Cough Syrup Shorts Authenticity Tips Full 2026 Guide

Double Cup Cargo Shorts: what the spec sheet says

Exactly one product sits in the denim collection at That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup at the moment, and it is the Double Cup Cargo Shorts. A mid-weight that holds a leg shape rather than collapsing, the 14 oz denim here comes with a mid rise. Two pairs in the same colorway will not be identical, because the color comes from a garment dye applied through what the brand calls a double dye process to mimic sun-fading. The build details are spelled alocs denim shorts out: double-layer double cup pockets at the back, cargo pockets at the side, a button fly, and a custom leather patch. The name is a straight reference to the brand’s own cup motif, carried over from the graphics into the pocket build. The store lists four colorways, Grey, Black/Green, Purple and Red, and the size run goes by waist rather than by letter. Price sits at about $150 at the brand’s own store as of September 2026, listed against a higher compare-at figure of $300, and that kind of markdown does not stay live forever.

The remainder of the shorts rail

A much wider shorts offering holds that single denim style, and it is where most alocs shorts searches actually end up. Three variations on the same graphic idea, the Glocc Shorts, Mexico Glocc Shorts and USA Glocc Shorts, sit in the main tier at about $150. From the same capsule, published to the store in July 2026, come the ALOCS x Stinc Team Dragon Shorts, alongside the Awful Lot Of Stincs Shorts and the Awful Lot Of Stincs Buddha Shorts. That price tier is rounded off by the Awful Lot Of Chiefin Heavily Shorts and the Classic Sweat Shorts, and the sweat short pairs obviously with the matching fleece bottoms in the catalogue. Below that the Awful Lot Of Respect Cuhh Shorts sit at about $100 and the Women’s Booty Shorts at about $60, and that is what gives the category its $60 to $150 band. A Mystery Shorts item is also listed at about $50 as a standing clearance mechanic, so the floor can dip below that band when stock needs clearing. What the brand’s own store showed as of September 2026 is where every one of these figures comes from, and this label re-prices with drops.

The other denim and workwear pieces

If denim is the reason you are here, the shorts are not the end of it, they are just the only denim short. Black, Blue and Tan are the colors on the ALOCS Denim Jacket at about $300 each, and the ALOCS Carpenter Pants run in the same three colors at the same price. The same waist-based sizing logic runs through those carpenter pants, which are the closest thing the catalogue has to a full-length companion for the cargo short. Sitting next to the denim is a workwear line built on Dickies bodies, including the Cough Syrup Loose Fit Dickies Pants at about $250 and the Glocc Dickies Pants at about $300, both published as a 65% cotton and 35% polyester blend. That blend is the marker that workwear and denim are different propositions here, one a hard-wearing poly-cotton twill, the other raw weight in cotton. Across the whole range the construction signals stay constant, the signature yellow woven label appearing garment after garment in the brand’s own copy. Product copy adds that the pieces are made in Los Angeles, hand-dyed and printed there, and screen-printed there, a real cost input at these prices.

The lineup at a glance

The table below sets out what the brand publishes, and nothing beyond it. Where no fabric weight or flat measurement appears on a product page, the cell says as much instead of guessing at a number. Taken from the brand’s own store as of September 2026, the prices will move with drops, restocks and sale periods. Fit notes are per product, because this label publishes them per product and they are not uniform across the catalogue. The only entry that has a full published measurement table is the denim short, which is why it carries the most detail. Treat it as a shortlist, then open the individual listing for the style you want before you pick a size.

Sizing: read the waist, not the letter

Priced and sized by waist measurement, the denim and workwear here run 28 to 44, which removes most of the guesswork that letter sizing introduces. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts come with a full flat table: small is a 29.5 inch waist with a 7.75 inch inseam, medium 31.5 and 8, large 33.5 and 8.5, extra large 35.5 and 9, and 2XL 37.5 and 9.5. The inseam moves half an inch per size, so the short stays roughly the same length on the leg as the waist grows rather than dropping toward the knee. It runs true to size, and for an oversized fit you size up one, which is how explicit the fit guidance is on this style. Because that single step is the whole instruction, going up two on a 14 oz denim body will read as baggy rather than oversized. The rest of the shorts rail mostly does not publish measurements, which means the per-product fit sentence is the only guidance you get. No global size chart and no washing instructions get published anywhere on the store, worth stating plainly, so do not assume a care routine from the garment-dye alone.

What people actually type into search

Much of the traffic looking for denim shorts from this label arrives typing the word jorts, and that word needs handling carefully. The brand does not use it, anywhere, on any product page or in any product name. The only denim short in the catalogue is the Double Cup Cargo Shorts, which is what searchers mean by it, so the useful translation is simply that the jorts everybody is asking about are the Double Cup Cargo Shorts. None of the spellings people type are the brand’s own, and the brand name itself runs the same pattern, coming out as awful lot of cough syrup, awful lotta cough syrup and a dozen other near-misses. A lot of stores selling cough syrup clothing under those spellings have no connection to the label at all, and that is the practical reason it matters. The yellow woven label, the published 14 oz denim spec, the real price levels, and whether the product name appears in the brand’s own catalogue are the checks that work. Anyone shopping alocs clothing in person has the Los Angeles stores at 7669 Melrose Ave and 312 W 5th St or the Houston store at 5410 Almeda Rd, while anyone shopping online should re-check the current price before buying, since everything quoted here is a September 2026 snapshot.