Dressing for the school run?

[WetLondoner]

Not specifically dressing up for the occasion, but rather, what do you wear or perceive others wearing that gives them a polished appearance?

I work from home the majority of the time, so I only get dolled up to go to meetings.

COMFORT is why I typically prefer to dress in leggings or yoga pants and sneakers. In addition, I enjoy rocking my windbreaker 😂

The teachers are always so stylish, and the majority have their nails painted and their hair styled nicely. One teaching assistant is older than I am, has two boys, and has a "french chic" look, hehe.

I just don’t want to come off as a scruff iyswim.

I used to put clothes on rather than pyjamas.

I wear the same daily, black ponte leggings, boots and a jumper. Not fashionable but comfortable.

I just wear whatever I feel like, my work uniform if I'm just off a night shift sometimes it's jeans and a jumper, sometimes it's sequins. I honestly don't really notice or care what anyone else wears and I'm not bothered if they like what I'm wearing either.
There's no uniform

I don't really care what anyone thinks of my appearance as long as im clean & tidy and fit for the weather.

Im usually in thick leggings, sorel boots and a warm jumper for the school run in winter.

Jeans not leggings would go a long way to what you are seeking. You can never go wrong with ankle boots either.

I swear my DD teacher he must think I'm a catfish. I do hybrid working so 1 day I pick her up with the classic mum bun, burger coat sports leggings and trainers clear face. The next day the hairs all curled/straightened full face, nice clothes and a nice jacket 🙈

✅ ankle boots

✅ jeans less leggings (do agree the constant leggings isn’t good)

✅ nice jumpers

✅ dresses that go with trainers

I honestly feel like I’ve been wearing black leggings, black windbreaker combo far too much and need to make more effort with myself.

I swear my DD teacher he must think I'm a catfish. I do hybrid working so 1 day I pick her up with the classic mum bun, burger coat sports leggings and trainers clear face. The next day the hairs all curled/straightened full face, nice clothes and a nice jacket 🙈

this is me with my random days out for meetings 😂

most mums here are saying they don’t pay attention but in our school there’s a lot of mingling and chatting that goes on and you do get to know people.

Some days I turn up dressed for business meetings, other days I turn up in paint covered working clothes or post dog walking mud everywhere.

I couldn’t care less if anyone thinks less of me for it.

I dress for what I happen to be doing immediately after the school run. If I'm working out I wear workout clothes, If I'm going straight to work then work clothes. If I was sick and planning to go back to bed I'd stop short of wearing PJs but I'd wear something comfy I could just get into bed in. I certainly would do my hair or wear makeup specifically for the school run. As long as I don't look like I just crawled out of a bush I really couldn't care less.

I'll go against the grain and say I do notice what people wear on the school run. Not in a bitxhy way it's just something I look at.
Some of the mums at DDS school are very polished. Never seen anything resembling a dressing gown or PJ's.
4 days of the week I'll be wearing work stuff...paperbag trousers, shirt and smart coat, ballet pumps or loafers.
The 5th day I often wear my running clothes with a casual coat over.
I also always have some make up on, often a full face but that's just my normal.

I doubt very much your child's teacher has ever registered what you are wearing.

Blimey. The “school run dress”, it’s like Olden Days Mumsnet.

I hate these kinds of questions. When do men ever scrutinise what other swear?

Im dressed nicely for the school run usually as I go to work after.

Teachers and TAs probably look smart because they’re at work too

Nothing wrong with enjoying clothes (unless you think that things that traditionally interest women are ‘lesser’. It takes just a long to get dressed in a pair of trousers, a knitted sweater and ankle boots as it does leggings, a hoody and trainers.

OP, if you really are going to change when you get home at 9 am then again at 3pm, I’d def go for a few jumper dresses with ankle boots. I love jumpers with wide legs trousers this season, will swap the jumpers for shirts in the spring, and will be in summer dresses as soon as it’s possible.

I couldn't give a flying fuck what I look like on the school run. Try it, it's very liberating

I doubt very much your child's teacher has ever registered what you are wearing.

she does, people look and more than one teacher, even the deputy head has commented when they’ve liked something I’m wearing.

People do care and notice. Some don’t but you do create an “image” of yourself over time.

You don’t look in a bad way however if you see someone most days you tend to register their way of dressing.

I'm a teacher and I don't notice what parents wear. I would probably be unimpressed if someone was wearing pyjamas. Otherwise, I couldn't give a damn.

Nothing wrong with enjoying clothes (unless you think that things that traditionally interest women are ‘lesser’. It takes just a long to get dressed in a pair of trousers, a knitted sweater and ankle boots as it does leggings, a hoody and trainers.

OP, if you really are going to change when you get home at 9 am then again at 3pm, I’d def go for a few jumper dresses with ankle boots. I love jumpers with wide legs trousers this season, will swap the jumpers for shirts in the spring, and will be in summer dresses as soon as it’s possible.

I actually think this new perspective of considering women who take an interest in their style somehow makes them sad individuals is pretty strange!

So we all should not care about looking our best and stuff everyone who does? 😂

As said here it takes me just as much time to put the lot on so I might as well look good.

I’ve never really been confident with wide leg trousers. I was in flared leggings last year I think which were flattering on lots of mums with trainers.

I do love dresses too, that’s when you get the most compliments and I feel great when it’s sunny.

Haha yep I get back in my loungewear when I’m home at 9am, back in the outfit at 3 😂

@WetLondoner you would have been better off posting this in S&B. The competitive 'I don't understand why anyone gives a shit what they look like' on Mumsnet is so tiresome. Lots of us have an interest in clothes and like to talk about style/fashion etc - it doesn't make us lesser beings.

I think the thing that people find baffling is the specific getting changed for the school run. If you're already wearing clothes and then get changed just to look good picking your children up is odd.

Jodhpurs/waterproof trousers/equidry coat & a suitable layer of mud/dog hair/horse hair/sheep shit👍

No-one is saying you shouldn’t be interested in clothes and fashion. What some of us are completely baffled by is the need to wear certain outfits for the school run. I’m normally dashing straight off to work after I’ve dropped my son, or heading straight back home for a meeting. The last think on my mind is whether I’m stylish enough to chat to other mums at the school gates. The school run is not an “event” in my day that I need to specifically dress up for.

The big puffa’s are hugely on trend at our local prep / cream /beige leggings / long puffa gilets, a neverfull, sports socks - some blocky trainer etc
only those who are at work come in work clothes. I’ve seen pinstripe suits (barristers) wellies and gilets - farmers, various dresses, long boots, lots of jeans / nice sweatshirts and coats/trainers

always hair done, nails done / make up generally done!

she does, people look and more than one teacher, even the deputy head has commented when they’ve liked something I’m wearing.
What a weird school. The only time I've ever noticed what another parent was wearing was when one woman came in her paramedic uniform and looked cool. Only noticed what a teacher is wearing when it was one of the themed non-uniform days and they were joining in.

I would definitely get this moved to Style and Beauty. Not a board I frequent and I suspect a lot of replies on here mean lots of others don't either.

You can wear any dress you like with any pair of trainers. It's really fine.