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Shorts Fabric Quality: Which Brand Is Best?

Name: Shorts Fabric Composition Across Brands
Creator: Fibr
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Across all retailers in our database, we analyzed 2,713 shorts products. The overall average natural fibre content is 63.6% — moderate for the industry. Barbour leads with 94.1% natural fibre in their shortss (13 products), while Gymshark is at the bottom with 4.3% (174 products). That's a 89.8 percentage point gap between the best and worst — where you shop matters a lot for this category.

2,713Shorts Products

63.6%Avg Natural Fibre

33Brands Compared

Shorts Natural Fibre % by Brand

Barbour

94.1%

Massimo Dutti

91.3%

COS

86.2%

Arket

85.9%

Pull&Bear

84.6%

Madewell

84.5%

Acne Studios

81.8%

Mango

79.9%

New Look

79.5%

Aritzia

79%

Bershka

78.1%

H&M

77.9%

Ganni

77.6%

River Island

77.1%

& Other Stories

76.2%

Weekday

74.4%

Zara

73.5%

Stradivarius

70.1%

Maje

69.6%

Reformation

66.4%

Urban Outfitters

64.2%

AllSaints

63.9%

Topshop

61.2%

ASOS

56.7%

Princess Polly

55.2%

Anthropologie

54.8%

PrettyLittleThing

54.1%

Meshki

52.2%

Sandro

52.1%

Boohoo

40%

House of CB

37.5%

Patagonia

21%

Gymshark

4.3%

Shorts fabric composition by brand
Brand	Products	Avg Natural %
Barbour	13	94.1%
Massimo Dutti	66	91.3%
COS	36	86.2%
Arket	34	85.9%
Pull&Bear	129	84.6%
Madewell	9	84.5%
Acne Studios	18	81.8%
Mango	151	79.9%
New Look	10	79.5%
Aritzia	11	79%
Bershka	488	78.1%
H&M	48	77.9%
Ganni	7	77.6%
River Island	47	77.1%
& Other Stories	43	76.2%
Weekday	76	74.4%
Zara	144	73.5%
Stradivarius	52	70.1%
Maje	20	69.6%
Reformation	12	66.4%
Urban Outfitters	61	64.2%
AllSaints	45	63.9%
Topshop	15	61.2%
ASOS	347	56.7%
Princess Polly	341	55.2%
Anthropologie	12	54.8%
PrettyLittleThing	48	54.1%
Meshki	49	52.2%
Sandro	15	52.1%
Boohoo	144	40%
House of CB	12	37.5%
Patagonia	23	21%
Gymshark	174	4.3%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which brand has the best shortss for natural fabric?

Based on our data, Barbour leads with 94.1% average natural fibre in their shortss (13 products analyzed).

What are most shortss made of?

Across 2,713 shortss from all retailers we track, the average natural fibre content is 63.6%. The rest is synthetic material.

Which brand should I avoid for shortss?

Gymshark has the lowest natural fibre percentage in shortss at 4.3%. That said, individual items vary — always check the label or use Fibr.

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