Am i being an underwear snob - only buying Petit Bateau underwear for my DD

[tildaandarchiesmummy]

My DD is 4 and i only buy her Petit Bateau underwear, i do this because whenever i have bought other brands such as underwear from John Lewis i always find them so thin, and i don't feel they cover her bottom especially in the summer when she wears dresses without legging underneath. Am i being an underwear snob, is there any other brand that make good quality knickers that aren't thin. I would be happy with Petit bateau it's just then only tend to make pale pink and white and DD wants to have some flowery knickers like her friends.

You clearly have more money than sense.

We were given some once and TBH I thought they were the toddler equivalent of granny pants/apple gatherers.

DD didn't like them as they didn't have whatever the latest cartoon character was on they were too thick

Calvin klein are nice

I think gap underwear is quite nice. M&s is crap, so is next and mothercare.

Dd has always worn calvin klein or gap for the same reasons as you. But it's not snobbery unless you are concerned about the label rather than the quality.

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Oh, and white company. Their underwear is nice too.

My DD wears pants that come in packs of five from Sainsbos. They appear to cover her bum and not unduly thin (how thick do pants need to be?).

However, I am assuming this is a wind-up. Surely.

I only buy Petit Bateau because it washes and tumbles and never loses its shape.

There are lots of lovely flowery Petit Bateau pants and vests in the Vintage range

In fact, going back to my post...you shouldn't be a snob where underwear is concerned as you can keep children happy by giving into their desire for character clothing by limiting it to underwear.

I never let DD wear Barbie clothing other than pants. Similarly I never let DS wear Spiderman or Ben 10 clothing other than pants. I was happy, they were happy. Result.

There is an epic fault line developing across mn .... Dc who wear out their pants and dc who are light kegs users.

My dd spends her whole life with a wedgie. I need to be careful.

Why are boys pants thicker than girls pants? Am I the only one to notice that?
DD's pants from asda are these dainty little things and DS's from asda are thick and chunky. Odd.

H&M style short style pants and some nice quality knickers, not cheap but a bargain compared to Petite Bateau!

YY Croissant, that is my cunning plan too. I will also sometimes allow character pyjamas

Ha ha, yes you are bless you.
With Sue Good old JS clothing for the Smile family!

I favour the M and S range myself.....the only Hello Kitty stuff I can tolerate!

This is a joke though, right?

Yep, so does DD, Petit Bateau= good quality.

It doesn't make you a snob or an idiot, fgs I don't get the scathing responses at all.

winnybella - in France there isn't the same virtue attached to dressing your DCs in the cheapest possible clothes available as there is in the UK. Quite the contrary!

Sue -yes, I allow pyjamas too. DS thinks he's the bees knees in his MarioKart PJs

DD's pants range from Vertbaudet to Asda. None of them cover her bum that well.
Nowt wrong with apple catchers.

they hold their shape

exactly how shapely do little girl pants need to be?

I wash my DD's pants reasonably often and even though they are only from some cheapo high street place, they don't miraculously re-form themselves into the shape of a sock, or a hat. They remain functioning knickers. They also cover her bottom. Am fully at this whole topic.

I have never heard of Petit Bateau, so can't comment. Matalan sell pants though.

margo be grateful your dd doesn't have a shapely bum, one of my dds has problem getting knicks to cover her bum that don't ride up into wedgies!

It just makes sense- when I buy things from PB I know they will last. Buy them from Mpx, or DPAM or similar and they lose colour and shape after the first wash.

I think you may be right, Bonsoir- I think I've seen some children of well-off parents in the UK dressed in supermarket clothes-but then I asumed that maybe Tesco etc do better quality garments than supermarkets here.

Btw I'm going to pm you in a near future re: college info if you don't mind. Just doing some research now. Actually, the college near us is not the worst in Paris as I thought before, althought he brevet pass rate is only about 80%, I think

Sorry for hijack, OP, and YANBU.