Do all teenage boys dress the same in your area

[pastypirate]

Firstly this is not a personal dig at any child. I only have dds. Also there's nothing fundamentally wrong with the clothes I describe as in they are neither offensive nor inappropriate.

I live in the south west in a city. All the teenage boys I see out and about dress the same. They wear matching tracksuits mainly in only black, navy, dark grey or v occasionally sort of beige. They wear black puffa coats usually north face. They wear air force ones mostly or v similar looking trainers.

I haven't seen a teenage boy deviate from this in a few years now. No jeans, no colours unless it's a football strip, no dms or even converse.

They all have v similar haircuts too shirt on the sides and longer on the top with a kind of side floppy fringe.

There are some themes with the girls - baggy 90's clothes but it's nothing like as uniform as the boys.

I know fitting in with trends is a teen thing - I was one but can't help feeling the 2020's is more conformist than ever.

A friends ds who is about 17 told us he occasionally wears a t shirt to school with anime stuff he likes on it. He is told by his peers this is really 'out there' for style. He feels weird about it.

My nephews came down from the midlands at half term. They are also dressed like this. They are year 6,8 and 12.

Is this a down here thing or is rest of uk like this?

Dd1 buys her clothes in the chazza and the vintage store and wears converse and vans. She's in her own world of books really. Dd2 is the tiktok clean girl thing mostly but she buys a lot of quite out there clothes. She wants the brightest pinkest versions of the popular clothes.

The girl uniform couple years back here was the Nike leggings and north face puffa. I helped on a school trip to alton towers once and it was every girl I accept but this has diluted quite a bit lately. Even the monster eyelashes have calmed right down here.

I don't have an issue or look down at the tracksuits it's just an observation.

Teenagers have always dressed to fit in. I was goth/ grunge/ punk back in the day, along with a few others, and got a lot of abuse for not following the crowd in my small town.

This was tempered by the sense of superiority we felt for not fitting in😄 I still have my own, distinct style.... but not as extreme.

I don't think it is just the adults saying this teenagers may utter it as well! That said, my DS is best friends with his same agree cousin living in a different part of UK (although still South East) my nephew is the one in so called 'townie' clothes, very expensive private school and DS in state, they don't care. I think we're it is noticeable though is if we visit and they hang out with each other's respective friends, DS feels the friends judge him for non sports wear.

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Yes the boys definitely do all look like this in my area.

The girls do vary how they dress but their faces/hair all seem to look the same, dead straight hair, awful eyebrows, overdone lips (either fillers or lip liner so far outside the line it's ridiculous) and massive eyelashes.

It's just fashions, 80% of kids seem to adhere to it.

Yes and they also have gangsta accents despite not being at all near London

@pastypirate but it’s the same with boys op.. as is very obvious from this thread so why only comment on teenage boys? Some boys like colourful clothes, vintage shirts (my nephews in uni all into these now) as do some girls and loads of teenagers regardless of sex wear the same styles , trends. This has been the way for years tbh.
It’s like you are trying to point out that girls are somehow dress more individually or somehow “better”. Also why snigger at some boys getting a perm ? So what!? look at all the treatments some girls get ? 🤷‍♀️

I have said in my post above that all teenage boys dress like this but actually my DS2 is one that doesn't, he hates matching tracksuits etc, he wears jeans all the time and often polo shirts and jumpers. He prefers specific brands so shops on vinted for stone island, Hugo boss, Fred perry etc.

He is autistic so can be different at times, he's never felt the need to fit in, he's so black and white, he wears what he thinks looks good and what is soft/comfortable for him.

My DS has his own style, as do I.

There are quite a few girls with short hair, no make up and loose unisex style clothing around here.

Its the same in all areas though, the majority dress with the fashion, the rest are really individual, one of my DSs is the mrow stereotypical teen dress, the other is very individual.

I must say though that I very rarely see girls dressed as you have described though.

I must say though that I very rarely see girls dressed as you have described though.

Many look like boys from a distance. I know quite a few butch women though so I can pick out a female face.

South London here. Yes, the roadman look is compulsory for teen boys to blend in and avoid being picked on and bullied

Plenty wear jeans here (also sw) and there's a group of would be mods than hang out by a certain bush, the couple of budding goths that skateboard by Waitrose and plenty wear shorts year round (a thing here ). Kids in my town have quite a lot of freedom from 11ish so it's very common to see lads about, come summer they all are swimming too (right by the no swimming sign!)

@Legendairy

The local teen girls all seem to be into vintage here, very individualistic in styles. It's pretty affluent though, think it makes a difference, sort of reverse snobbery, you don't have to try. Female footwear of choice is definitely DMs

Sorry, forgot to put that. Bury, near Manchester.

Exactly what they wear around here too. At least the groups of kids that you see hanging around outside. Girls have a similar uniform of black leggings, bare ankles and trainers regardless of the weather or time of year

Not sure why you've quoted me @PeridotSparkle as I completely agree! Nothing wrong with tracksuits - I live in my gym wear 🤷‍♀️

Yeah, we are in a city and it is extremely mixed, quite a few deprived areas as well as some affluent. It definitely depend on areas, we are probably not dissimilar to London.

Butteryscones so you make him buy his own clothes, belittle his choices and want him to be ostracised from the group at 14. Harsh. Bet you are on here whinging my son never wants to talk to me in the not too distant future.

I agree that's pretty grim parenting.

I'm not being unkind about teen boy clothing. For the 18th time there is nothing wrong with a tracksuit. It was more want for discussion about why teen boy styling is so reductive just now. Girls to a degree but not in the same way. Doesn't mean I think girls are superior.

DS doesn't regard being called a roadman as an insult. He says that's the roadman look, but doesn't really think he actually is one, since he's 11 😆
I think there's more individuality than people on here realise even in the sea of black/grey.
It's always been that way. When I was a teenager everyone wore FCUK, baggy tshirts and jeans, and DM boots and lots of wristbands. Hair was long, but not straight.

Bet most of the posters on this thread dress in a similar way to their friends / peer group. It’s human nature

Agreed!
Then they stink of Lynx Africa - for the love of God WHY are they still allowed to make that foul smelling product?!! 🤢🤢🤢