To ask what brands your teenage DS wears?

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10yo ds is a little bit geeky: and wants to try and fit in a bit with the cool kids. I get that.
He has announced he wants to save up to buy a Tommy Hilfiger top
As a rule I don't like buying named brand stuff unless is particularly for quality but i understand his desire to
Fit in.
What other "cool" brands work for tweenage boys?
Hype is one
Who else
Tia?

You can never go wrong with Adidas.

Otherwise, some of the 'safer' brands would be Nike, Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Jack Wills etc.

Personally, and this is no insult to your son OP (I was a geeky kid...still am at heart), I would avoid some of the more 'statement' brands, for example:

Stone Island
CP Company
Supreme
Bape (A Bathing Ape)
Off White
etc.

All of the above make some sort of 'statement' and best avoided when dealing with (fickle) pre-teen boys. Besides, most people would assume it's fake anyway as the above are often silly money.

North Face, Nike, Bape, Supreme, Ralph Lauren

Yes to this plus the Nike socks. Absolutely no way to Adidas unless it’s nylon tracksuit trousers and super dry not even on the radar. Hollister for nobody older than year 7.

Mainly grey tracksuit trousers and a black hoodie or switch to black
Tracksuit trousers and a grey hoodie

The cool kids are those that try not to fit in like sheeple, but start their own fashions. Maybe encourage him to be an individual.
It's a shame some kids can't be confident being themselves.

My DS14 plays football a lot, so is very particular about football shirts (took me a white to find for Christmas vintage goalkeeper shirt he wanted...), and Adidas training trousers, but only because they fit him best (long legs, very tall and slim for his age ), everything else can be Primark, as long as mud washes off

Nike, Under Armour. To be fair he's not that fussed but he likes have a few things like his mates.

When he gets to my size I might have to buy him a Stussy hoodie. Pity he'll grow out of it before long .

My ds is 12. He's not that bothered about clothes, but he prefers sporty, casual stuff. He mostly wears Adidas, Nike, no fear, bench and a couple of skate makes. He isn't really fussed about labels though and will also happily wear generic stuff from primark or h and m.

It's a shame some kids can't be confident being themselves

Isn't it, though? We should MAKE THEM DAMMIT! Make them NOT BE SHEEPLE! Because, y'know, we can totally do that - all kids, after all, react in exactly the same way to all stimuli!

Hype, Nike and Adidas here. I recently bought him some Topman trousers which he is living in not envy. And basics from H&M. Shopping is crap where we live though
He tells me Supreme is the dream but I think it's ££

Nike, Adidas, new balance, jack wills, converse, pretty green, Ralph Lauren, farah and Levi's.

Fuck brands. Teach them to be individuals.

Fuck brands. Teach them to be individuals.

BRIAN: Look. You've got it all wrong. You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves. You're all individuals!

FOLLOWERS: Yes, we're all individuals!

BRIAN: You're all different!

FOLLOWERS: Yes, we are all different!

DENNIS: I'm not.

ARTHUR: Shhhh.

FOLLOWERS: Shh. Shhhh. Shhh.

BRIAN: You've all got to work it out for yourselves!

FOLLOWERS: Yes! We've got to work it out for ourselves!

BRIAN: Exactly!

FOLLOWERS: Tell us more!

BRIAN: No! That's the point! Don't let anyone tell you what to do! Otherwise-- Ow! No!

Vulpine

Apparently you can't teach them
I think mine would have had every label going if I'd have taken the attitude of multivac Instead I taught them about being individual and not following like sheeple, it really wasn't difficult, but does take commitment and time.

Ah, bless you romany - I'm not sure why you think yours would have had 'every label going'; mine don't. Especially the one who doesn't give a toss about brands. Do you have unlimited funds, and buy them everything they ask for?

I've definitely taught my two not to consider themselves superior to their peers because they either do, or don't, prefer branded clothes, though. That wasn't difficult at all, as neither has a tendency towards dickishness....

I have limited funds yes, and have never bought everything they have asked for. They usually had everything they needed, just not designer labels or particular brands that cost more because of the brand.
I think it's important to teach your children to be individuals and not follow for the sake of fitting in.
I think in the long term it makes them happier too, as they don't have a certain image to uphold and realise they don't have to follow.

My 14 yo likes North Face, Nike, Adidas, Under Armour. Plus a few Lyle and Scott tops for "best" that we buy from M&M direct.

He would like designer labels but our funds don't stretch that far. He has an EA7 top that he bought himself, plus two high-end designer jackets and a top that his cousin passed on to him.

10 year old DS likes skinny jeans, slim fit joggers with Adidas/Nike/Hype/sonetti tops, hoodies etc

15 year old DS likes skinny jeans and anything from cheap ASOS muscle fit T-shirt's to Ralph Lauren! RL and that sort of thing are a birthday treat so it's a good job he's happy with the cheap stuff for the rest of the year. He is very particularly about shoes though, but I'm not too bothered as I don't think they've got anymore growing to do so they last.

Both boys have Superdry coats

Ah, Romany I have twins. Ain't nothing I haven't considered about 'teaching them to be individuals', trust me!

My less confident, more easily led younger son will not, I'm sure, have his long-term happiness significantly compromised because he buys himself an Adidas hoodie every now and again. As I say, he knows my opinion (and rolls his eyes when I suggest he simply staple a 20 pound note or two to an unbranded top, for much the same effect...). I'm teaching, yes. But not imposing/enforcing, when it's his cash he wants to waste.

Tell him not to try to 'fit in' and explore his own style.

Make him confident not complacent.

My 2 17yo sons are very heavily into brands, the more obscure streetwear stuff. They used to be into Supreme and Palace when there was all the hype surrounding the "drop" every week and then they would re-sell on Depop (which is a great site to look at buying teen desirable designer stuff second hand).

Now they mainly wear Carharrt, Stone Island, Prada, Polar, with bits of ASOS own brand thrown in. At the moment its True Religion for jeans.

These are all very expensive clothes, but they sell their old stuff to buy more and so on, I am no longer involved.

For footwear it seems to ONLY be Nike TNs and white socks.

My 10 year ds old likes Boo Hoo,Nike ,Adidas,northFace.And Under Armour

multivac

The odd item as you say isn't going to do any damage. My own bought the odd thing, my dd has some converse.
My point was having to buy certain brands so your kids fit in isn't healthy.
Can you not see the attitude is different?

Under Armour, Adidas, North Face and Nike are the faves in this house atm.

And H&M for jeans are much better than Penneys the sizing is much better.
I found buying the cheaper t shirts a false economy.I buy 2 or 3 good,decent tee shirts.They get longer out of them and they wash better.