to think that Boden wearers are not horrible people??????

[Jazzicatz]

I am fed up with being made to feel like I am a real cow because I buy clothes from Boden, it isn't as if I am stealing the food from a child is it????????

I'm also wearing Boden top at the mo', and boots and just about to put on Boden jacket to collect dd's from nursery. One of them in Boden the other not as most of her stuff comes back completely wrecked with paint, food etc.

SoMuchToBits- I also have a slightly horrible dh as he only has a few items, again bought by myself.

DD's and I must be complete horrors though

Do agree some of the descriptions are a bit OTT

yup the beach hut was the main thing we were lacking...

lol Blu! My goodness I feel like i've just been on a daytrip to Southwold reading your post!

lol at blu

LOL Boco, last time we went to Southwold (we live in Suffolk) I spotted loads of Boden-wearers!

"You then perform an elaborate production of 'what a happy healthy family does in Norfolk', projecting well for those at the back, or indeed in the next village." [my italics]

yes, perform, exactly.

i have some boden stuff mostly cos i loath going to actual shops and their webpage is really good. i only buy in the sale and try not to buy the really obvious "look at the woman in the boden clothes" pieces. (runs off to practise braying)

SoMuch me too! Where abouts are you? I'm in Eye near Diss.

Southwold, Whitstable, Padstow, all have impressive breeding populations of BBs.

I'm in Kesgrave near Ipswich, Boco.

hmmm
I wear Boden, as do each of my three children. We visit the North Norfolk coast on daytrips in our 4x4 with our black lab (lest you forget that) and also Aldeburgh (not Southwold).

But we are Very Nice People and do not bray.

I've never heard a cupcake braying, so I'm sure you are right!

I've got a couple of jumpers and tops from the sale for dds - they're ok value when they're half price, otherwise its a bit silly to spend £18 on a pair of trousers for a 2 year old (if you don't have that kind of money to spend). I dont really like the adult clothes much, the tops are wierdly short and they're not really worth the money.

we live in Diss.

Does no-one else get the urge to yell 'Mini-boden!' every time they spot a child in some, especially on the beach?

I always get a discount for my ds's clothes, and because he is not too wild, I sell them when he grows out of them on ebay (and they sell for a reasonable amount of money).

I am quite selective in what I buy from them, and agree some of their tops are a bit short, even though I'm not a tall person.

Last year we went to France on the ferry, and I spent half the trip spotting Boden-clad children!

I always point out Boden wearers to dh.

For dino: NB these are not pyjamas

But you see, Cupcakes, the braying and blocking everything up in an inconsiderate fashion are INTEGRAL. Boden wearing is not. And thank you for introducing the lab...though that veers a bit much towards BB's country-dwelling cousin rather than the Hampstead / Pimlico / Notting Hill urbanite.

Ooh yes, and Aldeburgh.

All places I love, and visit of course.
But stereotyping is wrong, and to be discouraged at all times, especially in an unventilated area or with children present.

Better to wear boden than "cheap as chips - made in India and paying starvation wage to exploited labour - clothes"

Good point hmc

Last time I went to Southwold it was full of Croc wearing people.

(bossykate - it doesn't wind me up particularly! I am white, middle class but sadly not affluent.)

lol just scrolled down the thread though and have very much enjoyed the caricature of Bodenites