School ban Canada goose coats

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I feel slightly on the fence.. What do you think?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/16/schools-right-ban-pupils-wearing-designer-coats

That's totally what's happened.

It's constant whinging from parents. Honestly unless you have 1k to burn why on earth would you send them into school in one of those coats.

So a quick Google tells me they are stuffed with Hutterite goose down and use wool from sheep who have not been subjected to mulesing. Mulesing looks pretty horrid to be honest; I had no idea that was done to lambs

My sympathy for the parents levels are kind of low on this one.

Out of interest, I would never buy one, are we sure these kids are all wearing genuine CG coats? Can yo get good fakes somewhere? I know a family of 5 kids and all 7 are wearing one this winter - I can't believe they have spent 7K on coats?

I just asked teenage ds who says you can get them for 70 quid on Ebay. They look pretty realistic to me. God know what they are made of.

Okay so my DD wears a moncler coat to school, it was our choice to buy it and I don't think I would abide if the school tried to ban them. The logo is small and inoffensive and I personally think they're nice and warm. I can't see what business it is of the school how much we spend on her coat

I would hope the ban is for ethical reasons. I have friends who are very into animal rights. Meaning I had to see an image of a wolf in agony caught by its paw in a trap. Alleging the hoods are trimmed with real wolf fur..

Bugger me the cheapest is £800ish for a coat well done that school bloody more money than sense if any parent pays that for a frigging anorak

How much was it Pinkky?

I think the schools are worried about muggings.

They are trimmed with coyote fur. Their website tells you about the ethical standards they are committed to. Why are they any different - from an ethical standard -to Ugg boots?

Hers was around £650, you'll find that the £800+ are in the adult range

Moncler use fox fur, Canada goose use coyote

I'm not judging Pinkky as I spend way more than that on school fees, but what would you do if she left it on the bus or train? Or used it as a goal post, thinking of my own children .

Tbf a 14yr old is more than likely in adult sizes so paying £800+ for a coat

They are expensive if they get stolen.
They seem to be a big favourite for teens this year. My 14yo nephew is getting one. I would be concerned with muggings etc plus I couldn't afford one.
Lots of parents around here can't afford one but will get in debt for it.

I think the schools are worried about muggings

From the bbc article I read it was the wealth divide issue driving the ban

Momcler kids go up to a 14 years and Canada goose up to 18 years. Luckily she looks after her things well so I don't feel I have to worry about that, she takes care of her belongings whether they were cheap or expensive.

*I think the schools are worried about muggings

From the bbc article I read it was the wealth divide issue driving the ban*

i suspect most of them are in fake ones - similar to a few years ago when all the girls suddenly had MK handbags instead of rucksacks. I don't see how the schools can tell if they're real or not.

Most likely fakes.

I cannot believe people spend this kind of money on a coat for a teen. If I could guarantee it would last for the literally the rest of their lives maybe 500/600 doesn’t seem so bad but in truth it’s a fashion item, in a few years time something else will be the ‘must have’. Teens are far to fickle in their tastes. Tbh it stinks. All these young people who have barely done a days work yet and probably have no idea about money/budgeting/real life being indulged like this is quite disgusting. Good on the school.

I have just bought dd's school coat - £35 from tesco she loves it

Still £600 is a lot of money for many parents for an anorak for school and if 1 has 1 they all want 1 .

I remember back in my day it was Jane Norman clothing and river island and I used to think that was the most expensive.. Such naivity

I imagine a lot of them wear fakes too, I personally don't support the buying of fake stuff because they're usually from very unethical places. However I suppose some parents would rather they wear a fake to school incase it gets ruined/stolen

My kid loses 3 coats a year (dyspraxic, so something we live with - if he's thrown off routine, stuff gets lost), so the idea of spending that much on a coat is already crazy.

Hell, I doubt I'd spend that much on a coat for me (I think I've gone up to 300.. for a woollen dress coat that will last for many years).

I'm normally against all this coat regulation I see (black coats for schoool kids for instance is mad. Have them wear bright, reflective stuff), but I can see why a) they wouldn't want to risk accepting liability for this stuff, and b) why they'd want to enforce some kind of standards around cost of coats.

So I find myself caught between common sense and principles.

On the whole, I think that I agree with so many others here - if you can afford to spend that on a coat, you can afford a cheap one for school.