# Have Little Lord Fauntleroy shorts come back in style for little kids? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669 "2017-07-19T19:18:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/1 "2017-07-19T19:18:11Z")
This is truly mundane. šŸ˜ƒ LOL I admit that my curiosity has been stoked. Kidā€™s Shorts were just going out of style during my childhood. It was considered very dated. Something grandparents wanted their little kids to wear. A certain amount of teasing ensued at the playground. Many adults my age cringe at old family photos. Poor kid. LOL Better him than me. The blog, my parents made me wear this, is hilarious. I read several of them and parents questionable taste is pretty universal. > **[Little Lord Fauntleroy meets Star Trek](http://myparentsmademewearthis.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-lord-fauntleroy-meets-star-trek.html?m=1)** > > This lad claims some classic themes in his two outfits--Star Trek and Little Lord Fauntleroy. What unifies them? The possibility of getting ... The main blog. Great read Iā€™ve never seen any of the little kids in my neighborhood in shorts. EVER. Iā€™m pretty sure theyā€™d be absolutely mortified playing hoops in them. I rubbed my eyes and did a double take when I saw a photo of Prince William and his children. LOL It looks so incredibly dated. Like a colorized childhood photo from the 1940ā€™s. I havenā€™t seen a young girl in that style dress in forty years. My little girls wore dresses to church, but not that dated style. [https://www.google.com/amp/m.eonline.com/amp/news/867791/blue-in-berlin-prince-william-kate-middleton-prince-george-and-princess-charlotte-arrive-in-germany-for-second-leg-of-royal-tour](https://www.google.com/amp/m.eonline.com/amp/news/867791/blue-in-berlin-prince-william-kate-middleton-prince-george-and-princess-charlotte-arrive-in-germany-for-second-leg-of-royal-tour) I know parents love dressing up their young kids. My wife did it with my daughters. It doesnā€™t last very long before the child develops his/her own fashion sense. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/2 "2017-07-19T19:24:20Z")
Edit time out screwed me before I could get the link posted. Hereā€™s the blog link [http://myparentsmademewearthis.blogspot.com/](http://myparentsmademewearthis.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/3 "2017-07-19T20:53:31Z")
Say do what, now? I live in the American South, where children (and the vast majority of adults) wear shorts whenever possible for the bulk of the year. Though the style and preferred length may change with the times, shorts themselves have never gone out of fashion. ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/4 "2017-07-19T21:54:37Z")
Besides your strange assertion that shorts have gone out of style (considering that itā€™s July and I havenā€™t seen a child in something other than shorts in about a month), the clothing that royal children wear for a state visit is obviously going to be much different from what the kid down the street wears to play in. The British royals in particular opt to dress their children in the kind of old-fashioned, timeless, non-trendy styles in order to present a more formal appearance for three reasons: one being that it looks better in pictures and shows respect to the event theyā€™re present at, two being that itā€™s a typical style for upper-class children of their social class, and three being that when the children are wearing old-fashioned clothing in their public photos, it makes it more difficult to identify them in ā€œstreet clothesā€ and attracts less attention when they are going to school or out with the nanny. On top of that, there isnā€™t anything strange about what either kid is wearing. Charlotte is wearing a floral dress and George is wearing shorts and a button-down shirt, all of which are available in kidsā€™ stores all through the land. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/5 "2017-07-19T22:39:06Z")
Shorts are pretty common in Virginia. For kids and adults of all ages. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/6 "2017-07-19T22:56:45Z")
If you were talking about the bloused knickers, lace collar and ruffled shirt, yeah, thatā€™s not so common these days. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/7 "2017-07-19T23:24:21Z")
If shorts are considered strange where you live, then I hope youā€™re in Alaska or otherwise in the great North. Beyond that, if youā€™re trying to convince people to not wear shorts when itā€™s hot, then thatā€™s just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/8 "2017-07-20T00:04:52Z")
I wasnā€™t referring to athletic shorts or sweats. These are seen everywhere. [![](https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://demandware.edgesuite.net/sits_pod20-adidas/dw/image/v2/aaqx_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-adidas-products/en_US/dwf904c0a8/zoom/BJ9165_01_laydown.jpg?sw%3D2000%26sfrm%3Djpg&imgrefurl=http://www.adidas.com/us/tastigo-17-shorts/BJ9165.html&docid=yNX0unuiLUxrgM&tbnid=ilugoVRn46acOM:&vet=1&w=2000&h=2000&source=sh/x/im) ](https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://demandware.edgesuite.net/sits_pod20-adidas/dw/image/v2/aaqx_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-adidas-products/en_US/dwf904c0a8/zoom/BJ9165_01_laydown.jpg?sw%3D2000%26sfrm%3Djpg&imgrefurl=http://www.adidas.com/us/tastigo-17-shorts/BJ9165.html&docid=yNX0unuiLUxrgM&tbnid=ilugoVRn46acOM:&vet=1&w=2000&h=2000&source=sh/x/im) [https://goo.gl/images/VAijZ2](https://goo.gl/images/VAijZ2) [https://goo.gl/images/1YzoW7](https://goo.gl/images/1YzoW7) I guess you folks arenā€™t getting The Little Lord Fauntleroy vibe. The shorts, socks and penny loafers. It reeks of grandma and Sunday dinners. For me it was a big jolt of deja Vu 1964. Itā€™s not a big deal. Just a mundane thought on a boring Wed. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/9 "2017-07-20T01:28:10Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It reeks of grandma and Sunday dinners. My grandma and her Sunday dinners smelled just fine, thanks. Iā€™m sorry you were not so fortunate. I donā€™t get what youā€™re talking about in regards to shorts, either. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/10 "2017-07-20T02:48:02Z")
