Yes, really. As well as his character in Normal People being a big GAA fan… With Paul Mescal being branded a style icon, the popularity of GAA shorts … This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. In case the GAA shorts weren't enough of a giveaway. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The Kildare actor has shot to fame over the last few weeks since the popular TV series Normal People have hit the screens. Paul Mescal has reacted to the Gucci shorts that have been compared to GAA O'Neill's shorts. I mean I certainly would not say no People have been absolutely loving the fact that these €550 shorts look exactly like a pair of GAA shorts that have been worn up and down the country for years.It's safe to say this years summer trend won't be just seen on the GAA pitches but we'll be seeing more and more O'Neills shorts out in force during the summer months this year.Paul Mescal has reacted to the Gucci shorts that have been compared to GAA O'Neill's shorts.Paul obviously amused by the tweet replied "I mean I certainly would not say no"People also began to wonder about what the man who started this trend thought about the designer shorts.Writer Roisin Ingle tweeted Paul a picture of the shorts and teased "Hope they sent you a pair".Wednesday, June 10th, 2020 3:24pm Personnes normales L’acteur Paul Mescal a ri des photos de paparazzi de lui-même en short, qui ont mis les médias sociaux en surmenage ces derniers mois.. Mescal, nominé pour un Emmy Award aujourd’hui (28 juillet) pour son rôle dans l’adaptation télévisée du roman à succès de Sally Rooney, a été au centre d’un certain nombre de mèmes liés à sa tenue vestimentaire. Loving the Maynooth GAA shorts!”. And the magazine declared of the 24-year-old’s sartorial style: “Once again Mescal was right on the money given that short shorts are set to be one of the biggest trends of the summer.”Gucci are selling a pair of shorts similar to those worn by GAA players for a mere €550.“Paul Mescal, the hunky alabaster actor from across the Irish Sea, is the surprise style icon of the lockdown summer.They are described as: "Crafted from waterproof nylon, these swim shorts are completed by an elastic waistband with drawstring. ThomastCallan Thomastown area councillors - Cllrs Deirdre Cullen, Patrick O'Neill, Peter Cleere. The green and red Web ribbon runs down the sides and gives them an athletic feel with the Gucci jacquard label."“The look is all about making the most of your pins and showing off that hard-earned lockdown tan.”With Paul Mescal being branded a style icon, the popularity of GAA shorts as a fashion item is on the rise after the former Kildare minor player wore them in Normal People.“This summer’s biggest shorts trend is shorts so short, floaty and, well, alarmingly breathable that they might as well be your boxers.The fashion mag said the current trend was now short shorts “with an altogether more floaty and, ahem, intimate aesthetic.”“And though I’d usually say that this is a high-summer weekend trend only, the reality is that we’re all going to be working from home until at least August, which means that, in my opinion, you should make like Mescal and go for your life,” said fashion writer Teo van den Broeke.The magazine listed shorts similar to those worn by Mescal that you can purchase online, with a pair of Gucci ones top of the list for €550.With Paul Mescal being branded a style icon, the popularity of GAA shorts as a fashion item is apparently on the rise“Not only did Mescal, who plays Connell Waldron in the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, cause a ruckus on the interweb with the Roxanne First chain necklace he wore in the show but last weekend he also went out for boozy picnic in London wearing a pair of shorts so minuscule they might well have been his boxers.”“If you’re not wearing your boxers as shorts then you’re doing it all wrong,” the magazine said.Get all the very latest news in Ireland straight to your email every single day