To buy my son a cardigan for his school uniform

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I was asking some friends about this last night and was surprised at the strength of some reactions so I thought I'd ask the Mumsnet jury.
My son is 4 and due to start full-time school in September. i have started to think about which bits of uniform to start getting him and thought I might look around for a boy's cardigan for him. In my head this is not that different to the hooded cardigan things he wears now, it just wont have a hood. It would be easy for him to get on and off, and might look quite cute.
Anyway there were lots of raised eyebrows when I suggested this last night.
Would you buy one (actually this would be tricky as no-one seems to sell them, but in principle...?)

I love boys in cardies, but I suspect it wont be on the official school uniform list.

I think he'll look lovely :)

I would buy whatever the normal uniform is that all the other boys will be wearing. Especially if a cardigan is going to be that hard to source!!

Our school has (hideous) cardigans as a uniform option. They are made out of sweatshirt material with poppers and a round neck. The children do seem to prefer them over a jumper as they are easier to manage.

They are quite low key on uniform really. They can wear jumpers or fleeces, with or without logos...

(Not that I don't think a cardigan would look nice)

I've been thinking about this for my DD, as she doesn't like wearing jumpers and never has. She gets hot very quickly in them and ends up taking them off and walking around in just a t shirt. The problem is that the school want them to have the school logo on the jumper, so she's stuck with it. I might do some nifty sewing job next year by cutting off the logo from thr old jumper and sewing it on a cardi.

I don't think you're being U, although I've never really seen a boy in a cardigan.

What uniform is available for the school though? We don't have blazers or anything, just sweatshirts which are very sweet - but my DS wouldn't need a cardigan as well as that, IYSWIM.

Thanks panda...
They do sound hideous savoy
Why featurewall?

Ask him which one he would like to wear. :)

If you can track down a boys cardy in the right colour, I don't see why not.

If he likes it that's fine but just be aware he may get teased by the other children. Some kids think only girls wear cardies!!

I know this sounds horrid, but kids will pick on anything that makes someone else stand out, even at that age:(

Well, I do think it would probably look adorable, in a 'young Prince Charles', kind of way. He might stand out a little from the other boys though .

What type of 'hooded cardigan thing' does he wear now? Do you mean a zipped hoody? That's a very different thing.

Good point about wondering where to buy a boy's cardigan, maybe Harrod's?

There is 1 boy in DD's year (Y1) that wears a cardigan. Note I say "1". But at that age, the children* won't notice what they are wearing so I don't see it as a problem.

• I have realised by children I probably mean boys as DD regularly comes home and says she must wear her summer dress tomorrow as that is what X is planning to wear

For DD (now 7) she has had one fleece with the school logo on and then many, many cardigans. No sweatshirts here.

My school do sweatshirts and sweatshirt cardi's. DD is in year 5 and has only ever worn a cardi, I haven't seen a boy in one in the whole school.

My little brother has just finished 4th year and has worn cardies for the last two years as part of his school uniform as he asked for them. I think it looks quite smart. He is quite tall though so my my mum managed to find quite nice plain ones in an Officers Club (I think that the right name) for about £20. DBro only got 2 since they were more pricey than usual school jumper.

Babooshka, is only interest in clothes is whether or not it has Star Wars on it. When I asked him he just shrugged obliviously...
I wonder if he would get teased in reception?

A zipped hoody would probably describe it Elderflower

I like boys in cardigans, and you can get simple zip up ones that are like a hoody without a hood, as you say. I would think a navy zip up cardi in cotton would be pretty easy to find, and would look smart and be warm and comfortable.

quite a few of the boys at ds1's school wear the cardigan rather than jumper

What? Why is it not okay for boys to wear cardigans? I've never heard of that before.

The local school is very lax on uniform and you can wear what you like in the colours really but lots of the children wear cardigans. They are very practical regardless of the sex of the child. When I was at school everyone wore cardigans or v-neck jumpers over shirts, again regardless of sex. All the way up to high school/age 16.

Very strange to say a boy can't wear a cardigan.

Hurray for that - I am off to source one.

Tescos do a boy's uniform one but only from age 10 link

I wouldn't - whatever the logical arguments, I think it will be noticed and commented on by other kids. Hoodies and fleeces are quite common, but he'll almost certainly be the only boy in a cardigan.

just because I wouldn't want him to stand out in the new school. I would maybe wait until he had established his friends and felt secure first.

I do know that a number of the Y6 boys wear cardigans...