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Trendy tween labels

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GreenLingo · 23/04/2024 21:47

Please help me. I'm failing my son!
He's a tween.
He has been asking for a trendy black hoodie.
AIBU for not knowing what clothes to buy him all of a sudden?!
Apparently all his friends wear trendy black hoodies.
I've been told by DS he needs to have trendy hoodies.
DS has a few hoodies but none are black and TBH I don't think they're trendy for his age - he's coming up for 13 (he's got Boden hoodie, Quicksilver hoodie, non-branded hoodie.....he says they've all been deemed 'uncool' by friends and peers).
We've moved to Brighton and it's so trendy here. But I've noticed it's 'laid back trendy' if that makes sense. As in, you've got to look trendy, but not look as though you're trying to look trendy.
I'm a 50 year old menopausal mum who dresses very un-trendily, so I'm at a complete and utter loss as to what labels to look at for DS, and where to find DS a trendy, casual, black hoodie! Has to be black, apparently.
Can anyone please help? 🙏

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GreenLingo · 23/04/2024 22:35

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 23/04/2024 22:19

Sorry if this is a daft question but why are you asking mumsnet and not your son? To a teen, what's trendy is what their friends are wearing. If he is 13 wouldn't you just tell him a budget and let him loose to find one he likes? Or is he asking your advice about what's trendy?

I think he's a bit lost in terms of what to wear.
He wants to dress in a trendy way, but he doesn't actualky know what's trendy.
He doesn't know what label black hoodies his new friends are wearing, I've asked him.
He's coming up for 12, not 13. Just realised I did a typo and pressed 3 instead of 2. Fat fingers!

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DrinkFeckArseBrick · 23/04/2024 22:19

Sorry if this is a daft question but why are you asking mumsnet and not your son? To a teen, what's trendy is what their friends are wearing. If he is 13 wouldn't you just tell him a budget and let him loose to find one he likes? Or is he asking your advice about what's trendy?

checkedshirts · 23/04/2024 22:08

Stüssy
Nike
Carhartt
North face
Ralph Lauren
Obey
Huf

Vinted and outlets if there's one near you.

TokyoSushi · 23/04/2024 22:02

Go into JD Sports and you won't go far wrong!

Montirex
Nike
North Face
Berghaus

outlandishly · 23/04/2024 22:00

Nike
North Face
Napapiriji

Bankholidayboredom23 · 23/04/2024 21:56

Apparently Stussy is in fashion again - should have kept mine from the 90s!

Newnamewhodiss · 23/04/2024 21:51

Was going to say Nike and hoodrich too.

Jiminycricketp · 23/04/2024 21:50

Montirex
North face
Nike
My son is 13 and this is all he wears

NeedToBeStrongStepAway · 23/04/2024 21:49

Nike
North face
Zavetti canada
Hoodrich