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?

I have a 14yo DS and he doesn't wear those types of clothes and neither does his friends. They wear chinos, jeans, polo shirts, jumpers etc. DS won't go anywhere near a hoodie or AF1 trainers.

I saw a group of lads on the tube the other day. All of them dressed this way except one who was like a 70s rocker - a bit like Eddie from Stranger Things. Curly long hair with a curly fringe. Flares. Pointy boots. It was amazing.

My younger son is more like a skater - baggy jeans, checked shirts and converse. And my older one is very into his 'aesthetic' and wears black cargos and black t-shirts, unless he's going to football when he wears a different style (skinny jeans, Adidas gazelles and Stone Island). He is very into 90s music so he has the same curtains hairstyle my brother had. And ironically, despite being very sporty, he is 6ft 4 and can't find joggers long enough (which is actually a bit of an issue) so he wears shorts most of the time when he's not going out.

Oh and Mother’s of boys you are spared what we have to deal with. Heading out in two small scraps of cloth trainers and a fur coat aged 15 looking like a 25 year old super model. I’d take the trackies.

My son is 20 and NEVER dressed like that. He had long hair as a kid, wore colourful shirts and jeans most of the time and adidas superstars or suede street trainers.
Never owned a pair of nikes in his life.

You choose how your kid dresses and set good examples.

My fil partner is a grandmother to 3 boys and they all dress how you describe. They're also antisocial, rude, selfish and always on screens.

Again, my son had very little time on screens and doesn't care for social media either.

My son stopped wearing the shiny tracksuit look at about 13/14. Said he didn’t want to be falsely accused of smashing up the local Tesco express.

This.

My two, older teens (not UK, Europe) live in hoodies and tracksuits, occasionally chinos, or jeans for the older one. Younger is looks-conscious and wears band T-shirts and hoodies/sweatshirts, Nikes with red laces (the shoes are black, I drew the line at white), and is rocking the most carefully cultivated 80s mullet that he has trimmed every 6 weeks. We have solid MC credentials, as if that mattered. Tbh it's made me readjust my prejudices/expectations about other teen boys/young men I see out and about.

I mean joggers really rather than tracksuits, although younger one will wear the odd tracksuit top when he deems it too warm for a hoodie.

Mine are older but don't/have never dressed like this, though I see plenty who do. Outskirts of large NW city. Mine wear baggy jeans, hoodies (not black), shirts over t-shirts, jumpers, Converse or DMs. They're not bothered about brands, they buy from Vinted.
The more I think of it, it's kind of how I used to dress as a teen in the 90s.

So sad how much stereo typing there is on this thread, when I was a teen everyone dressed the same too. This isn’t a new revelation.
a lot of the time boys are out on their bikes, kicking a ball about and I wouldn’t wanna do that in jeans either!
my boy is 10 does not own a pair of jeans, they’re uncomfy and quite frankly I’m not going to get offended by a tracksuit

I was classed as ‘different’ at school and wore completely out there clothes. And now I’m a mum I dress the same as every other mum my age that I see walking about!

I took my DD (18) to meet up for a school trip - 61 Year 13s all dressed identically!
No colour at all - black / grey tracks bottoms
Black puffer jackets
Cross body bags (boys and girls)
It is very ....practical fashion at the moment!
I read recently that teenagers are dressing like middle aged hikers!

It's always been that way - it always has made me laugh that students throughout time complain about having to wear a school uniform but that on non uniform days they all wear exactly the same clothes anyway!!

It’s interesting there’s so little variation though. Where are the goths/punks/emo/indie/vintage inspired kids? Loads of people dress in the grey jogger and black puffer jacket round where I live in East London. A lot of the adults from different communities too.

Same herewith my DS 15 - West Midlands shire town.

@pastypirate its exactly the same with the teenage girls where I live omg, I was just talking about this today. All the girls here have the exact same long hair ;I never see any other style but straight long hair , no short hair , no mullets , no undercuts,no layers , just straight and long . Puffer jackets , oversized fleeces and either leggings or flared leggings . That’s the exact look they all have . The boys have different hairstyles (I’m not in the uk) but mullets , skin fades and something else and generally wear similar clothes to their girls , puffer jackets and sports stuff. I would say that all of my sons are really into sports and running so the wear shorts a lot and here in Ireland Gaa sport is huge so they wear O’Neills shorts and lots of jerseys. They can choose what clothes they like . There’s also a lot less choice for young males in general , just look in the shops . But here all the girls are like carbon copies; long straight hair, puffer jacket,flared leggings . I agree there’s v little variation of style with male and female teens now

What a weird post. If your DS inherit your attitude as well as your dress sense they'll turn out very narrow minded and judgemental individuals. Choose your kids clothes, lol.
DS2 is 18 and still dresses like this to some extent. He's just got top grades in STEM A levels and is at RG uni studying an integrated masters in Chemistry with a first in all his exams so far.
And he loves screens and social media.

@Em94 a slight anti boy vibe tbh but maybe I’m wrong . Even the reference to the three nephews…

Also I think people get way more individual in university/post teenager tbh. A lot of my nephews wore what you describe and now wear funky shirts , have interesting hairstyles and more variety in clothes.

Most of the teenage boys who live near me dress in some sort of version of this. Also some of the trendier 40 something dads (film producers, actors etc) so it’s probably on its way out tbh.

It's not really news that teenagers want to dress like each other is it?

You choose how your kid dresses and set good examples

@SwordToFlamethrower Can you tell me how you choose what your kid wears when they're 15, desperate to fit in with their peers and have their own (birthday/christmas) money to buy the clothes they want?

Yes, you can set good examples but nobody tells me what to wear so why shouldn't my kids choose their own clothes?

Croc have been back a couple of years!

No. Neither of my boys have ever worn a tracksuit. One thinks he is a beatle (john lennon in fact) and not sure what the other thinks he is but his shorts in winter make me assume part polar bear. Non uniformed school and the kids dress all so differently.

The girlchild dresses like an extra from Mario kart ffs.

My kids bewilder me.

Also what’s wrong with teenage boys getting , not sure why the op and her dd take the piss out of that . Girls get their hair chemicals straightened, dyed , eyebrows done , lashes etc etc . What’s so funny about boys getting specific treatments too?

Why is it bad to wear a tracksuit ffs?!

Yes but mainly wear very baggy low slung jeans

very 90’s look, sown vintage clothing with the odd Nike. Burberry scarfs are a thing at the moment

When I see them they are all hunched over looking at their phones while talking to each other. Lots of hair often over their eyes and the second main accessory to have is a box from a chicken shop

“Setting a good example “so your teen follows what you wear is properly funny - thanks for the laugh!