Do you dress your twins in matching outfits?

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DF and her husband have twin boys I’ve noticed they dress them in matching outfits most of the time.

With Xmas coming up I wanted to buy them an outfit each but I can’t decide if to buy them two of the same or different outfits.

What would you do?

Thanks

If they normally like to dress them the same then they’ll probably appreciate the matching set. They may even find it a bit bizarre if you chose to purchase separate outfits, if you know that’s not how they dress them.

That being said....If it’s a novelty outfit (like a specifically festive sleepsuit each) then you could probably get away with a mini Santa and then a mini elf version etc....

Ask them

Personally I'd rather coordinating rather than matching = but some parents go for matchy matchy

My friend's twins don't usually wear identical outfits. They are a boy and a girl though, so maybe that affects things....

Yes, but they're only 6 months old. For their next size up I've got more coordinating than matching. When they get older it'll be their choice - I'm enjoying it now whilst it's my choice :D

I would buy them matching if their parents match them though

If they like matching as you said, get matching outfits. Let them have fun with identical child while they're still too young to care. Once they get bigger they'll start wanting their own styles and identities.

I've two friends both with twin boys. One set are dressed identical all the time. The other wear similar co-ordinated outfits (so grey chinos and a green hoodie/beige chinos and a blue hoodie for example).

I'm not a fan at all of identical but if friend one was the recipient then I'd bite my tongue and buy a matching set.

I'm not keen on totally matching outfits but I do like to put mine in co ordinated outfits.

That being said if they normally put them in matching outfits then they'll probably appreciate them.

I'm a twin, my Mum made a conscious effort NOT to dress us matching so personally I find it bizarre that other people do 😳 We are different people with different personalities... Although regularly rock up to family dos accidentally wearing ridiculously similar outfits even in our late 30s 🙈 if you don't want to do matchy matchy, just buy very similar outfits. Parents can always choose to mix and match xxx

Parents do match and it's a special occasion so I'd def buy matching

I have twins. VERY different even from birth but for the first 2 years I often dressed them the same, the reason being is I had awful mum guilt. I would worry one was warmer, or one looked cuter or something all the time, so I just dressed them the same.

They turn 8 this month, they couldn't be more different, and have their own styles and opinions.

My in laws insisted on buying things different things I think to make a point. I know there is a lot of controversy around dressing them the same, but like I said i did it as I found twins guilt inducing.

I really don’t get this matching clothes thing but if they always do it then you may as well.

@Someonesayroadtrip I never thought of mum guilt but that makes perfect sense. Wow you twin mummies have a lot to consider i found two different outfits but one was £2 more so I couldn’t buy them as I didn’t know who to give the outfit to that cost £2 more or less

Thanks for all your comments - matching it is

I have twin girls, I dress them in the same outfit when I really like the outfit as they are identical so I struggle to tell them apart normally without dressing them the same. Most days it's just babygrows, however if I was known to dress them the same I would prefer for people to buy matching outfits for them as a gift.

@soontobemummyof3 me too! It's the easiest way to tell them apart. Although they do look extremely cute in matching.
Conversely all the other mums with same sex twins at our twins group dress them exactly the same

I have 7 year old identical boys and I’ve always dressed them differently- I used to get a lot of 2nd hand bundles on fb it eBay and to be honest things where so manic in the early years I was just pleased if I’d managed to dress them at all! Now they where what ever they feel like

It also helps people work out who’s who

I have twin nieces. My sister has pounded in to all the family: "Get them one each and make sure they're bloody identical!"

This applies to everything from burgers to clothes.

BTW I have never met parents of twins who didn't dress them identically.

I have twins

They never match - it just looks sad, not cute

I pity them really

I've twin boys (now teenagers). I've never dressed mine in the same clothes apart from once when they were about 2 weeks old. I used to think that you'd want to be seriously organised to do that. Usually when mine got clothes for presents they were similar. To me they are 2 individuals rather than 1 of the same(if that makes sense). Actually there's only 15 months between me and my sister and we were dressed alike as children and I hated it!

I have twin sisters - they like being similar but not identical; your friend’s children may hate being dressed identically and personally I think it’s healthy for twins to have their own identity.

Or they may love it.

Let’s face it many a future embarrassing portrait is when families coordinate (ref: shellsuits as an obvious example)

Could be cringe if you do indentikit outfits, but poss offence if you don’t.

I would forego clothes as a gift in this situ.

I have twins, now teenagers, didnt dress them the same, on occasions they have both wanted the same top or something so have bought the item in different colours or gone with similar style but generally dressed differently.

Our Godsons are twins, now teenagers - I never bought them identical outfits, just similar ones.

Their Mum didn't dress them the same beyond toddlerhood.

I have twins and have always dressed them differently - I think it looks really silly and naff when twin are dressed identically, they’re two different people! However, if it’s what your friend likes then maybe go for it - she may not use the clothes if she doesn’t have two versions of it.

Incidentally, the funniest reason I’ve heard for dressing twins the same is that “it’s easier to spot them in a busy playground.” Erm, can’t you just spot your own child?

The comments on this thread have blown my mind haha! Lots of posters saying they don't know anyone who dresses twins differently.....I have twins and have never known anyone who dresses them the same!

Myself and all the twin mums I've ever known have dressed our children differently. Part of the reason is that when you have twins, they're often treated as a single unit rather than two separate babies with their own individual personalities. Dressing them the same just propagates that same, irritating point of view while giving them different outfits underlines the fact that they are in fact - and contrary to popular belief - two separate babies and not just one split into two parts!

Having said that, in answer to the OP, if she likes to dress them the same, then that's what I'd buy.

Although I’m not a fan of twins matching (unless old enough to decide they want to), I think you should get matching outfits if that’s what their parents seem to prefer.