not screen-printed but hand-stenciled, reflecting Vitale’s intimate creative vision.<\/span><\/p>\n

The boxer shorts move no one expected<\/b><\/h2>\n

If a collectible Versace skirt represents the high end of Chung’s wardrobe spectrum, the second look she shared sits at the complete opposite pole. In another photo in the same carousel, she leaned into stripped-back styling with a pair of plaid green boxer shorts – a classic men’s undergarment that does not typically headline a street-style star’s outfit grid. She paired them with open-toed mules and an unbuttoned dress shirt, turning what could read as loungewear into something deliberately composed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The choice is less random than it looks. Across the spring 2026 runways, several designers pushed underwear-as-outerwear in new directions. Chopova Lowena layered shorts on top of one another. Connor Ives presented neon iterations. Simone Rocha sent romantic, red-hot briefs down the runway. Chung’s boxer shorts slot neatly into that broader movement, but her execution feels more personal – less conceptual, more lived-in. It is the kind of styling that suggests she actually wore the shorts out of the hotel, not just for the photo.<\/span><\/p>\n

For a figure whose personal style has always gravitated toward micro-short silhouettes, the boxer short offers a refreshing dose of androgyny. It loosens the proportions, drops the hemline just slightly, and introduces a casualness that feels genuinely modern rather than sloppy. When you pair that ease with the precision of a hand-stenciled Versace piece in the very same trip, the range becomes the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

High-low dressing as the real summer mood<\/b><\/h2>\n

What makes this wardrobe rotation worth paying attention to is not the individual pieces – it is the philosophy behind mixing them. We tend to think of personal style as a fixed identity, especially for women who have been in the public eye as long as Chung has. But her New York outfits suggest that the most compelling approach to summer dressing right now is refusing to choose between polished and undone.<\/span><\/p>\n

A bedazzled pencil skirt from a celebrated runway collection speaks to a sharp designer eye. A pair of plaid boxers thrown on with mules speaks to comfort and confidence. Together, they tell us that sexy summer dressing can look like many things at once. The trend Chung is co-signing is not just about boxer shorts or Versace face prints; it is about the permission to wear both in the same week, on the same trip, and let neither define you entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n

What you can take from this right now<\/b><\/h2>\n

If there is one concrete takeaway here, it is that range is the new consistency. You do not need to retire your most polished pieces to experiment with something as stripped-back as boxer shorts. Chung’s pairing formula – an unbuttoned shirt<\/a><\/strong>, open-toed mules, and nothing fussy on top – is easy to replicate without a designer budget. The point is less about the specific garments and more about the willingness to sit at both ends of the chic spectrum in a single Instagram carousel. That kind of versatility is exactly what keeps someone relevant after years in the spotlight, and it is something any of us can borrow.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42690,"featured_media":114622,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17],"yoast_head":"\nAlexa Chung Just Made Boxer Shorts the Most Unexpected Trend of the Summer \u2014 and French Women Already Agree - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/alexa-chung-just-made-boxer-shorts-the-most-unexpected-trend-of-the-summer-and-french-women-already-agree-25497\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alexa Chung Just Made Boxer Shorts the Most Unexpected Trend of the Summer \u2014 and French Women Already Agree\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You have probably scrolled past a dozen outfit dumps on Instagram this week alone. 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