Second hand Eton uniform: super small?

[DoMyBest]

Looking for a second hand Eton College uniform for DS no2 (I posted for no1 last year and a brilliant mumsnetter kitted me out) who is tiny: he has the body size of a 10 year old. If there are any (ideally London-based) mums of boys who started at Eton ‘very’ little please DM me. Thanks.

This is a fake thread no?

Ah the eccentricities of the British upper classes. Second hand clothes, holey jumpers and shoes, mismatched furniture (aka family heirlooms and antiques) and only a few pounds in the bank (wealth tied up in land, country piles and horses). Living frugally is a sign of being posh (well only in this country) and builds character (and the Empire) Off to the best schools they go and then they end up running the country

Ike

Almost certainly.

You missed the 18th century slave ownership

Feels the need to point out that if no one bought new uniform, there would be no second hand uniform.

And I thought this was a not very successful subtle boast thread about having two kids at Eton.

heyho.

not much to boast about given the utter plonkers the place has produced who have been running the country recently

Golly.

Lots of dislike for looking to have your children in a good education.

I'd most definitely send my children to Eton if finances (and location) allowed.

Second hand uniforms are a great idea and certainly environmentally friendly.

But it’s not really about the education is it? It’s about the connections and old boys network that come in handy later in life

It's how the rich stay rich

@geoger a wonderful way to build connections too.

This thread 😄 - British values in action.

@DoMyBest maybe this thread is best moved to the Boarding Schools board, which was set up precisely because of the repeated derailing of threads like yours which is just asking about secondhand uniform.

@Namechangedforthis25 has it in one. Change the name Eton to Christ's Hospital in the OP - which has an equally difficult to source uniform, and fees not far off Eton's - and you would have had relevant replies, not on whether you should send your kids there, whether it's a terrible place, whether you've made the thread up, etc.

"Christ's Hospital is unusual among British independent schools in that the majority of the students receive bursaries." around 70% I think?

It just shows the permenent damage some old Etonians have done to a school. Unfortunately the prejudice is for lifetime particularly for Eton.

Yep - and demonstrates that the fees, bursary status, politics or antics of old boys who attended 40 years ago or anything like that has nothing to do with OP wanting second hand uniform.

OP wanting an Etonian second hand uniform

Difference is that Christ's Hospital provides its uniform for all DC (other than PE kit) and that you can buy secondhand from Wardrobe.

I hope you found someone to help, OP, and that your son enjoys his time at Eton. It’s good to use second hand options whether you are at an independent school or a local academy. Honestly, the jealousy on this thread comes across as deranged. How anyone can take offence from someone trying to help the environment and save money, I don’t know.

DD asks her housemistress if she has anything in her size. If she doesn’t and I can’t get a hand me down from a mate we buy new.

Honestly, the jealousy on this thread comes across as deranged.

I sense disapproval not jealousy.

I'm not jealous 🤣

If I had all the money in the world I wouldn't send my child somewhere where they're conditioned to look down on others and generally behave like entitled knobs. From reading this thread I imagine the reasons the OP wants secondhand is because she doesn't want to be considered as 'new money'

Must fit in with the other toffs. Hunting anyone?

People I know round here who hunt certainly aren’t posh 😂

How posh are you Agatha?