I live in Arizona and go around in shorts year round. I’m male and 60. We have the climate for it. I favor denim jeans style shorts. I find nothing unusual about what George is wearing.
I’m extremely disappointed that the article doesn’t reveal who’s in the first and third spots.
Short are quite common in school uniforms, which apparently are themselves coming back in vogue in multiple countries. I understand that while skinned knees are a bit of a pain in the knee, they’re easier to fix than ripped-at-the-knee trousers.
see BBC news “The Royal Family’s dress code uncovered”
Seriously. WTF?
Prince George is four. You’ve never seen a four year old in shorts in your area? Where do you live?
Hee. Yes, at least the shorts aren’t velvet.
Federer’s kids looked classic (and adorable) too.
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Thank you so much. 
This board totally rocks. I knew there had to be an answer.
I know its mundane curiosity. It’s still good to know the logic behind seeing this kid dressed so stuffy and proper.
Of course the royal family has no idea how to properly dress their children, why would they? That’s what their etiquette experts are for.
Having to get all dressed up to go to grandma’s house 50 years ago.
Wouldn’t ten seconds rational thought have produced the same result?
Yes, I know you dress up for formal occasions.
What I didn’t know was why we always see George in that particular outfit.
Now it’s been confirmed that it’s considered a traditional style for royal children.
It’s really not an unusual way to see little boys dressed, though, even before he was born. The only unusual thing is not wearing t-shirts but I think that may be them avoiding endorsing a particular brand. The shirts are probably made by a traditional company that’s already “by royal appointment.”
Didn’t strike me as that unusual, not just for the royals (whose job is to be ever so slightly behind the centre of gravity of popular fashions and attitudes) but for quite a way down the social scale: special occasions demand “Sunday best”.
Nope, multiple brands. They’re commercially-available models from different British companies.
I just don’t think it requires that much thought. It’s not as if the royal adults go around looking like a shlub. Of course the children, when out for public view, would be dressed up.
Prince George’s checked shirt from the other day was from a Spanish company, Neck and Neck. It costs 15 euros. The other shirt was from a different Spanish company and sold out, but was available for 13 euros. The royal family does not wear exclusively British fashions.
My mom made me a blouse with a Peter Pan collar (like this) when I was young. I always wore it backwards so the buttons were in the front. I never understood why she put the buttons on the “boy’s” side.
When she explained that I was wearing it backwards, I wondered who the hell thought buttons up the back were a good idea.
Fair enough! My theory holds no water.
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.
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.