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?

My 13yo DS is also in skater boy baggy jeans, baggy t shirts and either white classic reboks or black nikes (not high tops). This seems to be copied from the 6th form at his school.

He also wants some crocs!

I live in Manchester and you see a reasonable variety of styles. There's mostly sports gear and wall to wall Nike.

Whilst a lot wear the practical colours you describe other colour is popular. DS13 wears a lot of very bright very expensive tracksuits and sports kits and trainers and he's not alone in that.

Jeans and hoodies remain popular.

Girls mainly wear massive baggy jeans with a midriff top. There's also the skintight lycra leggings and midriff tops in beige shades. That is not a good look.

I Don't think it's any more homogeneous than my day.

Teen girls here are in baggy 90's style jeans, tight midriff exposing tops, big hoodies and puffas. Long straight hair. It's all a bit reminiscent of All Saints.

A lot here are in joggers or shorts but that's a comfort thing as so many are into sports. When I asked my DS about jeans he said they aren't flexible enough to run in and do sporty things. I get his point. They don't all wear the same jackets and trainers. You do get some in the slim adidas tracksuits but not all thankfully. I don't think it's for comfort and practicality personally.

My DS and his friends wear what they like at the moment but you do find groups that only wear Nike and adidas and designer trainers.

Yep, all ‘townies’ here in the NW too.

The girls seem to all be the same but with Nike hotpants or leggings with the hoodies and puffa jackets.

*getting perms

I’ve started to notice a-bit of a shift in here in the midlands. My Ds14 very much followed this trend and for about 2 years lived in tracksuits. However I’ve noticed that they are moving to cargo trousers, jeans and tracksuits but of the slim fitted football kit variety. Although still needs to be matching and still a uniform of black, navy, white and grey. It’s still certain brands that are popular but moving away from Nike and adidas to requesting items from stone island, stussy, cp company etc. Unfortunately even more expensive than the previously requested tech fleece’s and the requests for even more expensive trainers are still coming in. His friends all seem the same.

My year 7 boy and all his friends wear black joggers/cargo joggers, Nike or OC trainers, montirex T shirt (the only bit of colour) and puffa black coat. My son is very particular about his fringe too which is long and sort of flicks to the side. I think it’s all quite amusing and am just pleased he’s happy to wear a coat and is comfy. When I was a teen we all wore tracksuits as well, scraped our hair back into pony tails with 2 little bits of hair loose at the front and wore adidas trainers. Although we did deviate from this to go out and glam up.

My ds18 went through a phase of dressing like this when he was around 14/15 - his 'road man' phase! He's outgrown it now and wears a wider range of styles. Still has the hair though. Ds14 has always had more of a skater / baggy style - he wears baggy carpenter jeans or cargo pants and sweatshirts.

I am a fan of the north face trend. Means teens actually wear a warm waterproof coat through the winter which is a win.

Our problem is when it gets warmer they keep wearing them …

I find it amusing when it's a non uniform day at school and the pupils turn up all dressed in their roadman/townie gear, cookie cutter style.

I've also found that apparently it's no longer possible to just buy clothes from a shop anymore. You have to stare at your computer screen at a set time waiting for a 'drop'.

Mine wanted something from a Palace 'drop' that was at 11am on a school day. He was stressing that he wouldn't get it because he didn't finish Chemistry til 11.05 🙄

Its not quite like that in my area of Finland, but perhaps they're just a few years behind in the fashion trends and its still to come
I did once see two teenage boys wearing the same clothes but they were bright red tracksuits, and the sight was so unusual we all turned to look and wondered whether they had accidentally worn the same outfit or had planned it. The rest of the boys with them were not wearing the same.
Also once a group of boys dressed fairly similar in a kind of wannabe gangsta style, but they also all had woolly mittens on which really completed the look

I did this - worse actually! I slowed down alongside a young lad waking up the hill towards our house. Put down the passenger window and said jump in love! It wasn't my DS 😂 poor fella looked at me like I was bonkers!

I've read this entire thread whilst having my coffee this morning and am chuckling to myself at the veiled snobbery. The out & out snobbery I can deal with, in fact I'd almost respect the commitment, but the little digs and nimbyisms are something else!

I can well imagine this. I'm not sure I'd want my dds hanging out with the entitled brats who go to a v mediocre private school across the road but they graduate thinking they are minor royals.

Have to say I cringed about setting a good example with what I wear as a parent. I let my dds police my clothing I wouldn't want to embarrass them 🐷

@pastypirate - Bucks/Herts

A quarter zip is a smart sweatshirt with a ... um ... quarter zip, not a top that's zipped from top to bottom.

I'm in a south west sea side town. The clothes kids wear - my DS is 15 - seems to vary, but the hair! Omg! I'm fed up of talking to a floppy fringe! It's almost down to his nose!

I keep telling him to stop being a sheep and following the crowd (in a very lighthearted way) but he's not having any of it!

Oh! I thought it was those trousers that zip off at the knee!!!!

Yea crop tops and baggy trousers on all the girls here too!! @pastypirate are your teenage girls into any sports ? My dcs wear shorts nearly all year round but play loads of sports and one is a runner so they spend everyday even when not doing their sports doing plenty of physical movement. 100 their choice .
I agree 💯 with the veiled snobbery. Teenagers are infamous with following trends and trying to fit in , this usually changes hugely in university and post teenage phase. There’s no way you haven’t noticed the straight, long hair , puffer jackets and tight leggings flares that girls are wearing .

No, DS is nearly 17 and it is baggy jeans or baggy tracksuit trousers, baggy t-shirts, Carhartt, original 90s Gap t-shirts, 90s puma fleece from Vinted or another second hand website (can't remember which one), fairly expensive hoodies, Adidas Gazelle Samba, floppy in his case wavy hair, his friends are similar. His cousin at private school is more sports gear and North Face jacket.

We are in Brighton and there is that variation at DS's 6th form. DD is nearly 13 wears baggy jeans and hoodies but skinny, often cropped t-shirts underneath. She will also wear skirts and dresses though, she is adorned with jewellery and eye liner at the moment that looks Avril Lavigne style.

All these mum's on here telling their sons to stop dressing like other boys their age....I bet you dress like every other woman your age!

Same here. Oncloud are the trainers of choice. Ds has no clue what to wear and lives in primark joggers and hoodie. He prefers to wear his school uniform for after school events

I was slightly fascinated by a herd of teenage girls crossing the road the other night. All had long, straight hair, leggings, trainers and puffer coats in either black or cream. One or two wouldn't have even registered, but there were about 8or 9 all identical. Dd would have been in awe.