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What brands do your teens wear?

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Wellwhatnowbellaboo · 13/02/2026 22:49

...and what wouldn't they be seen dead in? Lighthearted but I'm trying to understand fashion a bit from youngsters. DS loved Nike till about 6 months ago .. now wouldn't be seen dead in it or Northface either. Hard to keep up ! Doesn't wear many brands but would rather wear non branded than an "uncool" brand. Minefield! What's hip and what isn't in your household?

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TartanMammy · 18/02/2026 20:30

Wellwhatnowbellaboo · 18/02/2026 20:07

Ooh - can I ask where you got the hoodies from ? DS mentioned this brand before.... tx !!

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Got them direct from Represent - black Friday deal.

kalokagathos · 18/02/2026 20:13

Carhartt, Adidas, Lululemon, Skims, Zara, Primani for PJs

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Wellwhatnowbellaboo · 18/02/2026 20:07

TartanMammy · 14/02/2026 18:31

They change so quickly don't they. A few months ago I would be saying Fred Perry, CP company, Nike, Lyle and Scott, Ralph Lauren, maybe North Face. It was all about the brands.
But just these part few weeks he's asked for baggy jeans (H&M) and plain non-branded oversized t-shirts. I couldn't predict now what he might like.

He got a couple of Represent hoodies for Christmas and they have been a great hit, never had them off.

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Ooh - can I ask where you got the hoodies from ? DS mentioned this brand before.... tx !!

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AgnesMcDoo · 14/02/2026 18:33

George and F&F

delighted neither have ever got into brands.

TartanMammy · 14/02/2026 18:31

They change so quickly don't they. A few months ago I would be saying Fred Perry, CP company, Nike, Lyle and Scott, Ralph Lauren, maybe North Face. It was all about the brands.
But just these part few weeks he's asked for baggy jeans (H&M) and plain non-branded oversized t-shirts. I couldn't predict now what he might like.

He got a couple of Represent hoodies for Christmas and they have been a great hit, never had them off.

AngryBird6122 · 14/02/2026 18:01

Vinted and charity shops here! They could care less about brands. All teens are different

dafsortulips · 14/02/2026 18:00

For clothes, DS has gone off most branded stuff. He likes Zara for jeans and jumpers. T shirts are also Zara but he will wear All Saints and Represent. Trainers are Nike air force 1s. Mostly thought you’ll find him in rugby training kit. He does like a designer belt and he’s getting into watches.

DitzyDerbyBabe86 · 14/02/2026 17:59

15 yo son - GymShark. Zara. H&M. Ralph Lauren. Primark. Vans. Represent.
Real variety of stuff if I’m honest.

TeenLifeMum · 14/02/2026 17:58

14yo twin girls - Hollister, urban outfitters and H&M

18 yo girl - anything she likes from vinted or charity shops. Mostly tiny, strappy tops and jeans, even in -2 degrees coupled with a “borrowed” coat (she has coats of her own 🤷🏻‍♀️)

LauritaEvita · 14/02/2026 17:56

This info can only really come from your son. It can be very area dependent. By the time brands are popular in the smaller towns around the city I live in, the kids here have already moved onto the next big thing.

Funnywonder · 14/02/2026 01:12

None. DS1(17) wears heavy metal and rock band t shirts and ripped jeans from Vinted or Primark with various spiky, studded, accessories. But his boots are all Converse and New Rock, so a bit of a nod to brands when it comes to footwear. DS2(13) is unwell and doesn’t go out. He spends all day and night in a fleece onesie and wears all black - any old brand - when frogmarched out for appointments.

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 14/02/2026 00:27

Oh and Vinted

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 14/02/2026 00:27

Urban Outfitters, Motel Rocks, Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M

Snootsnoot · 13/02/2026 23:04

Urban outfitters for jeans and the rest from charity shops (dd14)

brunettemic · 13/02/2026 23:00

DS is mostly Montirex, Trailberg and Reprimo…we’ve become very adept at when to buy and utilising sales! He has a couple of bits of North Face too.
DD likes Montirex and Nike plus River Island. She has various other bits that are just from various different places.

ContentedAlpaca · 13/02/2026 22:59

Hollister. Anything from a charity shop

Barrenfieldoffucks · 13/02/2026 22:52

Daughter is 15, mainly: Hollister, Jack Wills, Levi’s, Ralph Lauren (from Vinted), Urban Outfitters. But sportswear mainly, Canterbury trousers etc.

Son is 14, Abercrombie and sportswear, Canterburys etc.

North Face coats still allowed.

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