To think current children's (especially girls) fashions are horrible.

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I know that children's clothes always mimic adult clothing, but we've literally come a full circle back to the Victorian era in that it is basically an exact replica of adult clothing. It's as if now a girl hits the age of 7 and she moves from babyish clothing to adult.

My 10 year old and her friends often dress 'older' than my 19 year old! I wasn't a fan of the gaudy prints when DD1 was 10, but I'd take it over the current fashion for influencer/instagram clothing any day.

But then, if I had it my way everyone (and I mean everyone) would wear frilly dresses

I don’t think that’s the case with our lot.

Seven year olds still firmly in kiddie stuff. Teens in crop tops etc. Adults aren’t

I have a 14 month old girl and the range of clothes are pretty awful. So much “daddy’s little princess” and “I dream of unicorns” stuff, all garish pinks and purples with sparkles and hearts on. Boys clothing is all olive / navy / black with diggers and trains on.

Would be really nice to have a wider variety of nice, bright children’s clothes that don’t look so tacky

I’ve been looking for summer tops for my three year old and a lot of the girls T-shirts’ have such frilly bits on the arm sleeves, I’m not a fan, I like her in quite plain style (but colourful) T-shirt tops. I find it noticeable with some brands eg Lindex, their baby and toddler stuff is gorgeous and then once they’re three and above it’s all quite grown up (some seasons, their currrnt season is ok) and there’s no differentiation between what’s good for a preschooler and what’s good for an eight yr old.

I was looking for clothes for my 10 year old and most of it was awful, as shes bigger for her age I have to look in the teen section and it’s either really tight fitted body con dresses or hot pants crop top combos 🤦‍♀️ I miss the days of being able to dress her in nice summer dresses

My DD’s are 8 and 10 and I’ve found some lovely clothes for them from places like M&S and H&M. I can’t see an issue with any of it really, it isn’t adult-like (I wouldn’t wear most of it!). They just wear T-shirt’s and shorts at the minute, usually T-shirt’s or jumpers with leggings or jeans when it’s colder.

@4PawsGood True about it being more teen/young adult fashion, but I do feel 7/8 is the age when shops make the switch from 'kiddy' clothes to teen fashions.

@ShirleyPhallus Totally agree. It's hard to get a balance unless you're willing/able to spend loads

The younger kids range, this is especially at h and m, is lovely, lots of bright colours, nice prints and comfy things for boys and girls. The older boys section is also nice, but the older girls stuff is horrible. Everything seems to be either black or pink, tight, every top is cropped including hoodies.

Now DD is 12 she fits into some adult clothes if they do a size 4-6 and a lot of this stuff is nicer. In H and M I could only get her a normal length hoodie from the adult section of H and M basics.

Primark, Peacocks, New Look are all the same.

Ohh didnt think to look at H&M just had a look and there stuff is much better than the stuff on George which seemed really grown up to me!

I'm not sure if "the same as adults" is actually the same as "adult" though.

We are 29, 10, and 6. We all wear some combination of leggings + tshirts every day (polo-shirts if they have school) because it's practical and comfortable and looks good. The only exception is they wear crop tops and I put a top on over my sports bra.

I WFH and don't agree with formal school uniform (neither does the school thankfully), so they can go straight out to play after school without getting changed and adding more washing.

Then if we need to look presentable maybe jeans and a nicer top. MAYBE. But to be honest since lockdown I just invested in nicer "activewear" 😂.

Mostly always trainers, boots in the winter months.

I don't really understand dressing younger girls babyish, and I hate how boys get to wear grey and navy and black but you'll struggle to find that in the age 6 girls section. All those colours look good and wash well!

For a fictional creature there are an alarming amount of unicorns out there...

I'm another fan of H&M.

I agree. I struggled to get nice clothes for my tall DD1 who’s knocking on for 6, but in 7-8 clothes. (If I put her in 5-6 you’d be able to see her knickers!)

I got most of her clothes at H&M this year.

