Product Description
The Gallery Dept Zuma Short Chocolate is the most earthily grounded and most seasonally versatile colorway of the brand's signature athletic short format, a piece that applies the GALLERY DEPT. logo stamp in full embroidery above the right hem of the above-the-knee athletic cut that Thomas named after the iconic Los Angeles beach and designed as the brand's primary warm-weather bottom. The Zuma Short series takes its name from Zuma Beach in Malibu, the stretch of Pacific coastline that sits within the geography of the Los Angeles creative and cultural world that Thomas's work inhabits and documents, and the naming is not incidental but reflects the genuinely Californian and beach-adjacent character of the silhouette, an athletic cut with the proportions and unisex ease of the board shorts and athletic shorts that LA's beach culture has produced for decades. The chocolate colorway places the Zuma Short in the warm brown earth tone that has been one of the most culturally pervasive and critically acclaimed color choices in contemporary streetwear and luxury fashion, a hue that references natural materials, soil, and the kind of considered neutrality that works across the broadest range of dressing contexts without sacrificing chromatic warmth. The 88% polyester and 12% spandex construction delivers the stretch and recovery that make the Zuma Short genuinely athletic and functional rather than decorative, with the drawstring fastening inside the waistband providing adjustable fit and the side and back pockets adding practical carry capacity appropriate to the beach and athletic references the silhouette embodies. The Gallery Dept logo stamp embroidered above the right hem is the house's most restrained branding application, a single placement that marks the short as a Gallery Dept piece without overwhelming the clean athletic aesthetic of the silhouette. Designed and produced in Los Angeles, CA. All sales are final.
The Zuma Short Chocolate is the Gallery Dept bottom for the collector who wants the brand's most athletic and most beach-referencing silhouette in the warm, natural tone that connects most directly to the California landscape that gives the Zuma its name and its character.
The Gallery Dept Zuma Short Chocolate is available at a retail price of $350.
