School ‘no logos’ policy

Its really hard to find actual unbranded stuff. Bit embarrassing, but i know this from trying to find grey jumpers for prison for a relative!

I also think it could make families end up buying two items as the non logo one might not be what they want for out of school. Not just because of the logo, but the limited options.

Google - Waterproof Fabric Repair Patches - self-adhesive and usually black you can stick them straight over any logos on bags / raincoats

That's just ridiculous.
Quechua is a reasonably priced own brand not "designer" clothes.

Providing they've given you 3 or 4 years notice, I think it's a good thing. Give you time to find unbranded ones of a decent quality and time to get good use out of ones you've already bought. But bringing in a rule that requires parents to buy replacements for perfectly sound bags and coats is very unreasonable and potentially unlawful.

An alternative to requiring you to find unbranded ones would be to allow logos to be covered with patches. Might need to be approved patches or it's just a different version of Logo wars, but a school patch or a plain coloured one shouldn't be too difficult or expensive.

And if all state schools with uniform did this there would soon be more choice without any logos, though I don't like logos and don't think I've had any trouble finding quality coats and bags (however, I haven't bought myself a school style rucksack in many, many years).

This. I like the idea in theory, but equally I want to buy something quality that fits

Being uncool is cool though 😎

You can get unbranded tracksuits from primary and Zara. Same for unbranded rain jackets or from RAINS if want something long and more durable.

im generally not a fan of logos/writing as im not a billboard and its fine and im not even actively looking.

even my stuff from actual sports brands don’t have logos

places like asos have a multitude of brands so you can sift through without having to visit a bunch of different stores.

Some schools round here have it but not all. DS's school got them to wear PE kit on days when they had PE during covid restrictions. They were allowed to wear trackies. We got black Puma ones and blacked out the logo. Lasted 2 washes between Sharpie application

I like the idea but it also sounds annoying, hard to find things that don't have a label or having to buy products that might not be the same fit or quality just because of the label.

@Puzzledandpissedoff I just out of curiosity had a quick look at the websites where most people I know buy coats and bags for school (a couple of supermarkets, decathlon, m+s, sports direct etc).
It seems to be barely any plain colour backpacks that don't have the name or logo of the make on them.
I wouldn't say they're "readily available" at all.
Coats seem a bit easier - the supermarket/M+S ones don't seem to have logos.
It just seems a bit ridiculous to ban a bag such as this one that costs just £6.99.
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This made me laugh so hard. Because my dc are in Scouts and have sensible Regatta gear. 🤣 We are admittedly quite stereotypical.

I think it is a normal rule, in most schools

Coats often have a little logo/name sewn on it that says the brand name.
But that doesn't mean they are an expensive or designer make

I know, @Needmorelego, but the difficulty is that once a small and inexpensive logo's allowed it soon becomes vast expensive ones and the problems start

It just seems so unnecessary when entirely plain items are so readily available - except for the maker's label inside of course, and at least that's hidden

@carpool or schools should just stop being so petty.

This was the rule at my school 30 years ago and it was PITA back then to find plain black waterproof coats (the days before online shopping!) all the girls ended up getting the same one from the local clothes shop - they were massive long things with big plastic silver coloured zips that broke immediately on using and rustled loudly whenever someone moved.
We looked like some sort of bin bag wearing coven and you could hear us coming from miles away 🤣
Broadly I think it’s a good idea but DDs school have settled for ‘discreet logos only’ rather than no logos which basically allows them to ban North Face etc but allow Regatta for example

You just need a piece of fabric the same colour as the item and stitch it over the logo. If you can't sew just use some fabric glue. If the logo is a little sticky out piece of fabric just cut it off. Or use a sharpie as someone else suggested.

@JambonetFromage so would the Quechua coat I posted above be banned then?
Because that's ridiculous.
It's a frigging basic coat.

@JambonetFromage the Scouts comment wasn't meant to be horrible. I meant their more likely to be the ones wearing sensible waterproof coats - like Regatta.
It was a compliment 🙂

@Puzzledandpissedoff coats often have a little logo/name sewn on it that says the brand name.
But that doesn't mean they are an expensive or designer make.
For example a coat bought from Decathlon that says "Quechua" on it. That's their own brand clothing. It's not "designer". It's just an ordinary coat. Would this be banned under the school rules? The Quechua backpacks are just about the cheapest you can get 😂
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