Bermuda Shorts Perfect for Nantucket
The couple that started this Bermuda Shorts company had been in Montana skiing, fly-fishing, rafting, and hiking.
For work they jumped out of airplanes and fought forest fires all over the western United States, Canada and Alaska. When they started a family, they realized that this kind of life was not well-suited to raising children. On a whim, they moved to the second most isolated place on earth (next to Nantucket), Bermuda.
They decided to try their own hand at running a small Bermudian-based company making what else, Bermuda shorts.
The idea had actually been simmering for ages from when the founder, Geordie Wardman - a native Bermudian, used to travel in between fire seasons. He says he wore good old-fashioned Bermuda shorts because they’re the best in the world, but they aren’t great for travel. Between “off-season” jungle treks, tropical monsoons, New Zealand trout rivers, diving on the Barrier Reef or plain wet bus seats, traditional Bermuda shorts had limitations. They took hours to dry!
That’s when they decided to take the modern and elegant fabric of suede microfiber, and make functional, comfortable Bermuda shorts.
Between the time of actually making the first proto-type Bermuda shorts and getting their first order to sell, they had plenty of time to vigorously test the men’s shorts. They didn’t just want to say you could wear them sailing one day and then later go to the office without actually doing it. They wanted to wade in the shorts while stripping in a bone fish and then wear the same Bermuda shorts to a wedding and look great.
As Geordie’s wife Kirsten is a very creative artist, they decided to put her to work making fun and colorful Bermudian designs of spiny lobsters, marlin, and blue crabs, to name just a few.
Bermuda shorts and womens skirts are now sold all over the world including here in Nantucket at Island Pursuit.
Check out Bermuda’s own Bermuda Styles for yourself!
