owners of GIRLS do oyu feel underpressure fashion wise

[FluffyMummy123]

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not yet I dont think

I find it shamefully easy to dress my dds nicely as am obsessed with clothes

dd1 is very attractive if that is the right word and she always looks lovely (I think) although other girls wear newer, trendier stuff a lot of the time

she has a natural style, as does dd2

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Odd.

Why wouldn't you want your DD to look nice ?

Actually, I would rather DD look nice than me. I'm a bit rubbish when it comes to hair and make up and all that. I don't know what's trendy in terms of hairstyles and as for make up, wouldn't know how to put it on or what to buy.

With DD it's easy though because I know what she likes and she likes the same things as I do.

It's not a secret that I want her to look the best but then I think that of DS too.

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Dear father cod,

bless me for I have sinned. I do indeed want my girls to look at least as nice as the others they are with.

please absolve me of the sin of Vicarious Vanity

Amen

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No I don't and I won't. I love the fact that my DD chooses her own clothes from the wardrobe every morning - today she started off with a striped t-shirt dress thing (pink and white) with red shorts, purple socks with brown boots. She looked fantastic and DH and I love her lack of princess wankiness. She won't wear anything in her hair either. When we went to see Hi 5 last year she looked like a complete raggamuffin urchin next to all the pink princesses and I love her all the more for it ...

I am aware that when all three of mine are together they look rahter impressive

I am happy to fade away in background these days

I find it very easy making my girls (age threee and four) look nice - far easier then making myself look nice!

It is a little fustrating when they put together their own outfits though - they have no idea of colour or style co-ordination.

no i don't think so.

we do not go down the high school musical/dora explorer/barbie/tartz/etc etc rule of fashion and i think my girls look cool and fshionable without lookin like mini 13 yr olds.

tis ds who is more difficult - at 9 he has friends who only wear designer goods! hmm]

fortunately he has not caught onto this yet...

Have to admit, I do eye up other girls around DD's age but it usually when something they are wearing catches my eye and I can imagine DD loving whatever it is. I tend to go and ask other mums where they got whatever it is I'm eyeing up too .

For example, at the school this morning, I was looking at all the girls in their uniform and only 4/5 looked as I would like DD to look.

Sad but true

DD is almost 6 and no I don't feel that pressure at all.

I am v interested in clothes, but dd does now choose her own - I can't shop for her without her being there to approve, have had to take too much stuff back.

She is a tomboy rather than a girly girl in dresses and skirts and I do like that 'look' for little girls if I am honest - she looks quite funky most of the time but is not at all guided by my taste anymore.

She looks lovely whatever she wears (quite often one of her brother's cast-offs).

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Yeah but there's that mummy thing that means you think yours do look nicest (even when you know they probably don't really).
My girls generally look nicer than I do though - by the time I have got them dressed (they are 4 and nearly-2 and already know exactly what they want to wear which is nearly always a pink skirt) I have no energy to preen. I spend quite a lot of time and energy trying to a. find to buy and b. persuade them to wear other colours.

I do have to grit my teeth if dd1 insists on wearing something riduclous (ie baseball cap she made from a kit)

I genuinely believe that my daughters are the most beautiful children in any room, you see. Despite their somewhat eclectic fashion sense.

Does anyone feel ridiculously leased though when their kids tell them they look lovely? I do.

i admit i was a bit aghast at what dd and dh came up with outfit-wise for her this morning. then i remembered i don't really care about stuff like that yet.

Pleased not leased!

DD does sometimes wear some purple shoes with yellow and green socks and I have to bite my tongue - that's the only thing I can think of...

I am also completely selfish and spend more time making myself look nice than worrying what she is going to wear. She has a quirky sense of style and it doesn't matter what she wears. Most of her stuff is all hand me downs anyway ...
In my recent trip to England I found most people pretty obsessed with the 'wear to shop for kids' bolleaux.
If DD does wear something half decent she inevitably goes straight outside and makes mud pies ....
In answer to OP - no, I don't feel under pressure at all.

foos - dd2 looks at me with shining eyes when I get ready to go out in the evening

mummy you look beautiful

and seh means it

I am old hag but dd is always nicely turned out a la enif I think. Not cutting edge fashion, but interesting, flattering age-appropriate gear (some of it homemade, some of it cheap, we are not a labelly family).
Am in process of trying to put own house in order after dd cheerfully relayed some unflattering remarks made by the class hussy about me .
Ds is also a good-looking child and there is a latent dandy streak that I am nurturing frantically. He is not obsessive about clothes but likes dressing up for formal occasions, hurrah

I also feel genuinely sorry for all other parents. For not having children as beautiful as mine. I am besotted with their loveliness.

well if this is aimed at me you are barking up the wrong tree

dd1 doens t care about fashion she wears jeans and a tshirt every single day but sometimes she likes to be like mummy
she likes playing with my shoes and jewellery box

i dont tell her what to wear
tbh skirts and tights aer a pita and jeans and tshirt and boots are dead easy to play in for her and wash and iron for me

my poor dd - she isnt cutsey pie skippy skip bouncy curls miss perfect so leave her alone