History of Bermuda shorts

At the very beginning of the 16th century, Europeans were actively colonizing the New World. It was in those distant times that the navigator Juan Bermudez found himself on an uninhabited and previously unknown island 900 kilometers off the coast of America. Ten years earlier, Columbus said that more should be expected from the West Indies than a couple of unnecessary plots of land, so Bermudez, by right of the discoverer, named the islands by his name and immediately sailed on, in search of more serious wealth.

The islands were well suited for agriculture, so after a while the British bring African slaves to Bermuda and begin to settle down, build military fortifications. At the same time, it is important to note that the British army differed from the rest of the world in its special conservatism and loyalty to traditions, so the idea of ​​modifying military uniforms for the local climate did not visit British officers for three hundred years.

And then, before the Second World War, when they tried to minimize costs, including saving on fabrics, Bermuda shorts appeared. On a hot morning in 1928, several gallant officers appeared at the formation in pants cut off three centimeters above the knee, but instead of ridicule their colleagues were greeted with envious glances, because given the climate, Bermuda shorts favorably differed in terms of comfort.

The new uniforms caught the attention of Jack Lightbourne, Vice President of Bank of Bermuda Ltd. Lightbourne was concerned that his employees had nothing to wear to work, and asked the military office to sell him some cropped military pants. This is how Bermuda shorts began their commercial history and infiltrated the islanders' business wardrobes.

And already in the 50s, local residents began to sell Bermuda shorts to all interested tourists. Thanks to this, together with tourists shorts Bermuda shorts scattered all over the world and appeared where they are comfortable and appropriate, and where inappropriate.