To think this woman should just let her kids wear whatever the hell they want?

[SansaryaAgain]

Spotted in today's ES Magazine, which likes to think it's the epitome of good taste but in reality is just something people read to pass the time on their commute if they're out of other reading material. Today's issue was all about how to have the most fashionable kids in London. This woman's son wanted a Spider-Man hat but that wasn't stylish enough so she got him a plain black one from Cos! I think she needs to let go a little or she'll face major rebellion by the time they're teens!

[TheRadiantAerynSun]

Durham - I wouldn't have judged; I would have thought she was adorable.

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'Sourcing' kids' clothes - I ask you!

[ToastyFingers]

DD wears some character stuff,
She's almost 2 and her little face lights up for anything with elsa or adventure time on.

Most of our clothes are from the charity shop though, and are far better quality than I could afford to buy new.

[G1veMeStrength]

My DC are great at saucing their clothes. < closest I could find to a ketchup smiley.

[SansaryaAgain]

I just looked at Bonpoint and £100 for a plain white sleepsuit?? Blimey!

[DurhamDurham]

Thank you TheRadiant

She is 22 now and hardly ever wears wellies or woolly tights !

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Yup Bonpoint - roughly £80-£100 for a sleepsuit. Are they woven from the mane of a newborn unicorn foal or something?

I'll probably get shredded for saying this, but when you think about the children of those Syrian refugees are enduring at the moment just to hang on to their lives with nothing, £100 for a babygro seems pretty fucking disgusting.

[Oldraver]

I've never been one for fashion and when DS was toddler did go for colourful clothes for him.

He is now 9 and I let him wear what he wants and the last year he has gone for more muted clothes.. Last year he chose navy blue shoes over all the others (for summer) and a couple of days ago was looking at a coat and he preferred the navy blue over red. It is such a short time you can get away with character or bright stuff, forcing them into mini me seems odd (to me)

And as for....I avoid logos at all cost — the only exception is Converse All Stars, which they live in

....They are shit shoes for the feet. I understand they are de-rigueur, but I cant understand putting fashion over proper support

[Caboodle]

DC2 used to wear a lot of football kit...but top from one team, shorts from another and then odd socks from 2 different teams. Made me and I miss it now he matches up.

[WhereYouLeftIt]

"I make a huge effort to ensure my children do not look styled, but still look cool. Their casual dishevelled look is not as easy to achieve as it might appear; I admit I go to extraordinary lengths to source the right denim/cashmere/Breton top."
Oh my giddy aunt . Those poor boys.

[SeaRabbit]

One of our old neighbours owns a women's clothes shop locally so she's always very chic (she's also extremely pretty). Her girls were always beautifully dressed, but I heard one of them talking very critically about another child's clothes, and then also the child, - when she was about 8. A pity to be so superficial so young.

We always dressed DS in bright colours when he was young, as he liked them especially red, and he still likes bright clothes even though he's now 16. It is getting more difficult to 'source' them now he's bigger, though. One friend with 5 kids commented that a child in bright clothes is easier to spot in a playground. You have to let a child have some say in what they wear, if they want it, and should let them have more say as they get older. I would have loved seeing the girl in the woolly tights and wellies!

[ipswichwitch]

As DS1 is going through the taking all his clothes off at random while shouting "look at my willy!" phase, I will buy him any clothes he'll actually keep on. Even if it's head to toe Spider-Man.

I can't get het up over their clothes being designery and "sourced" from somewhere pretentious. It all gets covered in mud and snot and ground in play doh. I'll bet her kids are never allowed within 50 yards of a puddle.

[travellinglighter]

The mothers in the article don’t have enough to worry about. My kids wear what they like and some of their friends are worse. I vividly remember staying at a friends house and offering to sit with the kids while they watched a film. One of our friends DS came and sat on my knee wearing a sparkly cinderella dress and pink trainers. Not a an eyelid was batted.