URGENT! Asda have signed up to our Let Girls Be Girls campaign - and would like to consult you quickly!

[HelenMumsnet]

Hello.

As we hope you've already seen, George at Asda were one of the first clothing ranges to sign up to our Let Girls Be Girls campaign.

And now they've phoned us to ask for our help.

The press (who are all over this story today) have contacted Asda to point out that they're selling this T-shirt for girls.

Asda would love to know whether Mumsnetters think it's OK or not.

They say that, as they've signed up to Let Girls Be Girls, they'll take action if we have a negative reaction to the T-shirt.

Please post your comments ASAP - Asda are biting their nails...

I have a 6 year old who is tall and skinny, she wears lots of age 3-4 waist but of course theyre always too short for her so she ends up in a lot of leggings ans dresses.

I hate all these trashy slogans and statements eg:future wag! Spoilt Rotten!
'horrible'

I would like some really nice cotton chunky cardigans for summer afternoons over chilly arms!
Pretty, long feminine dresses
sensible sandals that are feminine but hard wearing
Not all these horrible mini ballet pumps especially with leopard print etc on!

I always find it hard to find jumpers and warm clothes apart from the tracksuit type sets?

my daughter loves flowing dresses and pretty tshirts with leggings

Oracle

When you say you don't like wording on your kids clothes does that include if it is the shop name? For example do you like the Gap Hoodies or even things with smaller names on them:

Green cardigan

rainbow cardigan

jacket (you have to click on sleeve to see name)

polo

rugby top

Joules jumper

Nappyaddict: I really, really dislike the Gap hoodies. I object to my children being walking adverts for any clothing company, particularly one that trumpets its name in quite such big letters. However, I confess that DD has a Gap hoody. I bought as she otherwise doesn't wear anything remotely warm (and it was v cheap in the Gap outlet shop); I still dislike it, but she has worn it to death.

The other clothes that you've linked to are very nice, and I could cope with the DCs wearing them if they liked them. Ideally, though, I'd prefer no visible label at all. I don't possess any clothes myself that have labels on them, and I'd rather the DCs didn't either. But sometimes you have to put up with a tiny label to get a nice jumper in a fabric other than acrylic.

Oddly enough, I've done quite well in the M&S school uniform department for DS's out-of-school wear: completely plain cotton jumpers which nobody on earth could object to. Ditto DD and cardigans.

Otherwise I seem to end up with Monsoon for DD (courtesy of my mother) and Boden for both DCs - though Boden is vaguely annoying as it's so obviously Boden even though it doesn't have the name written on anything.

nappy I personally think the clothes you linked to is fine and a small tag like that wouldn't bother me at all if I liked the clothes. Gap hoodie - I'm not mad on it, but its certainly not offensive. As for the slogans below (where the wild things are etc), I wouldn't buy them just because I'd think...why not just have the picture? Why not just have an iguana, rather than writing 'iguana' below it? Hvaing said that, if I loved the picture and clolours and quality I'd buy it, but dispite the slogan, not because of it iyswim. Not at all offensive though, just personal taste

See I love the Ted Baker, RLR, Jasper Conran stuff but so little of it is label free which I find annoying. I went to Boots today and they had some lovely bright coloured tshirts with crabs and things on but then they ruined them by putting "Snappy" above it. What's wrong with just the picture?!

Could have been worse - could have just had "crabs" written on the t-short!

duh - shirt

Oracle Tried to CAT you but it says you can't accept CATs?

You said you'd prefer no visible label on the clothes. What about stuff like Ralph Lauren stuff which doesn't have the words or letters for Ralph Lauren but has a little picture:

like this

Or what about if the buttons had say Next written on them?

Your best bet is perhaps not to hijack someone elses thread and contact MNHQ instead.

yes let girls be girls I was in asda on Friday and was looking at childrens clothing and was in aw that the outfits they were selling looked good for a young woman not a young girl. One they were made to look like a adult clothing line fancy and sexy not something I would want my young daughter to ware.

Did you happen to see these?

Agree with everyone else fugly but not offensive.

I'm another one whose dds hate Hannah Montana/HSM etc

Its tacky and horrible but not inappropriate- children get described as gorgeous all the time, there's nothing sinister in it.

I agree its sort of tacky its like the equivalent to buying a kiss me quick hat at the coast !! no i just dont like it at all!

Personally I think it's horrid and totally unattractive, but wouldn't fuss about the concept of young girls being gorgeous. All young girls are gorgeous, and this doesn't necessarily just mean in looks.

Yeah? Just come back from Asda with two girls looking through Ninendo DS range - at number 3 in the top ten games - Jack the Ripper! I kid you not, on sale and suitable for 7 year olds apparently - wonder how a Yorkshire Ripper game would go down. This casual celebration of sexual violence against women and girls is all part of the same problem.

i couldn't clearly read that for ages, am assuming it say gorgeous is an understatement. for a 5-6 year old. yeah i think it sends out an inappropriate and tacky message. it looks like an adult slogan. which would still be tacky. not for childrens clothes, gross gross gross

Tacky!

it may seem very innocent at first, little girls can be gorgeous however not so appropriate in this day and age where everything just seems to be overtly sexual, and i wouldnt want to give any "pervert" out there ideas about my DC, so if i were them i'd stay clear of anything that could be misconstrued as anything else, just leave the tops blank thank you.