I have a hard time finding shorts I like-I'm not very curvy-more straight up and down and straight leg shorts just make me look dumpy. I'm also in the middle ground of being old enough that I don't want teeny tiny shorts, but not so old that I want grandma shorts. These are the perfect style-long enough to cover the bum but show some leg and with just a bit of flare on the end to keep them from being completely straight. The fit was true to size. I did end up exchanging them for the same thing in a slightly darker rinse because these looked a little lighter in person than they did in the picture but the fit was great.