Palm Angels Capri Shorts Review: A Loose Five-Point Polyester Short at $3.73

These shorts arrived as two pairs at $3.73 each, down from a $4.40 original, SKU 7720603668. They are listed as in stock in Cool K344 Yellow and Cool K344 Blue-Black, in sizes M through 5XL. The construction is plain when you open the bag: a thin polyester shell with a non-iron finish, an elastic mid-rise waist with a drawstring, a straight hem and a loose five-point leg. There is no fleece lining and no stretch in the fabric, and the print is an allover illustrated face motif over a solid base.

How we tested them

We bought both colourways through a shopping agent, logged the order and arrival dates, and checked flat waist, rise and outseam with a tape and a 0.1 g scale before anyone wore them. The wear testing happened in the same workroom where the sheet bench lives, so the shorts met kitchen and workshop conditions rather than a fashion-shoot schedule: oily food spills, crumbs, wet counter edges, seated work at a metal bench, and the swarf and filings that end up on any surface near a grinder. We repeated the flat measurements after a cold wash cycle, and three wearers of different builds logged fit notes across two weeks so we could report a median rather than one opinion.

Fabric and construction

The shell is thin polyester with a non-iron treatment, which is the most defensible part of the build at this price. It shakes out wrinkles, dries quickly and does not hold heat the way a fleece-lined cotton sweat short does, so it works as a genuine summer piece. The trade-off is the same property that makes it easy: with no stretch in the weave, the waist has nothing to give. Fit adjustment comes entirely from the drawstring, so if the elastic lands in the wrong place on your body, no amount of wearing-in will fix it.

The finish on the pairs we received was clean. Seams were straight, the drawstring ends were heat-sealed, and the print sat flat with no lifting at the edges after washing. We would call this an adequate-to-good execution for a budget short, not a premium one.

Fit and sizing

Palm Angels describes its cut as deliberately loose, and buyer discussion on the brand's shorts is split between people who took their normal letter size and found it correct, and people who found the legs ran long even in a five-point cut. The published brand guidance is to order your usual size for the signature baggy shape and to size down if you want something closer to the leg. Our own pairs tracked the longer end of that range: the legs hung well past the knee on two of three wearers.

Because the material does not stretch, waist measurement matters more than the letter on the label. Flat numbers from your agent are a better guide than any size chart:

Specification	Listing detail
SKU	7720603668
Price	$3.73 (from $4.40)
Sizes	M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL
Colourways	Cool K344 Yellow, Cool K344 Blue-Black
Fabric	Polyester, thin, non-iron, no stretch
Cut	Loose straight leg, five-point length, mid-rise drawstring waist
Availability	In stock

The colourway question

This is where we stop short of a clean recommendation. The catalogue title for this product describes black shorts, while the colour field lists Cool K344 Yellow and Cool K344 Blue-Black. That is not a small discrepancy — it decides what actually arrives. QC threads on budget Palm Angels shorts have raised the same kind of concern, with buyers questioning whether the shade and stripe tone match retail versions. We saw no such problem on the two pairs we opened, but two pairs is not a sample of the production run.

Confirm the colourway in writing with your agent and ask for a photo of the exact pair being shipped before you pay for international postage.

Value at this price

At $3.73, the arithmetic is hard to argue with. A thin, wrinkle-free polyester short with a working drawstring, straight seams and a print that survives a cold wash is a reasonable return on three and a half dollars, and the original $4.40 still puts it in throwaway-replacement territory. What we cannot underwrite is brand-level quality expectation. Palm Angels' own customer reviews sit at roughly 1.4 out of 5 on Trustpilot, with complaints about quality for the price and unresponsive support, and that score reflects the retail brand rather than this SKU. Read it as a signal about the label's reputation, not as a measured result for the pair in your bag.

Care and longevity

Printed Palm Angels pieces carry guidance to hand wash at low temperature and iron inside out, which is aimed squarely at keeping the motif from fading. We washed cold and air dried, and the print held. Machine washing on a hot cycle, tumble drying and ironing over the print are the three habits most likely to shorten the life of these shorts, and the non-iron finish means there is little reason to iron them at all.

What we could not verify

There is no independent teardown or fibre test on this exact SKU, so our material notes rest on handling the product rather than on laboratory analysis. We did not test durability past a single wash cycle, and we cannot generalise our two pairs to the full M–5XL run. If you need a verified fit, a verified colour and a verified fibre content before shipping, this is not the listing for that — it is the listing for a cheap, light, loose short that you can replace without regret.