Thigh society: why men’s shorts are getting shorter

This summer is officially sexy - and the hottest look for men is short shorts. But are we ready for this much male flesh?

In April the US actor Milo Ventimiglia, star of This Is Us, was photographed leaving the gym in a sleeveless vest and a pair of shorts so short you could barely tell they were there: two thumb-sized rims of black material gave way to legs so round and meaty they could be shoved in the oven for three hours at 180C.

It was one innocuous paparazzi photo that broke a dam of desire. The image was reshared on social media tens of thousands of times, users claiming: Every thought in my head has been replaced with these images."