People forget that when school starts it can still be hot out. Like, really hot out. So jeans aren’t always gonna cut it. Sometimes you want something a little breezier to kick off your year. Enter: shorts. Cropped cuts keep you cool while classic materials and fits feel familiar enough to style however you’d like. We love a denim short like a 501® as a stand-in for jeans. Just style them as you normally would the full-length version with tops and accessories to match your style.