Girls school blazer costing more

[RhinestoneCowgirl]

A tiny petty one, but one that rankles.

I went onto the uniform supplier website this afternoon as DD(14) has outgrown her school blazer. I ordered a new one but noticed as I did so that the girls version was £5 more expensive than the boys version. Is this because the girls version is more tailored? I don't know... Most of the uniform we can buy anywhere but the blazer is compulsory.

I think because it is shaped /has more darts so I assume there’s more work involved.

Chest measurements. The boys get zero rated to 33" chest, girls to 33.5", but the odds are that you're looking at a 34" girls' blazer and a 32" boys' one.

Girls have to have a smaller waist, shorter arms but are so very generously permitted an extra two inches on the hips whilst being an inch shorter but with longer legs proportionately -

Boy - 5'4", 30" inside leg, 33" chest, 27.5" waist, 33.5" hips
Girl - 5'4", 30" inside leg, 33.5" chest, 27" waist, 35.5" hips

However, a boy is far less likely to never grow above 5'4" and is likely to have a broader chest soon enough, so maybe they get the worse deal in the long run?

Same in primary. Yes the cardigan has buttons and is cut so extra stitching needed, but the annoying thing is girls are not allowed to wear the sweatshirt. It makes no difference. Same colour, school logo , the sweatshirts are actually warmer in winter. I don't understand why girls can't wear them.

Same with trousers, girls can wear them , but they must be in school colours, whereas boys all wear the bog standard black/dark grey ones that you can find cheaply anywhere.

Even sock options are different ffs. Boys are allowed black, girls aren't. Last year of this nonsense... yay!

Wow @JustAnotherManicNameChange that does sound restrictive and annoying! At primary we had choice of sweatshirt or cardigan for both girls and boys. Although in practice hardly any boys wore the cardigans, a feminine aura obviously emanated from them...

And yes, I suspect it's because more shaping in the girls blazer.