Don’t get me started on girls shorts. I measured last year... George at Asda shorts in size 2-3 were longer than the 5-6 She has boys ones from H&M this year (in 5-6 naturally because boys sizes are bigger, and then they’re falling down).

TL:DR, check H&M out

I haven't found that but I agree with being horrible. Was looking for clothes in 8Y size and all girl clothes look like an unicorn has eaten too many cupcakes and thrown up all over the place. Pink, baby blue, frill, lace, glitter, sparkle, cutesy little animals. Tiny and tight. Shorts that only cover half the backside.

Bought her clothes from boys' side - decent lenght shorts, t-shirts she can actually move in, with dinosaurs. Why do you need to gender t-shirts anyway, young kids don't have different body shapes.

Older boys section in H&M was depressing. Black, grey, khaki and more black. And black.

I think it’s worse for boys- particularly from about age 7 or 8. After that it’s dark depressing dodgy “fashion” bits. Most of it is just awful, George at Asda are the worst.

You can get some nicer boys clothes from M&S, sometimes H&M, or the likes of Boden, John Lewis etc but then you pay ££

I have a 12 year old ds, he wanted some basic plain t shirts, I can’t tell you how bloody difficult that was!

I know what you mean. I buy most of my daughter’s clothes from supermarkets, and I’ve noticed that Morrison’s do ‘Age 1-6’ and ‘Age 3-14’ ranges. The 1-6 ranges were what I’d think of of nice, normal girls clothing - tops, leggings, skirts and dresses, with a range of patterns including lots of unicorns. DD has just turned 6, and when I was looking for summer clothes in age 6-7 I noticed that the 3-14 clothes are more fashion/ teenage in style - cropped tops, slogan t-shirts, that kind of thing. I struggled to find ‘normal’ short-sleeved t-shirts and summer skirts and dresses. The shorts were shocking - much shorter than boys shorts for the same age. Tesco F&F range seems to be similar.

I can’t afford to buy the Scandi-style stuff like Frugi, unless it’s second hand, but it’s so frustrating that there’s such a difference between age 5-6 and age 6-7 in shops.

I’m glad it’s not just me that found George Asda bad, I bought loads of nice stuff for dd who is 4 but when it came to dd 10 they were mainly mini adult clothes I ended up not buying her anything even though I wanted to take advantage of there 20% off I couldn’t find much that I would put her in, definitely not putting her in a crop top

It's hard to find anything for my 7 year old that isn't a crop top ☹️
I've never known it be so hard to purchase nice summer clothes!

I agree H&M and M&S are the best for this age.

The only place I could find a suitable swimsuit for a 12 yo was M&S. Tellingly, it’s sold out in bigger sizes.

My go to was always P.O.P (Polarn & Pyret), nice and quite neutral. Good 2nd hand prices on eBay too.

I hate all the stuff with slogans on for little-ish ones. George at Asda is particularly bad for this. Also sequins (impractical), cropped tops and teeny tiny shorts. Definitely more like teen stuff than 6-10 year olds should be wearing.

My kids wear scandi stuff, mainly Frugi. Their baby stuff is (obviously) babyish and can be. Bit gaudy but they have some really lovely stuff for older kids

I don't find this. Frugi does lovely children's clothes up to age 10. They definitely look like children's clothes.

@hibbledibble

I don't find this. Frugi does lovely children's clothes up to age 10. They definitely look like children's clothes.

Yes lovely but they cost £££! worth trying to get second hand though. And yes to second hand Polan Y Pyret as well.

Well I think frugi clothes look like pyjamas but each to their own. My dd is 9 and wears a lovely range of clothes mainly from Sainsbury’s, h and m, next. I think she looks perfectly appropriate for her age. She never wears pink or unicorns either but I think there’s loads of choice!

I always seem to see really nice things in the girls section now DD is in her 20's!

DS2 and DS3 have moved into the older boys age group and there is very little choice.

@florafoxtrot

For a fictional creature there are an alarming amount of unicorns out there...

I'm another fan of H&M.

Same. And agree re: oversaturation of the market with Unicorns. Why so many? There are actual real animals they could use. A horse is pretty similar or a Narwhal