To not really get Frugi clothes

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Don't get me wrong they have some lovely clothes and nice prints, but they're just so expensive for what they are. I mean £21 for a single babygrow? Loads of my mum friends absolutely rave about them and fork out to dress their children exclusively in Frugi everything. Am I missing something?

I love it but can't afford to buy loads sadly. It washes (don't tumble dry) and wears really well. I tend to buy during offers or sales. We particularly like the twirly dresses.

It wasn't around when mine were Young but I love the bright colours so I would buy stuff in the sales as presents.
Like Boden it has very good second hand value, I see lots of 'FRUGI gorgeous trousers, vgc except for a hole in the knee that needs patched' on sale on Ebay and it goes for the price of new high street trousers

We first bought frugi when dd was 2 as we saw a dress on sale at an independent shop. We got dresses, mainly in the sale to use as occassionwear wear, with the odd top in the sales.

Did is now nearly 7. Since she has started to outgrow the younger girls ranges, I am not so keen on the styles for her age, some of which would be the wrong shape for her. (she is an awkward size but that is another issue).
The last year or so I have bought less from boots, next etc and more from frugi instead as the styles suit her and we like the designs. (Her wardrobe has always included supermarkets, primark, boots s, next, M&S, frugi and all sorts in between.).

It is more expensive but she will often choose it in the wardrobe. The colours also often coordinate between collections which is useful. It also holds its resale value.
As she is now less messy, and in school uniform we are buying less volume so can justify the price more. She loves skater dresses which at £30 are not that much more than dresses from places like next, but easier to sell if we choose to later.

I don't think they wash or wear well.

My youngest wears all Frugi, Maxomorra, Duns, Smafolk etc. I would rather only buy a few bits (he only has 3 babygrows for example) from an ethical brand and know they will wash well. I tend to buy second hand from Facebook groups etc.

But tbh I would no sooner dress my kids in Ralph Lauren than I would myself. 😂

I'm a fan. My dds are too old now but we had some lovely dresses and leggings. They sell it at the Eden project.

We had Ralph Lauren hand me downs - way out of my price range but incredible quality and style.

When I just had dd1 I wasn't that fussed with expensive clothes but when I knew dd2 was going to be a girl I started spending more on boden/joules/frugi - primark won't go through 2 kids but those brands will fly through several kids especially if it's not jersey.

The clothes are ethical and gorgeously soft when new but the last few things I've bought haven't washed well at all (pyjama bottoms only fit for rags after a year, but sweatshirt still like new). Still the clothes are a lot less boring than most other brands on the high street!

All organic / ethical vrands or second hand where we can here. They're not that expensive (ie added on cash for the name like addidas etc). They're just not cutting as many corners as some.

"Crunchy mafia" wtf? MN at it's inclusive and supportive of other lifestyles again there.

Crunchy mafia??? Round here they are much more focused on giving you grief for using a pram or shoring off their tie dye sanitary towels.

In fact I don't know any crunchy evangelists that do brands of anything that arnt slings or nappies or maybe those bullshit amber beads

They look great, but way out of my price range, I looked in the Sale section, and none in ds size . I guess you get what you pay for, if they are made in the Uk and ethically sourced. They are no more expensive than Boden. For many, they are far too expensive, they have to rely on cheaper supermarket retailers to clothe their kids.

They have some good sales (although not necessarily easy to find stuff in the size you want), I probably wouldn't pay full price there though

I used to buy Frugi whe my 2 were younger. I still get the odd sale top for my boy.

They're a family run, ethical company, which is a big selling point - no sweatshops, or child workers - their clothes are all organic cotton, and their colours and designs are lovely for younger kids. They also do loads for various charities adn the people behind the brand are ruddy lovely.

Dd received a frugli gro, I think its absolutely lovely and great quality.
But I wouldn't buy them personally, too expensive for something that will only fit for a couple months.

I have loads of Frugi for my two under 4s (and myself!) and will stick with it as long as they're prepared to wear it. Love the fit and designs. So much more colourful than other stuff. I buy virtually all of it second hand.

Never heard of it! Wonder what that says about me 🤔

I love Frugi but do find it outrageously expensive, so I pretty much only buy it second hand. It lasts so well though that it’s fine to do that. Plus 3-year-old DS considers himself underdressed if he isn’t actually wearing every colour of the rainbow on a given day, so it fits in perfectly. I love that it looks like clothes designed specifically to appeal to children, rather than a mini version of an adult outfit.

I quite like the look of their clothes, but they are definitely overpriced and the few Frugi items we have had (received as gifts) haven't washed or worn any better than items from Sainsburys or Dunnes.

Ralph Laren toddler clothes are fairly awful.

The older Frugi I bought second hand was quite sturdy but the new stuff not so much. I am not able to the stuff I bought new for second DC (hole in kneepatch trousers, dinosaur print very damaged, etc...). The fit is a bit hit and miss as well, sometimes really huge when the older versions were a bit too snug.

Mine used to wear a a lot of Frugi when they were small, along with Mini Rodini, Katvig and other smaller independent brands.

I just found the fabrics were very soft and hard-wearing and the styles were much nicer for small children.

I now have a few younger nieces and nephews I can indulge my love for cute clothes with.

The older I get, the more I realise what a massive wanker I quite obviously am.

We get the Ralph Lauren from the outlet store and use the 25% discount codes we get via email when we go. I also sell a lot of my DD bits and pieces on eBay once it's too small.
So it doesn't work out very expensive for her age at the moment.

I like the look of the clothes I just looked at. I had to google as I've never heard of it.
I dressed my lot in something similar when we lived in the US, we bought a lot of colourful organic stuff from Hanna Andersson, you could do well with the discount codes and twie a year massive sales and the clearance pages. The stuff was super soft.
It's nice to see bright colours for boys, I got sick of seeing navy, brown, red.

They are British made, organic cotton, fit cloth nappies. Also they look like children's clothes, not clothes for mini adults. They wash and wear well and last multiple children. Also, they are often less gender specific (although they do still have some boy/girls nonsense).
They are expensive though. I only buy in the sale.

Personally I think designer clothes on kids is just naff.