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Many adjustable waists are still too big. Next jeans often seem to come up short. Some of their clothes seem to be designed for mini golfers, rather than little boys.

Also hate hoods on everything. Must be uncomfortable in a car seat with all that bunching behind the neck.

Orangesandlemons, M&S asked on here last year. They got a lot of extremely honest feedback from MNers, as I'm sure you can imagine. Will be interesting to see if they paid any attention.

oh god the hoods on everything! That's so annoying, espcially as that means often jumpers and coats have hoods, DS often ends up with 2 on in winter - it is just annoying.

Can i add, fake t-shirts pannels at the neck of jumpers? Why? do you not realise I'm also going to have to put an actual t-shirt underneath for DS, so it'll just look stupid with double necklines.

I'll be looking at the M&S clothes range then this year, will be interesting. Would be good to see if they think about party clothes for boys that aren't suits. would be nice to not have to go to Jo Jo MB and pay their prices for an outfit for the next round of birthday parties.

I think you just have to shop around. Tesco and next normally have packs of plain very bright t shirts, DS wears a lot of chino type brightly coloured trousers to.

The waists on everything being to big I just put down to DS being so skinny but things with adjustable waists just about stay up

Also the person who mentioned drawstrings that don't work. That's for Health and Safety reasons.

Again, there are a lot more girls clothes, because girls also wear skirts, and there is also what is known a s girls formalwear, which is things like party dresses and formal coats. Boys don't seem to get this option.

As others have mentioned, if you don't want your daughter in head to toe pink there's actually not much for them either. That said, next look like they have a much more varied selection for girls this year.

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Find it v hard to source the other brands mentioned, I like to sdee before I buy mostly. Also don't want to pay more than high street prices. Don't understand why they should be more expensive?

Maybe we should do like the bra thread and start a twitter campaign?!

Yes, the colours are my main bugbear. If it's not a shade of blue that looks as if it's already been washed 50 times, it's shades of shit or diarrhoea, never a good look.

My dd won't wear pink. I can find clothes for her. What I can't find are appropriate clothes for her. I find both M anS and Next's older girls range look really trashy and cheap.

It's all conspiracy of manufacturers and shops to force us to buy twice as many clothes, if we happen to have DC of different sex.

I like the Scandinavian shops that just sell trousers, shirts, jumpers etc - up to the parents to choose if they buy this particular jumper for a boy or a girl. There's no need to dress boys in mud colours and girls in pink, sparkly and totally impractical clothes.

thereistheball - LOVE Tootsamaginty

I agree OP, but find H&M great. DS (3) pretty much lives in their very brightly coloured, plain jersey range. Comfy, warm, washes well, cheap, not a dino or digger in sight.

It's solved all my (boys' clothes) problems!

we have the problem with slim waist, need the length and fake drawstrings

My stepmother bought DS some jogging bottoms from Matalan for Christmas (he's 3yo). They have proper working drawstrings, one pair fitted now, and the other he'll grow into as the wait fits with the pullcord but they're a bit long for now.

She was immediately dispatched back to Matalan, as we can't park near ours because it's helpfully next to the bus station, to buy more because I was so please to find proper drawstring waists on little boys' clothes.

Hoods on jumpers drives me nuts. Marks and spencer have one, just one jersey without a hood. Even next have everything with a hood.

Loving the Frugi stuff for 5yo DS. Loads of bright colours and co-ordinating shorts. t-shirts and zippers. My basket now stands at £195.

I think Matalan may, be breaking the law......., especially if they are for under 5 year olds

www.jako-o.com/ - loads of lovely bright plain basics

Sainsbury's have adjustable waisted corduroy trousers and bright chinos. My DS is wearing dark green cords from Sainsbury's and a bright yellow long sleeved top from M&S (also has a load of other bright tops and trousers from Gap).

Once I find a style I like I buy it in bigger sizes too. Both of my DC are 75th percentile for weight and 25th for height and Sainsbury's, Gap, M & Co and M&S provide most of their clothes, as I like bright primary colours for my DC, and I regularly pass unisex stuff from my DD down to my DS.

orangesandlemons definitely working pullcords, although sewn in at the front, so they can't be pulled out.

Better go and get some more in case they are raided!

Aha, well if they are secured that is Ok, although not sure how sewn cords can be pulled in to make them tighter....

for those with skinny tall boys, I have found that Asda do great skinny jeans - they are long, they have adjustable waists (but are no so big in the first place that you have to ratchet them in and you end up with a kid looking like he wears a nappy) and they come in bright colours - DS has turquiose, green and dark denim, and is asking for a bright red pair.

Ive also seen some great puffer gillets in bright yellow and royal blue - cute!.

They occasionally have interesting Tshirts (Bought DS one with like an xray of rib cage, spine, heart, lungs- he loves it!) but more often have the chimp in glasses/here comes trouble/superhero shirts.

FireOverBabylon - please can you put a link to the matalan jogging bottoms, as I want to get some for my ds. I promise I won't buy them all

Skang I often used the pockets on DS's clothes, he often had a dummy on a dummy chain and when he didn't have it in his mouth, I tucked it into a pocket.

Ooh, credit card is flinching at Tootsamaginty link. With boy-girl twins their stuff looks gorgeous!

Bertie, I was wondering why Boots clothes suddenly became rubbish crap! Now it all makes sense, bloody Mothercare <shakes fist>
Hatti, good to know that about Asda jeans, thanks for the tip!

Next today had mainly early 90s rave aztec prints/neon. Awful, awful clothing that you need to be on E to appreciate.

Slogan tshirts are awful but what's with the 'Dan the Man', 'Happy as Larry' & other name slogans everywhere? For the 50 people with a Dan it's a great shirt, but for the thousands with something else, it's a bit pointless.
Although it would be interesting to see what they could rhyme with Ptolemy.

its only the skinny jeans, the ordinary ones are like sacks around the waist if you get the length to fit. SKinny jeans have very long legs, ds is 10, wears 11-12 (is head taller than the other lads in class) and they fit! Hence having 3 pairs. :D

I was actually astounded to see a lot of brightly coloured boys summer clothes in M&S this morning. Bright pinks, oranges, yellows and purples. Like this:

www.marksandspencer.com/Tops-T-shirts-Young-Boys-1-7-yrs-Kids/b/44190030#rh=p_10%3APink&page=1&sort=salesrank&size=12&lo_binKey=p_10&lo_binValue=Pink

I recently bought my DS some M&S girls' socks with bright pink/blue/green stars and hearts on them. The boys' ones were so boring and he just loves these. Last summer I found multi-pack plain tshirts for DS in Next which are bright pink, green and blue. Very nice and good value.

I also agree about the waists, I always have to make sure they are adjustable. I also agree about the hoods, especially for babies when they are lying on their back most of time! I also agree about the limited designs and stupid mottos! I am particularly sick of stripes! Really, really sick of stripes.