Put your best foot forward, guys

As Paris men’s fashion week comes to a close, one trend for spring summer 2018 and could not be clearer — bare legs.

The fashion industry clearly feels that the time is right for men to get their legs out for the girls — or for other men, who like to admire a well-sculpted calf.

In a week in which a heatwave across Europe saw British schoolchildren and French bus drivers don skirts in protest at not being allowed to wear shorts, the momentum behind taking the trouser above the knee seems unstoppable.

While many women have long looked down their noses at men in shorts, bare legs may soon be the least of their worries.

For as well as shorts, socks and sandals, which many thought had been safely confined to the style wilderness, are also back.

Here are the three top trends for the Paris men’s catwalks:

THE SHORT(S) WAY

Legs — including hairy ones — were everywhere on the men’s catwalks from the edgy newcomers Angus Chiang and Namacheko to Dior where Kris Van Assche matched micro shorts with tailored black suit jackets to show the maximum of thigh.

Lengths varied widely with Loewe going daringly high with micro shorts and Speedolike pouches while the Taiwanese Chiang and the Japanese label Facetasm swung between kilts, tube shorts and culottes.

SANDALS WITH SOCKS

Socks with sandals are no longer the abomination they once were, if this week’s shows are anything to go by.

SPORTS HOSIERY

The shotgun marriage with sandals was only half the story of the irresistible rise of the sock this week.

Tennis, baseball and all kinds of sporty socks worn mostly halfway up the shin was the other big takeaway. The rise in sportswear has been the biggest creeping trend on the men’s catwalks for some time, and it really gripped Paris by the ankles this time.

PHOTO: AFP