To wonder why these girls don't dress appropriately?

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It's not the worst thing but where I live, little girls of 7 plus seem to carry the same style of bag which women in their 30s do.

It looks odd! They're big, serious looking bags....almost like a weekend bag...dull colours and one strap so they're carrying them like a suitcase full of books. They use them as school bags....they're not even bright or fun like a teen might have...they look like their Mothers bags.

Why?
Is it just round here? They all do it.

I´m so old that my school bag was a leather satcchel-twas all that was allowed.

My children both have Eastpack rucksacks that they have on their backs properly.

Tis the norm here.

Eleanor - did you go to school with me?

Kids have no idea about fashion these days - you wouldn't catch me trying to imitate grown women when I was little.

Not once did I put on bright blue eyeshadow, fingerless gloves and a pair of yellow heels with green socks.

Not once did I try to look like Madonna....oh hang on...yeah I did.

ah crap, I'm posting before finishing (theme of the day for me!)

PB bag?? Paul's Boutique or summink? (non fashionista in your midst)

DD (7) is in awe of a girl in Y3 who has a PB pag AND a PB coat.

DD has her head screwed on though: "....and it cost £60 mummy! Her mum actually bought that for her but it wasn't her birthday or anything, it's ridiculous if you ask me"

I was ready to interject with wise-old-lady words, but
she got there before me

So OP - no it's not just your neck of the woods, it's here too.

PB BAG not PB pag

as you were

My daughter has this one.

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But used to have a proper girloe purple handbag. As you can see from her new choice of bag - she is no longer girlie.

When I was 8 I had a briefcase.

I am the same age as EleanorJosie. Those bandage socks were beyond ridiculous.

I had cerise pink bandage socks and a skirt so tight that I couldn't walk up the stairs...I used to sort of clamp my knees together and hop!

Manticlimatic

Now that's a funky bag!

OP - you were on my mind this morning as I dropped DD at school. Every Y6 girl had a "PB" bag, some Y5's and a few Y4/Y3's.

I've just gone to Google and found a few examples of the bags I witnessed. I am gobsmacked that parents are paying so much for their 'precious' children to take to school. I wouldn't mind if we were living in an affluent area, we are living in a deprived area FFS - surely there are better things to be spending £65 on than a school bag!!!?????

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My dd is in year 6. She refused a rucksack. She has the most dreadful chavtastic bag from Primarni.
I got change from a tenner.

I was at high school when the Nike string bags came in. My mum wouldn't let me have one because it was 'bad for my back' so I got the constant mick taken out of my sensible back pack. My brother got a Nike string bag

Fluffy those bags are hideous! £65?! I have a DS but if any future DD wanted a bag like that I would follow Gand all the way to Primark...

Knowing my luck DS will want an Hermes.

Those PB bags you've linked there Fluffy are all horrid.

They are truly horrid aren't they!

I just can not believe that every girl had one! Unless I am missing something and there is a stall on the market selling fake's!