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Does anyone else by their children designer clothes apart from me?

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loulabelle222 · 15/05/2005 22:58

Hi my ds is 13m and i find it so hard buying nice things for him. Of course he has got a few bits from mothercare,next,marks and spencers and asda but occasionally i would like him to wear something different. These places never seem to offer anything different, they offer babies acting as old men in shirts and ripped jeans.
There are a few children shops near me and i just can't resist it. For ds first birthday he wore an adorable miniman outfit that was expensive but he looked beautiful.
What do you all think about designer baby clothes?

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ruthiemum · 16/05/2005 09:26

I don't even have the energy to think about what DS wears! Just buy few bits and bobs from mothercare and throw it on him, he gets filthy anyway.

tarantula · 16/05/2005 09:36

BUY CLOTHES!!!!!????Na dont do that at all. See I planned dd carefully Shes the first grandchild on my side of the family with 4 doting aunties as well and on dps side shes got 3 older girl cousins. So thats both the new and the hand-me-downs sorted including all bedding, toys etc etc.
Actually Im sitting here trying to think of what clothes we have actually bought dd and it really isnt many at all. A few things from TKMaxx and some things from a sale at a stall at Greenwich and of course have to buy her shoes now shes walking tho do my best to get those in the sales too.

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loulabelle222 · 16/05/2005 09:44

christian dior bottles? how sad ! i just enjoy dressing my child, if is designer or not! personally i would never ever shop in the adams near me, the one in lakeside is good but here in ilford it is full of tack!

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gingerbear · 16/05/2005 09:48

The only designer stuff DD has is at knockdown prices from TKMaxx.

Boden sales and Next.

We love Asda and Tesco.

Agree that choice is terrible for boys though.

Forgetmenot · 16/05/2005 09:56

My dd2 is always dressed beautifully in designer clothes and high street, but you'd never guess that 90% of it is car boot and charity shop!!!
Then I sell it on ebay when she's grown out of it!!

I used to work in the fashion industry so I know it's a complete rip off!!

I NEVER pay full price for ANYTHING!

Puppy · 16/05/2005 10:02

I tend to buy from next,asda and also for something special i love junior j, john rocha at debenhams

fastasleep · 16/05/2005 10:07

I'm a sucker for Oshkosh from Boots, don't know if that counts as 'designer' or not but it's bloomin' expensive!

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loulabelle222 · 16/05/2005 10:09

Oshkosh is a designer , i like it too all the striped dungarees! how cute!

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loulabelle222 · 16/05/2005 10:10

i love jasper conran and rocha little rocha but i think it comes up quite large!

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aloha · 16/05/2005 10:17

I buy quite a lot of expensive clothes, but mostly second hand or in sales. I really really like the look. Dd is wearing a most beautiful smocked baby dress from Anthea Moore Ede today and Ds is wearing Osh Kosh navy shorts and a pique long-sleeved shirt from an Italian clothes shop on the Kings Road. However, both the dress and shorts came from a great kids designer second hand shop in Clapham called Swallows and Amazons and cost less than Gap. She has a number of beautiful traditional outfits from there. The gorgeous Tulip and Nettle blue shirt he has cost less than ten pounds in the sale.
I really enjoy seeing my children wearing beautiful clothes - possibly because I am far to fat these days to buy them for myself.
Ds had a beautiful pale blue Baby Dior coat that cost 25pounds in Harvey Nicks sale and lasted him for a year!
I also bought him striped Cacharel dungarees for his first birthday, and dd will inherit them.
And yes, they both also have quite a bit from Primark and Ethel Austin.

marialuisa · 16/05/2005 11:02

I used to buy more designer bits than i do now, but from "children's designer" e.g. catimini, Tartine et chocolat rather than "mini adult designer" e.g. DKNY kids. Have to say that DD hasn't had anything ludicrously expensive recently, mainly because I haven't seen anything that was especially "wow" and also she isn't the right shape for much of the stuff (i.e. she's tall and solid rather than petite and super skinny). I gave a £50 Paul Smith T-shirt to the charity shop this w/e after one wearing (present from her godmum) as even though it was age 5/6 it was too small (and I don't like little girls in skimpy clothes).

