to find Asda girls' clothes slutty?

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Tried to get a sweet, not too expensive dress for dd so toss up between Asda and Matalan. At Asda, from birth to 5 lovely, suddenly my child has become some kind of mini Jordan from age 5 upwards. What's going on?

I have bought my 11 year old cousin the sparkly bandeau dress for Christmas, on the understanding that she wear it with leggings and a shrug. I bought it with some MAJOR trepidation though. I even called my aunty, going, "Are you sure? Promise me she won't wear it without leggings and a cardy!"

Totally agree op, since my dd1 turned 5 I've found it really hard to get non mini hooker clothes for her - not just Asda though.

Norma - I've got that Tesco dress for my 2 dds!

I got my dd (3) this dress from JL for Christmas this year.

It's gorgeous and they had loads of lovely dresses.

lol that you are suprised

think of the clientel at asda

hardly huntin shotin fishin is it

LeQueen do you live in Lincolnshire by any chance? You are describing my town exactly!

Thongs from age 7?
I agree, most shops ranges (round here at least) seem v slutty from age 5 on, I really struggle for my 9 yr old dd who likes girly dresses, can't find many of them. The best place I have found is Tescos. Such a shame that it's like this.

LeQueen & Tiger Feet, are you ladies in Boston by any chance? I used to live there and was thinking it sounded like a perfect description

lol at Boston being outed on mn

it's lovely here. really.

The river is ever so picturesque Then there's The Stump...

at some of the comments on this thread.

i think i'm going to get my mum to make all the clothes my daughter will need.
then i won't have to go through this torture.

i don't understand why a shop catering for children would sell inappropriate clothes.

yabu
I have a lot of trouble gettin non "slutty" clothes for dd(he has sn so although 14 it would look wrong iynwim) I am so sad that I can't buy from asda now as they only go up to 12 -13/

I have never seen a thong for a 7yr old

didn't it happen once in about 1996 and then everyone shouted no and now they don't sell them?

2shoes might small sized adult clothes fit your DD? I think size 6 is about age 12/13 and size 8 about 14/15...

I popped into asda today as its close to me sisters house, like several posters it used to be good for basics and had a few nice outfits, however today the age 4+ range was completley high school musical or hello kitty, all velour, diamontes and silver stitching and the younger age range was all peppa pig adorned or minnie mouse.
I'm not a total clothes fascist when it comes to dd's clothing (3.7) but i couldn;t find a single thing.

the next offering different clothing in different stores makes complete sense now, we have 3 nexts in various parts of the town and they all stock totally different clothing, the one i visited today was all ugg style boots, skinny jeans and long sleeve tops with scarves??

i came home and resorted to boden and joules online evne though i really wanted to shop in person.

I find GAP good for older children without being too grown up.

Nickelbabe - don't be Lots of the comments on this thread are exaggerated. There are lots of lovely little girls clothes out there, inexpensive and girlie. I have yet to send a mini jordan out the door. Some folks see dissing the chavs as an idle pastime

most young gorls' clothes are Disney branded, not slutty imo

glad I'm not alone. Finally went to Next and found a pretty party dress for £12! She had picked up 3 or 4 gorgeous dresses and I said she could choose before noticing some costing £30!! Kept using Derren Brown tactics to favour the least expensive which did actually work!!
Interupting kid - Asda did have some nice cheap basics but all seem to have gone. I'm not very keen on spending lots of money on clothes, would rather have cheaper stuff they'll either get dirty or grow out of immediatetly - and spend the rest on drugs and hard liquor

TK Maxx had some lovely smarter dresses in when I was in there recently, really does require digging and patience as it is a bit like a jumble sale but worth it as they often have some real gems.

Lequeen - That's amazing! I feel that the ones near me would be classed as 'sink-town' for some reason lol Thinking about it, I swear that New Look must do something similar. The new look actually in my town has more going outy stuff and revealing numbers, whereas the one I was in before had a lot more clothes that I would wear myself (with no breasts and a slim, boyish figure lol) and more wintery items and nice jackets/jumpers that cover a lot of skin.

The 7yo things shock me too. I feel so prudish for a 20yo. Here's one reason why though: Me and my bf were in Cheltenham a month or so back and went to a place where there were outdoors acts on. A load of really adorable looking little girls aged between 4 and 10 went into the little ring the crowd had formed, a song (not exactly appropriate for their ages!) came on and they started dirty dancing, as in full-on grabbing themselves and running their hands down their bodies as they writhed up and down. Both of us looked on in shock before leaving.
Is this normal for children now? Is it just this country or are others like this too? When I have kids I'd want them to be interested in ethnic and traditional dances of other countries, not in dancing like a stripper and wearing clothes to match!

I agree with TK Maxx though, they do have nice clothes somewhere in those rails! I'm going to look around asda later and peruse their clothing just to see what the situ is like down here!

Boots do clothes up to about 10 years in some branches and have nice, childish stuff. Reasonably priced too. (Website is mini mode if you want to browse online)