Utility chic describes the new breed of shorts cut in fabrics like tissue weight leather at Celine (above left). Cotton satine and silk blends are refined enough to wear to work with a jacket or out in the evening with a dressed top like Pringle's metallic knit above (right). Finding the right length short is just like finding your ideal skirt length. You want the length that makes your legs look well proportioned; their longest and leanest. For most grown-up ladies this means an inseam of about 11 inches. But finding longer length shorts that look here and now can be tough in a season of rompers, bum-grazing bloomers and rolled and cuffed styles hemmed at the upper thigh. Enter the classic Bermuda updated two ways: with a slim shape and a tapered hem or with a pleated waist and a slightly fuller leg for a slouchy boy-meets-girl look. Legs look better in longer length shorts with a bit of a heel. Nothing towering required but even a one or two inch wedge heel will flatter.