to buy my dds new Boden nighties to wear to the school's Pyjama Day?

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as it seems somehow pretentious

posie its fine if you can afford it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i second fio to the ladybrid praise

why is it pretentious?

I would get dd1 some new pyjamas if this event ever darkened my door

might not be boden though, probably gap as I have a fetish for that shop for some reason

£22 for a nightie to fit my 6 year old. And then they suggest I might like to spend another £22 on a pack of six pairs of knickers.

They'd have to be gold-plated for that sort of money.

Asda have some £3 jobbies atm, not sure on quality etc

my fave

boden sale stuff only available in the odd size though.

I probably would buy mine new pj's for such an event, however they would not be from Boden but Primark.

have never looked at boden before because i thought it was frumpy middle aged things, but how cute are these

DS had a pyjama party at his nursery last week. I bought him new pjs!
I got him some Peppa Pig ones from Mothercare though.

I've only ever bought Boden adult stuff, not kids' stuff. I love the colours and fabrics but think it's overpriced and badly cut, so I don't buy it any more. Is this relevant? No, no it isn't

Good on ya! I wouldn't do it (but do have some Boden PJs from sale for daughters, and they are gorgeous!! Total favourites!) but I think it is great you might! And that you posted......

I agree the adult stuff is overpriced and badly cut

but the kids stuff is usually very good quality (although this has changed sadly over the last few years)

It is indeed slightly pretentious.

I bought new pyjamas for my daughter the last time they did a 'P' day. Her school name starts with a 'P' so they have an annual day where for a staggering 50p the kids can turn up wearing anything that begins with 'P'... My daughter demanded perfectly pretty pink polka-dot-pyjamas please!

I managed, for a handsome four pounds in the sale from asda. Job done, and she's still wearing them now

AM I the only person who's never heard of a pyjama day???

And in answer to the op, new Pjs fine but not essential. And from anywhere will do.

But the Boden PJs are not that nice looking really though are they? Unless they look better in real life than online?

I've never heard of one either. My DS did wear his Boden pjs for the school Christmas play (he had to be a Tired Child). I wanted him to wear some old M&S ones on the grounds that Boden pjs are too expensive to get wrecked at school - but as they are his favourites and are not in the best of conditions anyway, I relented.

I wouldn't buy them specially for the event and, as I say, I'd be too worried about them getting wrecked to let him wear them for school. Though I think in that case, he'd be the only child there who wasn't in Boden nightwear!!

Boden adult stuff is rubbish if you're 5' 2" and 7 stone with no boobs (unless, that is, you like the boob-holders on your dresses to touch your waist, and for the "calf length" look to be somewhere around your ankles). DD also had some Mini Boden shorts that faded v badly on the first wash, though I've generally found the children's clothes to be quite robust (DS shredded two pairs of baggies, but he is very boisterous), and I generally like the designs as they don't go in for children being junior thugs/slappers. A lot of the stuff is made in China, which annoys me a bit - if it's made on a Chinese production line, why's it so expensive?

Because it's middle class and we'll pay it

What are their usual nighties like?
(David Cameron's family wear Boden, it's a statement isn't it, wearing Boden? That's what i always thought. But I do quite like their stuf....my girls won't do pink or flowers tho', sob)

Everything is made in China, Rolex watches, Louis Vuitton, chanel, Dior...that's all expensive too.

Well, ds just went away with school and needed trousers that weren't jeans and new pyjamas so £250 later a load of Boden stuff turned up and he's gone with cargos, cool zip offs which will work whatever the weather and brand new pyjamas with divers on them. Mind you some of that money was dd saying "can I have a new dress too" etc etc so what with that and a trip to Asda to buy clothes made by children, for children, they're all kitted out for the summer.

boden is the ONLY choice if your girls want a cotton nightdress and DONT like pink!

lol at 'by children for children'