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Clashing colours and rainbow stripes or little dude/fairy princess how do you dress your child?

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trickquestion · 04/03/2008 15:55

I love bright colours, especially if they clash and try to avoid the head to toe pink/blue. I also hate slogans, (especially on babies) trainers, velour tracksuit trousers, combat gear etc. I know I'm too fussy about this - so I was wondering how does everyone else dress their children?

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OverMyDeadBody · 05/03/2008 21:17

and DS ruins his clotes, so they wouldn't hold their value for ebay anyway!

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SheherazadetheGoat · 05/03/2008 21:20

oooh! hookerish is good. dd works the crack whore look really well with some next tops.

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 05/03/2008 21:21

I love european clothes too.Dad is going to Spain again next week and he always brings something back.Got a fab cardigan and jacket for ds last month.

I just have a theory that if you dont like Next you like Boden or Gap both of which I dont like.Needless to say I avoid the black ultra trendy gear in Next which is a problem as DD is a tall 4 so shes moving into next age range too soon and some of it is v grown up..

OverMyDeadBody · 05/03/2008 21:22

It's the boys' next clothes that I particularly hate. All those little shirts like mini estate agents.

Phatmouse · 05/03/2008 21:22

I am really suprised at the clothes snobbery surrounding kids

motherinferior · 05/03/2008 21:24

I have to admit I can't quite remember what the Inferiorettes wore today (it's a non-uniform school). I think, ah yes, DD1(7) wore skinny jeans (H&M) a T-shirt she was given for her birthday, white with coloured hearts on it (H&M) and a zip up purplish fleece with white furry bits on it (inherited from Mrs Schadenfreude). DD2(4) wore an ancient pale blue top made of fine fleece with a butterfly on it (BHS about four years ago) and a pair of olive cords from H&M.

They choose their own outfits, although I get a fair bit of input into the base wardrobe. I like the way they look. In any case I am blinded by adoration whatever they wear and think they look enchanting

lucharl · 05/03/2008 21:25

i'm with you Phatmouse. my dd dresses herself in whatever the feck she wants. it makes her happy. she's 3, she likes pink and she likes disney. so what?!

SheherazadetheGoat · 05/03/2008 21:26

lucharl i think you are the only one who actually reads other poeples posts on this thread!

CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 05/03/2008 21:27

I am struggling a bit with boys.I bought a rugby shirt the other week and the collar was big and when I put it on him he looked like Harry Hill

lucharl · 05/03/2008 21:28

there are a lot of spooky clone kids out there, artfully dressed in mismatched, colourful, stripy (etc) clothes. presumably to show off their parents' good taste?

lucharl · 05/03/2008 21:28

love the crack whore comment sg! keep 'em coming...

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 05/03/2008 21:31

a ha

I continue....

did you have an ultra trendy pram for your little ones...

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SheherazadetheGoat · 05/03/2008 21:34

dd has the pink leatherette mcclaren techno but is getting too big for it now she is 7

CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 05/03/2008 21:35

nooooo

i had mamas and pappas,you boden lot have them froggy things or phil and teds....(im not that bad )

lucharl · 05/03/2008 21:35

presumably she can't walk far in the kitten heels?

dustyteddy · 05/03/2008 21:36

I'm also shocked by the clothes snobbery on how people dress their children. Is it really so important if
my ds likes to wear Thomas or not, as long as he is happy. Surely this is what matters?!

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CHOCOLATEPEANUT · 05/03/2008 21:36

i went to ikea the other day (hesitates and wonders what that says about chocpeanut...) and saw the weirdest pram (if you could have called it a pram)

it was like a baby seat high up on a three wheeler.very odd

bozza · 05/03/2008 21:37

I disagree with the theory. I am not keen on Next, partly for snobbery reasons, partly because every second child is dressed in it, and partly because we have plenty of it anyway by way of handmedowns. So I don't really buy for DD from there. I think Boden is extortionate. Also Gap is out of my price range unless in the sale - I got DD rather a nice brown Afghan coat in the sale that was £20 - from £40.

However DS likes Next. He likes the conservative shirts and jeans etc.

SheherazadetheGoat · 05/03/2008 21:37

no she doesn't like to walk much but it is hard work pushing her now she weights 7 stone.

colditz · 05/03/2008 21:38

Both my boys get dressed in whatever i get given or can afford - so a fair amount of army stuff, and character clothes.

but then, I remember being dressed like a character out of an Enid Blyton book when I was about 8 or 9, and all the other girls had catalogue clothes or market clothes, or Woolworths clothes - and I was miserable. I really wanted to fit in, and the combination of intelligence, vocabulary and old fashioned clothing meant I was sometimes an object of ridicule.

It's all very well parents dressing their children in lovely lovely children's clothes, but your child has to walk around like that and doesn't get a say.