Architectural cotton shorts in blue

With a high-rise waist and wrap front, these tailored bottoms split the difference between skirt and shorts. Polished enough to pair with heels for a night out, and easy enough to wear with sneakers around town, it’s a versatile piece that will find its way into heavy rotation. Meet the designer >

100% cotton
Designed in New York, made in Tunisia
Alima is 5’10” and wears a size XSmall
Care: Dry clean
Easy returns

Raised in Paris and Tunisia, emerging designer Anissa Meddeb creates clothing and accessories inspired by the intersection of North African culture and Eastern aesthetics. The Parsons School of Design graduate interned for Marc Jacobs Accessories and avant-garde fashion collective ThreeAsFour before launching her debut collection in 2016. Designed in New York and produced in Tunisia, Meddeb’s looks invoke classic Arab silhouettes with an architectural edge. Dubbed “one to watch” by Fashion Scout London, her most recent collection was presented at fashion weeks in Paris, London and Berlin. In 2018, Anissa was selected for the Design Entrepreneur Program at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and won the Open My Med Prize of Maison Mode Méditerranée in Marseille, France.