Second the uniqlo selvedge stretch - been through about ten pairs now over the years. Once they begin to fray, buy some new ones and cut the old ones off. Get a tailor to fix the hems and reinforce the crotch - I go to a great but surly guy in Angel. Then you constantly have a pair of new summer shorts. Have now been locked in this rotation for about a decade..
The pair I currently need to get the crotchal region fixed on would actually be nicer as shorts - they have some engineered fraying on the knees which i've never been that keen on, could even just chop them myself & get them done properly at a later date
Second the uniqlo selvedge stretch - been through about ten pairs now over the years. Once they begin to fray, buy some new ones and cut the old ones off. Get a tailor to fix the hems and reinforce the crotch - I go to a great but surly guy in Angel. Then you constantly have a pair of new summer shorts. Have now been locked in this rotation for about a decade..