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Can anyone help me find grey long sleeved school shirts online please?

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NoNickname · 05/08/2008 14:37

Tried M&S, John Lewis, BHS, etc. but can only seem to get white or blue. Debenhams have some - and in the sale - but only have one pack left in age 4, and I need 2 packs (4 shirts).

I hate trudging round the shops - especially for uniform - so wanted to buy online, but can't find anything. Even the uniform websites don't have grey.

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JackieNo · 05/08/2008 14:40

Possibly here (the white shirts come in a grey option), but they're all done by neck size, so maybe they're all too big for a 4-year old. You'll have to measure. (have linked to boys' stuff, but you didn't specify - is it for a DS or DD?)

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NoNickname · 05/08/2008 14:42

Sorry - ds. His neck is 10".

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JackieNo · 05/08/2008 14:43

Bother - looks like they start at 11".

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geogteach · 05/08/2008 14:45

My sympathies, until this year john Lewis and M and S did them but everyone seems to have stopped doing grey. Some of the uniform shops do them (search grey school shirts) but they are way more expensive than the other sources.
We are a state primary, I don't think you can continue to justify a uniform that costs well above the norm but having said that the girls at our school wear a green and white check shirt and you can definately only get that at a uniform shop!

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NoNickname · 05/08/2008 14:52

I wouldn't object too much about getting it from the school's uniform shop (apart from the fact that they are hideously priced ) but for some stupid reason they don't do them small enough for my son (11" is the smallest there too).

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Sidge · 05/08/2008 14:58

They have them here but they also start at 11".

The other option is that you buy white ones in his size and use some Dylon machine dye to colour them grey.

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NoNickname · 05/08/2008 15:05

Sidge - according to their site, the 11" would probably fit him OK. But they don't have a photo of it, so I can't see if it's the "right" grey. The square of grey looks too light.

Oh this is frustrating. Even if I did go round the shops, I probably wouldn't find any!

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Sidge · 05/08/2008 15:06

Order them anyway and if it's the wrong grey you can send them back!

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MrsWeasley · 05/08/2008 15:10

Trutex do them
If you look at the size chart it says a 5 year old would be about a 11.5in collar.

I ordered from these last Friday and it all arrived today. No P&P charges.