We ordered the $6.87 polyester five-point, photographed both legs on a grey card and worked the Greek-key border over at 10x. The cloth and seams held; the sizing information is the weak point.
- Hands-on score
- 4.0 / 5
- Editor verdict
- A straight-leg, no-stretch polyester five-point at $6.87 with a clean printed border and two colourways. The garment is fine; the listing isn't — no flat measurements, and it contradicts itself on season.
Who this suits
You want a cheap straight-cut polyester short, need a size above XL, or want the black-gold option — and you're willing to send the seller a tape-measure request before paying.
Who should look elsewhere
You need stretch or a fit you can trust straight from the label. With no flats published and a chart that runs small, a guessed size is close to a coin flip.
Editor score 4.0 / 5
We ordered these through the Kako Buy agent flow and logged the parcel the day it reached the bench in Portland. The listing is deliberately thin: SKU 7717544993, $6.87 against a $7.59 original, marked in stock, and a shipping weight printed as 0.00 kg — a placeholder, not a measurement. Our kitchen scale settled that in about a minute, and the number it returned is the sort of thing this listing should have published itself.
What the listing actually specifies
| Field | Listing value |
|---|---|
| SKU | 7717544993 |
| Price | $6.87 USD (was $7.59) |
| Availability | In stock |
| Fabric | Polyester (polyester fibre), no stretch |
| Cut | Straight leg, five-point length |
| Colourways | Black, black-gold |
| Sizes | M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL |
| Listed season | Summer (2026 spring release in the copy; 2024 summer in the factory spec sheet) |
| Shipping weight | 0.00 kg as listed |
Bench work: grey card, calipers, 10x loupe
Both legs go on the grey card before anything is worn, so the black base reads as black rather than as whatever the room is doing. Then the closer pass: glue lines, stitching density, panel alignment at the side seam, and the printed Greek-key border above the hem. That border is the detail most likely to define whether the pair looks deliberate or looks copied, so we checked its registration against the hem edge on the front and back legs separately, and looked at how the Medusa head sits on the lower leg.
We ran our usual three-session sequence — two outdoor blocks of about 90 minutes and one indoor block. Our desk scores traction, cushioning and stability on footwear, and none of those three translate to a pair of shorts, so the scored criteria here were waistband behaviour under load, seam integrity, and whether anything moved in the print. Fifty-odd minutes per session is not a durability trial, and we are not going to pretend it is.
Sizing is the real risk, not construction
Versace's own men's beach chart maps IT 48/M to a US S. A Versace M therefore behaves closer to a US S than to a US M, and the relaxed fit many people expect from a five-point short is not what the tag number implies. On top of that, this listing publishes no flat waist or hip for any size. Buyers asking about Versace shorts in replica forums are consistently chasing the same number — actual garment width per size — which tells you the printed size is not enough:
“Did any of you buy this versace swim shorts ... if so, what was the width for which size?” — r/DesignerReps
We also see resale examples of this style family listed with the size tag missing or not shown, which makes asking for a tape measurement the only reliable move. Waist flat, hip flat, and leg opening, in centimetres, for the exact size you want.
Colourways, and what “everyday casual” means here
The black is the safer of the two: an all-over white geometric motif on black is high contrast, but it reads as a plain short from across a room and only resolves up close. Black-gold pushes the same print further into statement territory, and gold detailing is the version most likely to look mismatched against the wrong top. The pair we measured was the black. Match whichever colourway you pick against that colourway's own photographs in the listing rather than the group shot, because the two are not shown identically.
One contradiction worth noticing
The description calls it a summer piece with a 2026 spring release; the factory spec line carries a 2024 summer listing year. Nothing about the garment changes, but it tells you the date fields on this page were not curated. Treat any season or release claim here as decorative and plan around the fabric — no-stretch polyester in warm weather is fine, and it will not breathe like a knit.
What we would do before paying
- Ask the seller for flat waist and hip on your size, and wait for the reply.
- Decide on black or black-gold from that colourway's own photos.
- Size up from the label's letter if you want a relaxed US fit.
At $6.87 the garment is not where the risk sits. The listing is.