Do all teenage boys dress the same in your area

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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?

I'm just like to add though that mine is not some sort of thug road man! He's a normal teen boy and not in the slightest bit intimidating!

Gay is definitely still used as an insult unfortunately but it is strange as they don't seem to care if someone is gay. I've even seen openly gay lads use gay as an insult.

Way up in the North of Scotland and that's exactly how all the boys were dressed in the city centre tonight. Can barely tell them apart.

Turned into quite a nasty thread actually.

@Comedycook a bit, yes!

Mine is literally a carbon copy of his friends. Because he will want to fit in mainly and he likes being 'trendy' as he sees it

He's also firmly 'middle class' with a part time job at Waitrose and studying his A levels.

It's like a couple of posters can't remember what a teen trend is

Yep.
Same here in Lancashire.
Black puffa, black hoody and track pants.Seemingly all year long.
Always with the hood up.

They all have the same body shape too - what used to be known as "A lanky streak of piss" 😂

Yes a lot of nasty stereotyping. I find it really unpleasant. My ds is a mixed race boy in London all dressed in Nike...makes me quite upset to think other people judge him for this. He is well behaved, never in trouble and loves nature and history.

Yep.

Our local police force refer to it as "their Sunday finest". Grey joggers, Nike trainers and black north face coats. 🙄 Grim.

I feel the girls here are quite samey too but not to the same extreme as the boys.

When I was a teen clothing was much more varied. There were trends but also individual choices. They're like identikit carbon copies. I find it a bit unsettling.

Our local police force refer to it as "their Sunday finest". Grey joggers, Nike trainers and black north face coats. 🙄 Grim

Charming

Yes. My son dresses this way and has that bloody haircut...the fade with the silly wee bowl on top, the flicky fringe. I hoped he'd have given up on the ubiquitous lad look by now but he hasn't. I 'see' him a dozen times a day on the street.

Can't pretend I love it but it's up to him. He's always well groomed, smells lovely and is a really nice person so it's not all bad.

Would love to see him in something less chavvy sporty.

'I find it a bit unsettling'

lol

Easily unsettled then if a young lad in a tracksuit scares you

This gives me hope

Why are black NF coat 'grim'? Theyre actually expensive very well made coats that keep them warm and dry. We had exactly the same as teens. Everyone in rara skirts, or whatever the current trend was. People clearly can't remember being teenagers. I feel sorry for teenage boys, typecast and stereotyped as thugs by out of touch adults.

Different is great. I agree the girls have trends but it's just not as limited and austere.

Whenever I've had some comment shouted at me, it has always come from a group of boys dressed like that, with the same haircuts, often one vaping.

Oh god yes in the 90's it would be mortifying to be matching to your friends!

Mine tends to wear black or light cargos with white Uniqlo t shirts and Jordans. No puffer jackets, he hates them. But similar hairstyle.

I think they look like very comfy and practical clothes and the haircut is kind of cool. It's really just a variation on the classic short back and sides - just a bit longer at the top.

I was never 'cool' and I never fit in as a teen and honestly I'll be delighted if my two do fit in when they're teenagers. Or equally happy if they want to stand out on their own terms. As long as they're where they want to be socially.

It's an error to judge personality on whether a young person dresses 'on trend' or more quirky, it tells you next to nothing about whether they're a nice kid. Anyway their culture is not for us mums!

Yep, where I live on the south east coast… half of DS school dress like this.. where I work is a bit more diverse with a mixture of that and the indie types. I’m from london so what people wear doesn’t phase me… london being very diverse an all.. each to thier own.. im partial to a tracksuit..

Yes but what area?

What area is this I'm fascinated

Mine doesnt. He is 14 and dresses like the kids at my 6th form did. And im 49.

wide baggy blue jeans, nike hi-tops and a superdry hoodie. Floppy curtain hair.
He doesnt own a tracksuit

Different is great for confident adults that have been through puberty.

I work in IT sales and it's exactly the same, all the trackie boys evolve into the chinos and half zips and golf shorts. They all look the same, as do most of the men in any office you walk into now. These are productive members of society earning good money and giving their families good lives.

I"d rather that than the furry anime look which seems to be the alternative as I think we've all seen recently how that can get out of hand.

Dd1 and I guffawing at 'Nike a likes' that's brilliant

Your ds sounds amazing