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

Im not in the UK, but DV wear Zara, Benetton, Mango Kids and sometimes H&M. I love the Spanish brands, all colours for boys (ds has some funky pink and turquoise surfy style tops) and nice age appropriate but not naff girls things. Dd wears a lot of their printed trousers and plain tops, or bright coloured jeans.

Try typing ex mini boden into ebay. Some good things at less cost for my dd 6.5

[quote MyDcAreMarvel]@MissyB1 loads in Next.[/quote]
Oooh thanks hope they have his size, will order now.

I don’t have a daughter but even I have noticed the unicorns in the girls’ sections - why??!

If it helps, I find it difficult to find stuff for boys that isn’t camouflage or covered with dinosaurs.

Boden has the same issue. girl shorts teeny tiny and boys get the versions that actually cover their backside

Yes I’ve found past the age 7-8 9-10 at a push there isn’t much suitable. Big jump from kiddie to teen clothes. I’ve really struggled with the 12-13 age of clothes.

Why not just buy the clothes you like for girls, does it matter if they are labelled as for boys?

Outdoor shops and sports shops are the way to go - most of my 10yo daughter’s clothes come from Mountain Warehouse, Decathlon or Sports Direct these days. Agreed, who wants to wear a cropped hoodie or a strappy playsuit that’s a nightmare to get off when you need the loo?

Yes it does matter as my daughter wouldn’t wear “boys” clothes maybe other girls would though. 🤷‍♀️

This is the UK. We barely did fashion and style before 2008, and then it was abandoned totally for almost everyone then. Until Brexit, the easiest way to spot a white person not born and raised in the UK was how they dressed with a clue about what suited them

Are you on glue?

Anything remotely affordable or high street is vile (apart from H&M which has some lovely ranges). One of the reasons I started making my children’s clothes.

It's not great for boys. All t-shirts seem to be Marvel, games like minecraft, dinosaurs or vehicles. Or they're plain and boring.

I'm blessed (or not) with a girl who does quite like unicorns and Disney etc. She's 6 but quite tall and leggy so shorts are tricky - most of the girls ones do seem to be kylie esque hotpant style. I'm going to buy her some longer boys denim ones I think. I agree that some of the girls stuff does seem quite teen like once you get to 7-8. And what is it with Friends on everything- maybe I'm just very old and out of touch but why would a 7 year old be interested in a 20 year old TV show about 20 somethings??

@DeathMetalMum

We usually get a lot of stuff from George as Asda, I stick to plain things usually and kids like the cycling shorts and leggings. We have had some nice plain vest tops and good quality t-shirts in the past.

This year everything seems to have friends or Minnie mouse on neither of which my 10 year old is interested in. Everything else is crop tops. We have found online good packs of cycling shorts, but that's it this year.

I'm completely bemused by this marketing of Friends, (both the show itself and the merchandise), towards really young kids - I've seen hoodies with the logo emblazoned across the front for kids as young as 8. When Friends was first broadcast, (old gimmer alert), it was squarely aimed at young adults and was on Ch 4 after 9pm. Why is it suddenly being promoted to children?? Very odd.

My 4 year old is all frilly dresses and traditional clothing but i agree. Looking at what’s available for her in a few years is awful.

Oh, I've just seen that @Shergill15 raised the exact same point above my post! Glad I'm not the only one!

I agree, hate the cheap leggings and crop top combo on little girls.
I really like La Redoute, H&M, and also these guys:

www.angelandrocket.com/collections/girls
Also the Joules kids sale had some great dresses and summer play wear that was much more age appropriate, am hoping we get some wear out of these too.

There really needs to be a good teens range. My girls are long and leggy (one is 5'6 and 7 stone) but is a nightmare to buy for. Adult stuff is huge around her waist and too short in the leg.

They both have small feet too which is another pain when your 14 yr old doesn't want sparkly unicorn shoes 🙄.

I’ve had the same issue recently. I’ve usually got most of her everyday clothing from M&S, their leggings/tops/tunics are all on 3 for 2, they tend to be nice colourful unicorn and dinosaur prints but now 6-7 is getting small on her the older we girls section is terrible. All cropped jumpers and slogan tops, who wants to dress their 6 year old in that!!

New look do a teenage range called 915 so it's age 9 to 15 .. whether it's good hmmm it's ok, can be a bit grown up. I've bought stuff for my nieces and also did ok on H&M.

Boden go up to to age 12 and have some funky bits. Fat face too.

My 10yr old likes bright colours and practical clothes with some pretty. Lands End and Mountain Warehouse have been a godsend. Actual UV50 rash vests for girls! Sensible shorts!!

My 7 year old lives in shorts and Tshirts and leggings. H&M is great for cheap, cheerful and not too silly.

I have the opposite problem, my nearly 7 year old wears mostly age 4-5 but some 3-4 clothes and wants to look older.

Most jeans look odd on her because she has odd leg shape so they look baggy or too tight on her. So she ends up in leggings, and shorts or skirts which make her look younger than she is. Lots of frills, baby colours like pale pink and blue.

I wear either leggings, jeggings or shorts with either short or long sleeved top and a jumper or long cardi depending on the weather and what I'm doing. Tailored trousers for work but that's it. She wants to look more like a mini me and less like a toddler. She often gets asked how old she is and people are shocked when she says "I'll be 7 at the end of July"

OP I totally agree. DD is 11 and everything seems to be crop tops which she hates as much as I do, or other things that look far too old. I finally found some full length tshirts on Uniqlo's website, and have bought her some tshirts, sweatshirts and hoodies from the adults' section in Primark, in XXS. They're much nicer than what's in the children's departments at the moment.

I agree OP. Don’t think it’s just a very recent thing though. I’ve thought this in the last ten years. The British high street caters badly for children.
It’s either mini-adult clothing or clothes emblazoned with awful prints and pictures.

If you really shop around online though there are some good companies with much less garish stuff.
Uniqlo goes up to age 13.
POP up to 12.
Arket up to age 10.
Lindex up to age 14.
H&M has already been recommended too. And I like Zara too. The boys stuff in particular is lovely and goes up to early teenage.

Note, all above shops are non-British!