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Onsies - is it purely a UK phenomonen?

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 20:29

I see constant references to onsies on my fb newsfeed and sometimes on MN chat...

Is everyone in the UK wearing babygrows outside working hours?

Do people over the age of 2 wear "onsies" where you live?

I wanted to ask on "living overseas" because it sounds as if onsies have become "normal" in the UK, but I've never seen them in the shops here in Germany, and children who stay at ours for sleepovers don't bring babygrows onsies, so I don't think they exist.

Am I the only one living overseas who thinks the UK population have possibly gone a tiny bit loopy, with their apparently wholesale rush back into nursery sleepwear, or is it in fact perfectly normal?

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LidlAngel · 22/11/2013 20:31

Order one from Marks and Spencer. You need one in your life. You really do.

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Liara · 22/11/2013 20:34

Never seen one in France.

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 20:37

:D I honestly don't Lidl - we have a woodburning stove for a cozy living room, and thick winter duvets... plus I'm a size 18, I'd look like an enormous actual baby... :( I think my DD might like one, but my DS1 would probably have to be sedated to get him into a babygro onsie

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AnnoyingOrange · 22/11/2013 20:39

There are no onesies in the Orangery

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SirChenjin · 22/11/2013 20:43

They are the latest novelty items - no-one round here wears them outside, and only a very few adults I know have one (or will admit to having one Grin).

Btw - isn't it spelt 'onesie'? Onsie = on-see, no? Confused

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BIWI · 22/11/2013 20:46

I have a lovely fleecey onesie. It is so comfortable.

It doesn't have feet in it though. That would be seriously weird.

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 20:46

Sorry Sir (haha, apt name) you are absolutely right about my onesie/onsie spelling error Blush

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SirChenjin · 22/11/2013 20:48

Sorry - just re-read my post and it sounds v cheeky Blush. I was really just wondering out loud - is it onesie or onsie? Confused

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 20:52

So Lidl are you in Germany? Or the Uk? Or elsewhere? Where are you other onEsie :o wearers? BIWI?

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 20:53

Hehe you were right though Sir :o

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 20:55

What I really want to know is whether they are "a thing" outside the uk...

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SirChenjin · 22/11/2013 20:57

I suspect that they are probably "a thing" in certain US States Wink Grin

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MacaYoniandCheese · 22/11/2013 21:04

Ugh. They are everywhere here (Canada). I passed a shop the other day that had a fleece camouflage one in the window. I almost vomited into my handbag. What happens if you need to go to the toilet?

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MacaYoniandCheese · 22/11/2013 21:07

...I've never actually seen anyone wearing one though. Are they meant to be streetwear or pyjamas?

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tabulahrasa · 22/11/2013 21:07

I don't know any adults that wear them, just children and teenagers.

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WhispersOfWickedness · 22/11/2013 21:08

I have seen adult ones for sale, but never actually seen an adult wearing one!

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SeeJaneWin · 22/11/2013 21:13

I have to say I haven't seen this in Europe outside of the UK. But I am ROFLing at your post.

I also love the fact that the marketing depts somewhere have decided that now 2-person onesies are THE THING for this season.

Christmas 2014, three-sies. You saw it here first.

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 21:16

Ah! Canada too... and possibly dodgy US syates? :o

You haven't seen adults weari g them, but all those fb statuses about wanting to get home and into a onesie...

Actually I am almost more surprised ultra self concious older kids and teens wea what looks like r baby sleep wear, than adults...

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lovingmatleave · 22/11/2013 21:17

They are indeed everywhere here in the uk. I bought one just today in fact as its so cold. I will wear it with PJs under and a dressing gown on top! I think you need to start a business importing onesies into Germany. Sounds like a huge untapped market!

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LamaDrama · 22/11/2013 21:17

here

I think these were the original ones, from years ago - start at £98 up to £150. Norweigein.

probably for posh people that go skiing

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 21:18

SeeJane seriously! 2 person onesies... that's a fire hazard surely? Call Health and Safety! How do you get off the sofa when the house burns down?

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3bunnies · 22/11/2013 21:26

Half the girls wear onesies home from swimming lessons in the evening and most of the girls and some of the boys 8/9yr olds, wore them to pyjama/ onesie day. One bonus though is that they stop the life cycle of threadworms!

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3bunnies · 22/11/2013 21:27

We are in uk though.

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 21:34

Wow Lama those are ... expensive. I know a Swedish lady here who has set up an internet business and is trying to persuade everyone they need designer scandinavian snow suits to survive German winters, but people just keep spending 12.99 on Aldi ski jackets and 9.99 on ski trousers ( with all the fun of a near scrum to get them when they are in stock) instead of 200 on the Scandinavian version, and having the cheek to survive the winter :)

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 22/11/2013 21:37

How on earth do they effect the life cycle of threadworms 3bunnies? Are threadworms a big problem in the UK atm? ;) Is that what the onEsie epidemic is all about? Is that why people can't wait to get home yo put a onesie on? Itchy bottoms? :o Blush

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