What’s the mum “uniform” in your area?

I’ve thought it through and I’m good with the eye-roll. Thanks!

A few reasons I think. They come in a very Scamp and Dude colour selection of leopard with neon trim. The price is within reach of mums looking for a coat at about £160 but enough to feel like you've treated yourself.to an expensive brand in something you "need". And they are big, so they always fit over your clothes.

It's fashion originating from practicality. A bit like how I wore a "ski jacket" through most of the late 90s when I've never been on skis my whole life!

Why dry robes and not coats?

OK how does anyone possibly know that anyone else is wearing a cashmere jumper on the school run?
Various posts mentioning this.
It’s just ‘a jumper’ surely, unless you’re all in there touching each others’ tops at 8.40am..?

Every mum dressed like Lydia Millen- even though I know for a fact which ones can't afford it.

It's nice though, everyone gets dressed to leave the house! Thankfully, no dogs allowed within the drop-off area so no yapping to deal with at 8am.

I have no idea. I've obviously been very unobservant, and unfashionable. How does everyone know where everyone else's clothes come from?!

At our school there’s two distinct styles;

1. “I’m a posh, rich man’s husband” - they only wear lululemon leggings and fleeces with messy buns and very clean white trainers
2. “I’m a working mum but I only work two days a week because I am married to a very rich man!” - they wear straight pencil skirts, jackets and blouses, perfect makeup and straightened hair. i personally wear T-shirts and leggings and often forget my bra!! 😂

It always amuses me how many people completely miss the point of these threads. It’s not about how much (or how little) you care, how much effort you make or don’t make, it’s just interesting observing what people wear and how popular fashions vary between demographics and geographical areas.

I don’t have a huge amount to add as DS’s school has a car line system so nobody actually gets out of their car and I only see people’s heads and shoulders most days.

Eh, what if they're like a District Nurse or something where the whole point is you're out and about in the community in those clothes?

I've never seen anyone doing a school run in sterile operating theatre scrubs, but perhaps someone will be along to say that it's all the rage in Totnes.

There are 3 different uniforms where I am (mc market town).
Look 1. Gym wear / new balance trainers / duvet coats / white blond hair - always straight / makeup / big clean 4x4 car.
Look 2. Trendy looking / wavy hair / scarves / wide trousers / DMs / dungarees.
Look 3. More hippy / cargo bike / walking boots/ muddy jeans.

I don't like seeing healthcare workers, in uniform, doing the school run. Unless they are on their way to work, then wearing clothes that have been in contact with goodness knows what, to pick up your children, isn't very thoughtful. I don't like seeing people in scrubs doing their shopping either. I am a registered nurse and would never wear my scrubs outside the hospital, it's heavily frowned upon by infection prevention.

I'm a rugby mum and so many of the mums wear dry robes to stand by the pitch. It's the South West (not near the sea). It is not that cold. I'm from up on the Pennines originally and it is positively balmy here.

cup of tea or coffee seems to be In just now at school

I've not noticed any uniform but I genuinely don't pay attention to what people are wearing, but mostly it just seems to vary!

Edit to add we are in the North!

I made a special effort to look around at school today. Genuinely can’t say there’s a specific uniform:

• no business attire at all - if you have to wear this at work then you’re already at work by school run time
• some branded wear - PT hoodies, local private school cleaner uniform, nursery worker uniform, one lady I know is a doctor, vet scrubs (I always wonder why she and doc are sometimes in scrubs as isn’t the point that they stay clean? 🤷‍♀️)
• tracksuits, one of which was white with a black graffiti type print all over it
• lots of jeans and coats
• some athleisure
• i wore leggings, long dress, hair unbrushed in a bun, long puffer gilet. Had to change especially out of my joggers but should have just gone in joggers tbh as im going to change back into them now.

I look totally different to the other moms where I live anyway, I wear hiking boots, camo coat and big jumpers, I just look like I live in the woods in Maine 😂 I'm not super bothered about it!

That seems to be the Edinburgh look too, minus the messy bun (loose hair or ponytail)

it’s quite laid back here and don’t feel that judged on what I wear at the moment

@Feelingathomenow

I had tickets to see them in London last year but couldn't go in the end, we Had catastrophically expensive car problems so had to sell them to go towards the car, I was gutted

We're standing, I prefer it; I'm short so I cant see much 😝 but I feel more "in the action" iyswim

No not seen the women in heavy metal thread, will seek it out 🤟🏻

Why is there a "mum" uniform? Mums aren't different to women without children. They aren't more likely to wear one thing over another. Like all women, they're not one homogenous group, they're a very diverse group of women with different tastes/styles.

Yes going to London and Birmingham. Can’t wait should be amazing - bloody nightmare getting tickets. Are you standing or seats? last saw them in on the current tour in Birmingham last year! Saw Bruce twice this year too! Definitely the best live band ever! Looks like Nicko is improving too from what I’ve heard of the American leg.

Its going to be busy in London, Linkin park are playing Wembley the same night!

Btw have you seen the Women in Heavy Metal thread?

@Feelingathomenow yes I am indeed ! We're going to the London show . You ?

I'm so excited . I last saw them at download in 2022 and they were amazing 🤩

NE London and the school run uniform is casual! A lot of tracksuit bottoms, trainers or boots and big oversized coats. I'm the only one that regularly does pick up covered in mud (gardener) but no one cares! Could not cope with floral dress land!

don't worry about it. just wear whatever you like to wear. I'm sure people thought I looked really weird today, because I was wearing a T shirt and hippy patchwork purple trousers, then grabbed my tailcoat and bowler hat on the way out of the house to keep warm as they were the closest.
does it go? no way.
did I feel fine about what I was wearing? of course I did.

West London and it’s only the school kids wearing north face nuptse jackets. Mostly wide jeans and cashmere with a Frankies Shop jacket or Canada goose coat. Counted 15 in the playground the other day. Footwear is golden goose, sambas and DMs. Fridays is the Lulu lemon day.

Walsall chiming in. Care worker/nurse uniform, gym wear (those pants that crawl up your bum), regular old jeans and puffer coat.