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Original poster

To judge those who shop in Boden?

105 replies

o0FaintHearted0o · 16/06/2011 22:24

Anyone who pays £15 for 1 normal simple t-shirt for a sproglet must be mad, surely!?

AIBU to think people who shop in Boden are mugs?

OP posts:
firemansamantha · 16/06/2011 22:24

nbu

GypsyMoth · 16/06/2011 22:25

i agree!!

its not even very stylish....dull and boring and a bit odd!!

thegruffalosma · 16/06/2011 22:27

Don't like the look of a lot of the clothes and they're ridiculously expensive (even the monstrosities in the sale). I also like to try things before I buy and am very fussy so 90% of it would go back.

growingstrawberries · 16/06/2011 22:33

I don't think I've ever paid £15 for a t shirt.

but my children wear a lot of boden. I normally buy it in the sales. I have found little to rival it for quality, tbh.

dd1 had a pair of trousers that she wore for 3 years - she was a portly toddler Grin, and I used cotton nappies, so needed to buy trousers in a couple of sizes bigger.

bought her a pair of lined cords when she was about 2.6, which she wore until she was nearly 6. 3 years of being crawled in, messing about - lots of rough and tumble, and they were her outdoors trousers for school (SN school, so wears own clothes, and does lots of gardening etc).

and after she outgrew them, they are still fit to be worn and are awaiting dd2.

I bought them for £10, and have never seen similar quality elsewhere - not even close.

Likewise, she has several t shirts which have lasted for years. they probably won't be fit for dd2, but paying £10 and getting a few years constant wear out of a t shirt is not bad value at all in my book.

usualsuspect · 16/06/2011 22:34

I've never bought boden in my life

In fact I had never heard of it before I joined MN

CaramelFreddo · 16/06/2011 22:37

Their coats are fab and well worth the money.....but they only fit one of my 2 children as you need to be tall and very thin to fit them.

I think it's an image thing...like Apple products....

TakeMeDrunkImHome · 16/06/2011 22:42

Also hadn't heard of it before MN. Will stick to Next, and I think that's expensive. clearly must be a non working northern benefit scummer emoticon

TakeMeDrunkImHome · 16/06/2011 22:42

Ooh I made that bold. Go me.

TeddyMcardle · 16/06/2011 22:45

who cares where other people buy their clothes? I buy boden, can't afford it normally so buy in the sale and on ebay sometimes, I quite like their stuff and it does last. Heard of it before MN too!

Serenitysutton · 16/06/2011 22:48

I think uabu to givea shit how/ where strangers spend their money

microserf · 16/06/2011 22:51

i used to buy boden in the sale. not anymore though, now i am all about george @ asda.

but i don't care and don't judge other mums on how they dress their children as a rule.

worraliberty · 16/06/2011 22:54

I've never heard of Boden before MN but it doesn't look nice from what I've seen of most of their stuff.

FreudianSlipper · 16/06/2011 22:54

ds has a few boden bits and they have sold very well on ebay. bought them mainly off ebay and in the sales

i never wear boden, just not my style. maybe when i am 50

amothersplaceisinthewrong · 16/06/2011 22:54

I ordered a couple of Boden dressess out of curiosity but sent them straight back as I did not think the quality justified the price. Nots sure I would really recognise anyone in boden clothes to be able to judge them!

MummyTubb · 16/06/2011 22:56

I buy it. I like it. I can afford it.

No-one's business but mine.

Jonnyfan · 16/06/2011 22:57

I'm gettin' kind of bored with being "judged"......

basingstoke · 16/06/2011 23:01

It's a bit rude though, isn't it? A thread like this? No underlying humour. Just, well, a bit pointlessly mean-spirited.

ASByatt · 16/06/2011 23:02

Of course YANBU........
........that is, if you really don't mind wasting your mental energies on something so utterly daft and generally no-skin-off-your-nose-none-of-your-business.....

Does it matter, really?

savoycabbage · 16/06/2011 23:04

There are far more expensive clothes for children available than Boden.

Original poster
o0FaintHearted0o · 16/06/2011 23:07

No it doesn't really matter. But a whole load of tosh is talked about on here and while I don't waste my life worrying about people spending £15 on one t-shirt for a little one it did pass my mind while I sipped coke and ate kettle crisps as I surfed the net. Shoot me.

And anyway, judging is fun. Come join me up here.

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FreudianSlipper · 16/06/2011 23:08

i like that there childrens cloths are not minature adult outfits, they are cute and in nice bright colours. they do not have boden written across and i find it quite hard to find clothes that i like for ds. i buy his clothes from anywhere but as long as it has not got a name written all over it

basingstoke · 16/06/2011 23:13

Kettle chips?

Surely the Boden of the crisp world...

Original poster
o0FaintHearted0o · 16/06/2011 23:18

Where's the like button on this site?

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sue52 · 16/06/2011 23:21

I am wearing Boden now. I like kettle crisps too. I've got an aga as well.

superjobeespecs · 16/06/2011 23:25

my DD gets h&m mainly mixed in with george at asda. next once in a blue moon and tescos when we go. i like h&ms clothes they are unbelievably long lasting DD got a fair use out of everything from there and i dont think apart from 2 piece sets ive actually spent more than a tenner in there on 1 item of clothing. i'd say 6 quid is the norm.

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