I had to dress up to go for Sun dinners at Grandmaā€™s. Sorry if Iā€™m not being clear. I guess this is too personal a memory for others to understand. That could have been me in that photo in 1964. I always hated those shorts and all the fuss of getting my hair combed. I couldnā€™t wait to get old enough to wear pants like the older kids. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/11 "2017-07-20T02:54:02Z")
Heā€™s the freaking grandson of the heir apparent, a Prince of the Realm and third in line for the throne. Whatā€™s he supposed to be wearing- a dinosaur t-shirt, some nondescript athletic shorts and some crocs? Of course heā€™s got the kid equivalent of business-casual on. Beyond that, thereā€™s a trend for ā€œsmocksā€ among some moms these days, which are more old-timey looking than youā€™re probably used to. Google ā€œSmock clothes boysā€ and see what Iā€™m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/12 "2017-07-20T02:57:58Z")
Dressy shorts for little boys are pretty common here. No one wants to wear long pants in the summer and dressy shorts make it so little boys donā€™t have to when attending events where athletic attire isnā€™t appropriate. As for Charlotteā€™s dress, nearly every little girl Iā€™ve ever known had at least one dress like that for a dressy occasion. Itā€™s not outdated, itā€™s classic. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/13 "2017-07-20T03:27:57Z")
I found an article on Kateā€™s choice of clothing for the kids. I had no idea parents rush out to buy whatever clothes they see the royal children wear. I remember Diana influenced fashion in the 80ā€™s. She seemed to be really into fashion. She was constantly on the covers of nearly every magazine. > **[Why the Duchess of Cambridge always dresses her children identically](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3552281/Why-Duchess-Cambridge-dresses-children-indentically.html)** > > The Duchess of Cambridge dresses George and Charlotte in signature traditional style so as not to create a frenzy around her children's clothes, according to experts. > [@](#): > > ā€˜The Duchess is very conscious of her influence in fashion,ā€™ Holly continued. > > 'Acutely aware of the digital world we live in, the Duchess has learned from the many, many times her outfit has been sold out online almost immediately after she has worn something. > > ā€˜Reacting to this she clearly tries to use her influence wisely; choosing UK or local designers, choosing affordable outfits and extending this to her children.ā€™ > > According to research by Rakuten Marketing, George and Charlotte are the second and fourth most influential celebrity youngsters in childrenā€™s fashion market respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/14 "2017-07-20T03:31:26Z")
So, youā€™ve answered your own question: Yes, those kind of shorts are back in fashion (in Great Britain, at any rate) because she just set the fashion. How awesome would it be if she had chosen, say, dinosaur costumes or Blue Man Group outfits? Theyā€™d be everywhereā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/15 "2017-07-20T03:50:29Z")
Maybe they can cut a deal with Nike? šŸ˜ƒ The Air Georges shoe. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/16 "2017-07-20T10:15:05Z")
It just looks like little kidsā€™ clothes to me. šŸ˜• Mine dress like that only half the time, and wear Garanimals the rest because I hate ironing. But seriously, I was expecting actual [Little](http://www.victorian-era.org/images/late-victorian-fashion-women-men-girls-boys-4.jpg)[Lord](http://www.victoriana.com/Victorian-Fashion/images/boysclothing-3.JPG)garb. Frankly, though, I think Iā€™ve got pics of all four of my kids in little sailor suits kicking about somewhere because yā€™know,itā€™s cute. What should toddlers wear? Levis and leather jackets? ---
**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/17 "2017-07-20T20:39:15Z")
Those are totally ordinary small children clothesā€¦ where do you get the idea otherwise??? ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/18 "2017-07-20T22:32:44Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I remember Diana influenced fashion in the 80ā€™s. She seemed to be really into fashion. She was constantly on the covers of nearly every magazine. Did you photocopy the covers them back then and hold them under peopleā€™s noses to start conversations? Guys! I just read that thereā€™s a big wall in Berlin! I wonder how much wallpaper it needs! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/19 "2017-07-20T22:47:35Z")
I cannot comprehend what the OP is complaining about. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/20 "2017-07-20T22:54:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I wasnā€™t referring to athletic shorts or sweats. > These are seen everywhere. > \ > > [https://goo.gl/images/1YzoW7](https://goo.gl/images/1YzoW7) Since when are khaki shorts ā€œathleticā€? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669.md?page=2)