Foreign Trade Black Athletic Shorts Review: A $7.46 Polyester Short, Measured

We ordered the Foreign Trade black athletic shorts in sport-casual style (SKU 7720570468) through our shopping agent and put the parcel through the same bench routine we use for every apparel item: packaging photographed before opening, tape and calipers on the garment, fabric weight logged in grams per square metre, and seam checks at 10x magnification. The listing price was $7.46 USD, marked down from $8.51 USD, with availability shown as in stock.

The listing is a factory-source one. The seller brand on the page is Foreign Trade, the recorded factory name is Censhida, and the item is filed under a 2025 summer street category. There is no independent buyer review record attached to this listing and no published size chart, so everything below describes the single unit we received rather than a population of units.

What we measured on the bench

Our sample was a size M in black, measured flat with the drawstring released and the waistband at rest.

Two cautions apply. The listing publishes no waist, hip or inseam figures at all, and its own weight field is empty, so there is no chart to check our numbers against. What we can say is that the shorts we received correspond to a straightforward mid-size M, not a slim or oversized cut.

Fabric, print and stitching

The listing's material line translates as polyester for both the fabric name and the main composition, with a light stretch described as slight. On the bench, the shell weighed in at 165 g/m² — light enough for a Dutch summer and clearly a warm-weather weave rather than a heavier jersey.

Fabric name: polyester. Trouser length: five-point shorts. Leg shape: straight. Stretch: slight. Style: street. Suitable season: summer. Colours: white, black, orange, green.

Under 10x magnification the side seams showed roughly 11 stitches per 25 mm and the hems about 9, with overlocked raw edges inside the leg and a double-needle finish on the hem itself. We found no unravelling thread ends and no skipped stitches on the pair we inspected. The printed script on the front sits flat with slightly soft edges at 10x, which is normal for a heat-applied graphic at this price, and the two small patches on the lower legs are stitched rather than glued.

Cut, length and how the five-point shape wears

Five-point is the Chinese sizing shorthand for a mid-thigh short that ends above the knee, and the measured 17 cm inseam and 46 cm outseam put the hem roughly 3 cm above the knee on our 180 cm fit tester. The leg is straight rather than tapered, with a 30 cm flat opening, so there is room to move without the fabric flapping.

The waist is an elasticated band with a functional drawstring; we tightened and released it repeatedly and the elastic recovered each time. There are no published care instructions on the listing, so treat washing guidance as unverified.

Colourways and graphics

Four colours are listed: white, black, orange and green, in M, L, XL, 2XL and 3XL. The photographs — and the pair we received — show the black version with script lettering across the front and small patches on the lower legs. The listing does not state whether the other three colourways carry identical graphics, so if lettering on a white or orange pair would bother you, confirm it with the seller before you commit.

Price, availability and batch caveats

At $7.46 USD against an $8.51 USD original price, this is priced as an entry-level factory short, and that is what it measures like: clean construction, light fabric, no published specification sheet. Because the seller is a factory source with no independent review history, the biggest risk is not the garment we received but the next batch, which may not match our numbers exactly.

For sizing decisions, ask the seller for flat waist, hip and inseam measurements in the size you intend to buy, then lay those figures against a pair of shorts you already own. When the parcel reaches your agent's warehouse, use the QC photos to confirm the graphic placement and colour before you approve international shipping. If a new batch, colourway or material change is confirmed by one of our own orders, this review is retested and the date updated.