My ds starts school next wk and it seems to be that all the parents I have seen in the last few years look immaculate, fashionable and trendy, almost like they have stepped from the boden catalouge. Will my jeans and jumper surfice?

If you're happy with what you're wearing then that's all that matters. Why would you dread the fact that others have chosen to dress differently?

Nope. I go in my scruffy hippy atire amongst the boden wearing yummies. Who cares.

But they all look so composed and confident.

cos they've been up since 4am putting on makeup. Not worth it

Well maybe they are composed and confident! That's not a bad thing surely?

I am a "Boden Mummy"......I guess.......takes me 5 minutes to do my make up as I am sooo not a morning person (no danger of me seeing 6.45am let alone 4am!)

We do not all feel confident.....some of us are hiding behind our clothes .

I make sure that even my "can't be bothered days" clothes are nice and good quality. That way even tho I may not look supremely stylish and put together, at least I look clean and tidy

Have also made pact with self to lay out clothes night before to avoid the standing in front of the open wardrobe for 20 mins and waiting for something to leap out at me experience which I usually have.

Anyone who turns up at the school gate looking "composed and confident" has too much bloody time on their hands.

What SpawnChorus said too

No composed and confident is a good thing, perhaps I feel that my clothes may be saying, untidy, boring and uninteresting. Never before felt my clothes may be a reflection on my personality when really am sure will be lack of organisation. Am I really the only one who is a little worried about this?