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Labelling uniform for high school - quick poll on how to do it

62 replies

FuckedOffWithTheLotOfThem · 21/08/2025 20:48

DC is off to Big School in September and I've just spent a small fortune kitting him out. It all needs labelling. DH insists that the name labels that have seen us all the way through primary school will cause social death at high school, and we should just biro his name into everything.

YABU - DH is right and we risk DC becoming a laughing stock if he's spotted with a name label

YANBU - we should get the labels and have done with it

OP posts:
Zingy123 · 21/08/2025 21:01

Cash's sew in labels. Lasted mine from playgroup to Year 13. Nobody cares what's in other people's clothes.

QuillBill · 21/08/2025 20:58

The labels in my dc’s secondary uniform are black.

I folded the sew in tapes so they were just the surname and sewed them in non-obvious places like on the side seam.

CopperWhite · 21/08/2025 20:56

Sharpie on the label.

museumum · 21/08/2025 20:56

We use nametags sticky labels but we got plain ones with no characters or childish font.

Resembleflower · 21/08/2025 20:55

Same but I sharpie the fabric so the inside collar of the pe shirt. The badge on the inside of the blazer. DS was awful for losing stuff. Now that I sharpie the fabric very little lost/?taken…

Silverbirchleaf · 21/08/2025 20:54

Cash labels on clothes. Never any problem.

CyanDreamer · 21/08/2025 20:54

Byro is a pain, buying and selling second-hand uniform means jumpers have names that are no longer relevant.

Life is too short, I just stick new labels, takes seconds.

jmh740 · 21/08/2025 20:52

Sharpie on label here too

TheProvincialLady · 21/08/2025 20:51

I still sewed labels into my boys’ clothes at secondary school and they had plenty of friends and never complained that anyone said anything about it. Never lost a single item of clothing in 13 years. It may depend on what kind of school the child attends though.

BengalBangle · 21/08/2025 20:51

As above, Sharpie the label.

dementedpixie · 21/08/2025 20:50

I used existing labels i had for dd/ds and then in subsequent years I used a laundry marker on the care label

FloweringBuds · 21/08/2025 20:49

Sharpie on the label