Many of her nicest outfits at the moment have a super cheap element (e.g. from the supermarket) with "top-end high street" (Monsoon, Boden).

clary · 16/05/2005 11:06

I am proud to say that DS2 is frequently clad entirely in cast-offs, from his older brother and cousin, ven down to his pants. His shoes are new tho.
Once bought DD a post coat that was £30 in the sale! I thought that was a lot, but it was sweet and it?s bizarrely hard to find a nice girls? coat that isn?t puky pink.
Otherwise Boden sale is as designer-y as I get. I actually love the idea of clothes being reused. Did a car boot yesterday and was really pleased to sell on some of my fave bits now outgrown by dd or ds2, for bargain prices and hope the buyers will enjoy their children wearign them.
Agree with hunker (as ever), would rather spend my cash on good food or doing fun things

Gwenick · 16/05/2005 11:07

Gwenick - put it on inside out. You have the dexterity to do it up, it's harder for the person in it to undo it.

How do you do up it up inside out??? Our Grobag zips 'down' and there's no way I (and definitely not DH with his huge hands) could zip it all the way up inside out.!!! It's hard enough zipping it up when it's the right way round

puddle · 16/05/2005 11:10

I have bought the odd things fo a special occasion, but generally no. My two are very active and outdoorsy and it wouldn't be worth the heartbreak (to me) of seeing them put the clothes through their paces whilst treeclimbing/ rolling down the hill etc etc. My dd has a gorgeous pair of shoes by Angulus at the moment which my Mum bought her and I have to train myself not to see the scuff marks - they are lovely shoes but not at all practical really for a 2.5 year old. I find a lot of the really lovely clothes for girls especially don't really stand up to the 'park' test - if I can't imagine her in it in the sandpit or on the climbing frame I don't buy it.

vickiyumyum · 16/05/2005 11:21

i have two ds aged 7 and 3, over the years i have found it incrdibly difficult to boy nice clothes for boys so have often resorted to house of fraser for some lovley ted baker items and other 'designer' labels, i always try and get clothing without the label spalshed all over the outside, but generally i buy what i like from any shop. my two have stuff from primark, gap, boden, monsoon, pumpkin patch and marks and spencers a swell as stuff from designers like dkny, paul smith, ralph lauren etc, because i like it and i like my kids to look nice in whatever they wear.
like most people have commented on here i stpped buyinh next clothing as the qualty seems to have changed and everything for the older boys seems to be on the 'chavvy' side of fashion.
if i had girls though i'm sure that my clothing bill would be a lot cheaper as i always see loads of nice stuff in primark, m&s, hennes etc for little girls, maybe because i've been blinded with navy blue, pale blue and denim for the last 7 years and am desperate to buy something cute and pink!

nutcracker · 16/05/2005 11:24

I mostly buy Asda, Adams, and H&M stuff for my kids with the odd bit of Next and Gap thrown in, although only from a sale.

I don't mind payiung a bit more for Dd1's stuff because I know Dd2 will eventually wear them too so I want them to last.

I have brought a few bits and peices of designer stuff from ebay too but very very rarely.

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loulabelle222 · 16/05/2005 11:34

buy stuff from next in the sale? i couldn't be bothering to queue for hours to get 50p off a t-shirt that only cost £2 anyway. I also couldn't be bothering to get down there for 5 or 4am like some mad people!

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nutcracker · 16/05/2005 11:36

Tha majority of Next stuff is half price in a sale Loulabelle.

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loulabelle222 · 16/05/2005 11:38

its cheap anyway could you really be bothered?

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nutcracker · 16/05/2005 11:39

It may be cheap to you Loulabelle but in my world Next is expensive.

jessicasmummy · 16/05/2005 11:40

Jess has designer clothes - yeah right - if you class the odd next outfit as designer. She is clad head to toe in the following every day....

Primark
Peacocks
Matalan
Asda
Tesco
oh and one mothercare outfit! she has a few next bits that i got in the sale - 4 items for less than £20 so thats why i did it!

Maybe im just plain horrible to my child and she will grow up to resent me one day.

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loulabelle222 · 16/05/2005 11:40

if it was online i would do it but i couldnt be bothered to get up queue for a couple of hours!

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nutcracker · 16/05/2005 11:41

The Next sales are online.

PuffTheMagicDragon · 16/05/2005 11:42

No, I don't, it's all just sooo expensive and not tumble dryer friendly!

My two have been bought stuff by relatives, which I've promptly shrunk in said tumble dryer!

I did buy a lovely linen shorts, shirt and waistcoat outfit for ds1 in Paris - just from an ordinary childrens clothes shop (for a wedding). The whole outfit was about £35 which I think was good value as it looked much more expensive.

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