# Have Little Lord Fauntleroy shorts come back in style for little kids?

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**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")\
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**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 24, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/41 "2017-07-24T04:53:30Z")

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And I’m sure you look lovely in them, too.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/42 "2017-07-24T11:44:31Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> The shorts I saw in the photos do not look like what I consider dress shorts, which are just shorts made exactly like dress pants. (And I’ve never heard of them being acceptable in formal situations except near the equator.)

For adults, yes. But shorts, even slightly smarter ones than just beach shorts, are quite usual for small children, at least in the summer.

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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-little-lord-fauntleroy-shorts-come-back-in-style-for-little-kids/791669/43 "2017-07-24T18:02:45Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> I understood his OP just fine. He was simply wondering if an old-fashioned form of shorts was coming back into fashion. He said he hadn’t seen them until recently, and that he missed them. So he’s happy they are back.
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> The shorts I saw in the photos do not look like what I consider dress shorts, which are just shorts made exactly like dress pants. (And I’ve never heard of them being acceptable in formal situations except near the equator.) They do hearken to an earlier era, IMO.

What? He hates the shorts.

They’re just not that uncommon, in England, at least. They’re quite practical and comfortable and look fine dressed down a bit with t-shirts or polo shirts as well as worn with shirts.

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