Elegant style icon wardrobe essentials: Grace Kelly in a pair of shorts

Grace Kelly demonstrates that one can look regal even in a pair of shorts, even paired with a bikini top. So much of her body is shown, yet nothing about her seems overexposed.

With a sleeveless knit top and a pair of ballerina flats, Grace Kelly looks so put together, as if everything were orchestrated. And when she wears the shorts with a casual, long-sleeved button-down shirt, she makes you forget all the bad things about summer: the heat, the insects, the sun that beats down too hard, and all the reasons you don't want to wear a pair of shorts.