Sainsburys unisex school shirts....

Maybe they tossed a coin in the boardroom as to which way they buttoned.

I find that lots of women's shirts button the 'make' way. It's become the default because it suits right-handlers who dress themselves.

Unisex shirts are a good idea for pre-pubescent children as sex differences are not pronounced at that stage.

Not a good idea once breasts have appeared. And I wish there were more school shirts cut for larger cup sizes.

Isn't the way of buttoning something to do with swords? Rather than anything to do with what is easier?

So we should work out which way round is "easier for right-handed people" and pick that.

Sorry lefties.

I agree that it is silly to call it unisex when it won't fit girls. Who have breasts.

But the button thing, I think all clothes should be made the way men's clothes are with respect to buttons. After all, it is not like many women require help dressing themselves, nowadays. It's a relic of times gone by.

(Except if this is just a rumour and it is easier to close buttoned shirts the "woman" way round - there should be a study on this.)

Why did yoy need different tops for your twins? Couldn't they all go in a school shirt box together?

Especially when they are primary age.

But, but, but! It makes no sense to have unisex school shirts for teenage boys and girls! They have different bodies!

If a man wants to do "woman things" there's something wrong with him.

Oh it sometimes goes further than that. If a girl or woman wants to do "girly" things that's wrong too.

Unisex always means "like men".

Yes. Posters who go on about "unisex clothes" for children mean trousers and anything else which is considered currently socially acceptable for male children.

I agree with bertrand

My children have blazers, the girls button the opposite way to the boys but they are absolutely a boys blazer which buttons up the "wrong" way

I would be annoyed by unisex (boys) shirts and dd wore "boys" shorts throughout infant and most of juniors

Unisex always means "like men".

It's fine for women to want to do "man things", because man things are great, who wouldn't want to do man things?

If a man wants to do "woman things" there's something wrong with him.

Hence the ridiculous fuss about men working in nurseries.

Surely they are unisex buttons on a unisex shirt?

But male and female bodies are different. It makes sense to design the fit differently.

Or are we talking very little kids? Like up to 7 or 8?

As an aside, on my first trip to Hong Kong 25 years ago I had a lovely pair of silk slim fit slacks made for me. Perfect, if I'd only, ahem, dressed 'to the left'.

I have twins so needed boys white tops and girls white tops - so I knew who's was who's

I brought tescos one girls - one boys

Both exactly the same!!!

I want a bit of edged collar or buttons the other side - but no!!!

I agree why not 'girls' side?

Shirt

Large breasts will not fit in a boys short without being massive at the shoulders.

Silly Bertrand stop making a fuss.

It's boys way because boys couldn't possible button up the feminine way as that would be gay.

Why is it the boys way???

But a males shirt is going to fit everyone

No it does not. As Cooler says a straight up and down shirt absolutely does not fit everyone.

Many years aho I occasionally used to borrowed a plain white shirt from my husband to wear with a black tailored suit when we were both chest 34'. His shirt was too wide at the collar, too baggy round my waist, too tight round the hips and too long in the sleeve.

Nobody is forced to buy them

Dd much prefers girls shirts as they fit her better.

Surely girls & boys should be free to wear clothes that are both comfortable & that they feel flatter them (which is presumably why M& S have several styles including blouses with an extra bit under the buttons so they don't gape over the breasts

Dd hates wearing boys style (for wAnt of a better word) shirts as they make her feel shapeless & frumpy.

She wishes that the girls Blazers were cut differently to the bits (at her brother's school the girls Blazers are a lovely fitted style)

A straight up and down shirt absolutely does not fit everyone. What about girls who have breasts?

Why not? They've got to go one way or the other.

The side buttons are on originates from the days when women had dressers, so "boy's side" buttons make more sense if you are getting yourself dressed anyway.

There are a lot bigger gender equality issues in kids' clothes and shoes than which side the buttons on a unisex shirt are.

Wow Bertrand, you're going all out to find offence here.

But a males shirt is going to fit everyone, a fitted shirt with darts is not going to fit a boy very well because of their structure.

The only solution is a straight shirt which is commonly, yes a man's shirt.