Facts and acceptance

[Torchwatch]

It's still cold in England, it has been raining for months, very few people walking about are wearing shorts.
Since the rain didn't fall today a lot of cyclists are about, many of them in lycra shorts.

A new fashion started over the winter, drainpipe trousers in brown or mustard yellow. The teenagers started the fashion and it is catching on. Not ashamed to show off the shape of their bodies they will want something different to long baggy shorts when the sun comes out.
When teenagers get into a fashion style it spreads fast, all ages adopting it, shops selling off unwanted gear cheap and bringing in stocks of the new fashion fast. The momentum builds ....

Euro 2012 football is starting in June. What will the teams be wearing for summer football this time?

The Olympics are coming to London later in the summer, all kinds of sports wearing all kinds of kit. If sports gear looks good and is available the teenagers will want to wear it. Hopefully some will choose short shorts.

Don't worry Louis, all those short shorts and speedos hidden away in cupboards will start to come out when the sun begins to shine in Europe, and spread around the world.