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?

Unfortunately people do judge by appearances, and how you dress affects your social status.

If anyone judged my social status on where my children's clothes are from then they are not worth knowing.

My children wear hand me downs and clothes from the charity shop most of the time so you'd be wrong if you thought they weren't bought ethically just because they have a 'George' label.

Nerr Mir do too. A mixture of hand me downs, charity shop, and then all sorts of other shops from Primark to Boden and even shhhhhhh Tesco 🙄

I have no issue with people splurging on lovely, good quality clothes that wash well and are cute. It just pisses me off when it’s hidden behind a screen of ethical virtue signalling when we all know it’s based on showing off wealth to your tribe.

Frugi et al do manufacture overseas, but it is possible to do so ethically. I wouldn't class them as a designer brand.

I must confess I don't pay much attention to clothes on others, but then I don't have a 'tribe' or mafia affiliation.

What frugi describe is what all UK retailers will be doing. It doesn’t ensure ethical production

Exactly, isent that what all highstreet retailers have to adhere to. After reading that, I will continue buying occasionally from the supermarket and from e bay secondhand.

I’m pleased they ‘ethically outsource’ but let’s not kid ourselves they’ve done that for anything other than financial reasons. They obviously got popular and needed to expand. They needed cheap land and a cheap workforce and found that outside of the U.K. Paying a living wage to an Indian or Sri Lankan individual is going to be massively cheaper than paying a British worker and renting a warehouse here. I assume the fuel used to ship the clothes back to the U.K. is also environmentally friendly? Perhaps each garment is flown via pigeon or an army of ants march across the land with brightly coloured baby grows on their backs.

Mine is head to toe in frugi today. I like the bright colours in winter, it washes well and all the pieces coordinate well so you can chuck anything on. Each to their own.

Dd has one item of Frugi. I bought it because I fell in love with it I do think a lot of the things look lovely (although they aren't as different from higher-end mass-market as one might think - a lot of the flowers-and-animals/diggers-and-tractors 'gender' divide) they couldn't comfortably afford to clothe her in it top to toe. My boys are long past Frugi-tolerance age.

It does project a particular (dare I say slightly smug?) image which I'm not 100% comfortable with. Ethics are all very well - they really are, I try to live as ethically as possible - but clothes are, lamentably, one area in which ethics cost you if you want new stuff now and again. My dc wear at least 50% hand-me-downs, but I can well imagine if that's less a choice than literally all you can afford, it must become a need to have something new now and again.

I couldn't comfortably afford etc. Not 'they', whoever 'they' are.

Why do people think that Frugi, Boden etc are the only kids clothes that last well, and that Primark and supermarket stuff falls to bits? My kids have loads of stuff handed down as we have a large family and lots of friends with older kids, and there's all sorts of brands that we've been given and dress our children in including a pair of C&A dungarees....how long have they been gone?! Most is from supermarkets and cheaper chain stores but my mum taught us all to launder well - darks or lights, treat stains, tops and trousers inside out etc and IMO that's what makes most difference to how clothes last. If a child falls over in leggings or leans on a freshly creosoted fence (like DS 2 ) the item is wrecked regardless of its price or origins.

Not everyone has the option to not shop at places like Primark. A lot of middle class people don't understand that not everyone is like them and can not comfortably afford to shop elsewhere. So clothing their children is the priority not making sure it's ethically sourced.

I agree that the supermarket stuff does last. My groups of friends have been passing clothes around for years, being used by multiple children and they're all still good quality.

avocado I prefer Kite over Frugi. Much nicer imo.

ringfence that Frugi in the wild sounds really pathetic!.... I’d hate for anyone to do that to me!
(Although I have been up to someone with a madam googoo wrap, more to admire though!)

I've never heard of Frugi but I've just had a quick look at the website and I think the clothes look really cute. I certainly would have bought them for DDs when they were younger.

devil you’re right. I can kill the most expensive clothes through my terrible laundry habits, perhaps that’s the real reason I don’t splurge. Laundry tips are most welcome please as I have a tebdabxy go just throw loads in and shut the door 😬

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I love Frugi. There is a good second-hand Frugi selling page on Facebook if you don't want to pay full price.

“Why do people think that Frugi, Boden etc are the only kids clothes that last well, and that Primark and supermarket stuff falls to bits?”

Quite often different brands are the same clothes anyway. A friend designs a clothing item (say trousers) he designs and supplies trousers to much of the high street as well as some brands which sell themselves as designer, such as TM lewin and Ted Baker

He designs the trousers then they go to the factory in the Far East to be made. Same materials same factory same circumstances. For trousers being sold in 40,50 different outlets here

Why do people think that Frugi, Boden etc are the only kids clothes that last well, and that Primark and supermarket stuff falls to bits?

because they do. I find that Primark is hit and miss, some things will last, others will lose their shape, or fade or the fabric will thin out after a few wash.
Children cotton is not supposed to last as long as adult cotton anyway, but the very cheap one does not last.

It's exactly the same with adult clothes. Some of my expensive tshirts must be more than 10 years old, and are as new. Tops I got from Primark start to unravel or even have holes after a year. Primark is great for "trendy" item you will bin after a season, not for classic pieces.

Both of mine are wearing their "parsnip pants" right now. I love them, DD wore her 6-12 month ones for at least a year as the cuffs unroll to extend the length. The colour and fabric stood up to a year or washing and tumble drying, and still life left in them. I think I paid about £9 for them in their regular up to 70% off sale.

My second child is a DS so my new rule with Frugi is that it must be a) unisex and b) in the sale. I can't afford full price but I can't deny it's a good buy when reduced.

In the mean time I am selling DD's outgrown dresses etc on second hand pages. They hold value v well, and you can pick up some great bargains on there too.

I really rate their dungarees too.

I must add that DD is wearing a Sainsbury's top and DS is wearing one from Next. I can't justify frugi t shirts, they don't fit for as long. I have no problem with high street chains but hate slogans, sludge colours and pink.

Most of the kids clothes I've binned have been damaged rather than worn out. Usually stained by something permanent (like the creosote on DS's coat and the sodding black and blue paint they used in school and nursery), or torn from falling over or catching on door handles. I've binned baby clothes when I couldn't face dealing with the sick or poo explosion. Those clothes would've been binned regardless of their brand. I haven't got experience of much Primark stuff, but I dress my kids in a lot of supermarket things and honestly the quality is fine, and providing it's not plastered with the cartoon character of the hour, they don't date any faster (my sisters and I only buy character pants, socks and PJ's anyway).

I don't buy anything new for my kids unless it is an ethical brand tbh. 85% of their clothes are second hand, ebay, Facebook etc.

I've just had to google the brand.

Only 'good' thing is it's organic so they can sell to people and charge loads of money and their customers feel like they're superior because their darlings are dressed in vegan bamboo fibres and coconut shells.

Downside is they look fucking atrocious. I hate babyish clothes with stupid animals and shit all over them anyway so I wouldn't be paying £20 for one babygrow that looks so Fucking terrible. Seriously that would set off a migraine for me. Why can't people just dress their kids in proper fucking clothes