Would you spend £240 on a North Face coat for a 13-year-old?

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North face coat, 240quid. Would you spend it on your dd13?

Find their self worth elsewhere???
What a bizarre comment.
Do you only dress in horsehair shirts?

Tbf longchamp bags are not a thing here either, we are in Ireland where they have a lot of school books so they have proper school rucksacks…but…they all have the same brand ones 😂 but that’s mostly because they are the comfiest and longest lasting.

Over half the girls in my DD’s year wear them (private girls school). I refused to pay that much and DD has a Nike one in a similar style.

No. Ridiculous amount of money. You're paying for a label.

Not at all.
Bought one years ago and its as good as the day it was bought.
Not a stitch out of place.
Well worth the money.

No, dc have a habit of loosing things, might get stolen and by next year another brand will be the fashion. You can pick up north face coats second hand or “last years design” cheaper anyway under £100.

@Anonanonanonagain. Dry robes are popular here along with helly Hanson jackets, I think coastal area have a different style, luckily my local secondary has a school waterproof jacket and school fleece jacket which whilst not compulsory most kids wear even on weekends

When a jacket is both standard schoolwear for 13 year olds & mobile phone thieves it’s not cool.

I would, I know my DD would appreciate it and look after it

😂 He wouldn't have noticed no but it did say north face. He doesn't care at all about what he's wearing but since he's already so different by being autistic I try to make him fit in as much as I can superficially.

Mine both have North Face coats (as does every other child at their school by the look of it!) it’s all they wear, and they do wear them. However, I don’t think we’ve paid over around £150 there’s usually sales or deals on at JD and equivalent and and suggested make sure they have their names in them as they are all the same!

I don't think 'roadman' is a cool thing

I never even heard of the term until this thread…

Nope. Absolutely not.

This!
£240 on a coat is absolutely insane!!
even if you have loads of money - our local
secondaries have a ban on all very visible logo’s on stuff tho which stops all this nonsense!!

Nope - I am a teacher and have seen the way kids treat their coats and bags at school. I also think it would get stolen

Yes , I would and I have - though we do live in Canada and winters are brutal so a good quality coat is a must - though you can get cheaper . We just got one for 500 dollars - however only if it’s affordable , my kids are decent well behaved humans (they are) and appreciate it and look after it - but I do like them to have nicer higher end stuff

I’m glad her school doesn’t have these rules tbh though. The only thing they are strict is the footwear is black. They don’t care whether they wear trainers or not

No, but the person paying for it probably will be.

When we were in London I wouldn’t have bought it as a school coat as logos were banned. We’re now in Canada and NF coats aren’t warm enough so not something you see.

Yes. My kids wouldn’t want North Face, but we’ve bought them coats and other items of clothing that cost that much and more. Our children have always looked after their things well so we wouldn’t think twice of buying it if they wanted it.

We have a relative who always tells us that we spend ‘too much’ on our children, and ourselves, but it’s really no one else’s business.

Yeah tbh mine are very good at looking after their stuff. We are very much in the same boat. When we bought our new house I had it painted throughout in one neutral off white colour and then we used accent colour and painted feature walls etc. Everyone told me the dc would ruin the walls with handprints, spill things on the sofa. Well they don’t because they learn from us to look after things.
DD will put her coat in her bag when it’s not on her in school to ensure it stays safe.

No.

No because everyone has them and it's the end of the season. Next year, they might all be wearing some other brand.

It may or may not be a current term. DS is at uni and used to use it when he was younger.