Sillage Gurkha Shorts in BlackSillage Gurkha Shorts in Black. Inspired by the world, Sillage released a collection directly inspired by the elite soldiers of Nepal, specifically their historic Gurkha trousers. In 1815, after the birth of the alliance between the British Army and the Nepalese Kingdom of Gorkha, the Brigade of Gurkhas was established, and the Gurkha trousers quickly followed. These military shorts, which were named after the Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who had earned