owners of GIRLS do oyu feel underpressure fashion wise

[FluffyMummy123]

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LOL at owner!

I am more fussy over dd's clothes than ds's eg I would never have let her go out with food all over her as a baby but ds does on a daily basis. I think that is partly down to ds being far messier anyway, and partly down to dd having been my PFB but a lot down to the fact that dd is a girl and so deep down I feel it is more important for her to be clean and well dressed-little boys are meant to be messy aren't they?!

Also boys clothes are boring so I don't give a shit if yet-another-tshirt-with-cars-on gets covered in goo but I would have been very upset if some of dd's clothes had been ruined by her spilling strawberries on them.

DD has a HUGE amount of clothes, all hand-me-downs or gifts so I don't actually get to choose them but I do pass on any I don't like

The way I see it, DD has to have clothes so while I can choose them I will choose clothes I think she looks nice in. As long as they are comfortable and practical too I don't see that there is anything wrong in that.

TBH, DD is 6 and so bloody minded wehere clothes are concerned that I pretty much arse all hope of getting her into anything she doesn't want to wear.

DD isn't a pretty, lacy dress kind of a girl. She likes high heels and the odd dress, but she always manages to get them filthy and ruined so she's more into skinny jeans and t-shirts.

With all my children I have to buy clothes 1-2 age levels higher than their real age and I hate the fact the clothes are inappropriate.

not fashionable, but nice iykwim

i dont want dd1 dressed in hipsters and skinny tees, nor dd2 (who is younger at age 6).

but do like them to nice and not total scruffbags.

dd1 is very into how she looks but has a certain unique style comapred to her peers who dress fashionable. dd1 much prefer big bold cartoon charcters (her fave top is a garfield one pinched from sparklygothkat),teamed up with bootcut jeans.

am having prblems getting clothes for dd2, who is tall and very slim, as jeans tend to sit on her hips very low down. she wear clothes 'easier' than dd1, but i am always worried about her appearing older than she is, as is just 6years old, wearing stuff for 9-10yr olds.

Girls' stuff gets vile as they get older imo. Boys' does as well with all the camouflage stuff, but the girls' stuff is dire I think!

yes TS. i would love for dd2 to dress in clothes for her age group, but have to buy her older stuff [sobs]

My elder DD annonced to me at the start of term that "clothes were very important now" (she's just started secondary - in France, no uniform).

I panicked. At the cost and the responsibility - she can't/won't choose her clothes independently as she thinks I'm better at it. God knows why she thinks that, I can barely dress myself

It's SO much easier buying nice clothes for 2yo DS.

Dds are only 2.6 and 16 months, so still choose most of their clothes, I say most, as dd1 would choose to dress as a pirate cat every day, given the chance (note her pic on my profile). Mostly I choose jeans and tshirt, on dd1 because she is a smudgey, hair tangle girl like i was, so dresses usually end up covered in a mixture of yoghurt, mud and crumbs. And dd2 because she is a bum shuffler and needs extra padding (or Kevlar) on her bottom.

I try to buy 'fashionable' clothes for DD1. Now she is 10 I worry about her being bullied (she has in the past). She is very small for her age and socially and emotionally immature, if I can do anything to smoth her passage through to teenage years I wll. She is horribly scruffy, she flings her clothes on then stands posing with her pockets hanging out, her collar foldied in and on occassion her top on back to front . But she doesn't confornm to nicey nice clothes and tends to go for black/grey punky type, which is ok as that's what I was like

Well, cod, maybe if my dd were UGLY i'D FEEL more pressure but luckily i know she's got olive skin and blue eyes and honey coloured hair and she looks gorgeous even in her uniform. meanwhile, some of her donut-eating chums look appalling int their expensive 'gear'.

And my son, he looks better the less I spend on him!

Which MEANS I GET TO SPEND MORE ON MYSELF.....................

ps, my dd's style is Gwen stefani pre babies. (Gwen, not my dd!).

PS2, icod, you gonna adopt a chinese baby? I have always hankered after that. Couldn't bear to be prg again, and if I had another I'd want a guarantee it'd be a girl as they are potty trained earlier and talk earlier!! I am a really bad person, never mind mother!

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My DD is simply stunning, a tall very leggy blond and pretty too!

She has very simple tastes in clothes, generally skinny jeans and a funky t-shirt. She has a couple of dressier things, but struggles with dressing up, I fear!

I still stupidly buy stuff that I think she will look good in, but in reality she wears very little of it! She would be perfectly happy with a couple of pairs of jeans and a few tops, but of course I just cannot resist buying her more stuff

lol at everyone's pretty dds. ave mums of the uly ones hidden this thread?

ps my dds beeeyootiful, obv.

I think there's so much pressure put on girls to "look pretty". It makes me want to puke. My dd is 13 & just been shopping with 3 friends, there's no way I was invited, but they all showed me what they'd bought afterwards. But so many girls look down their noses at other girls, who aren't quite as "fashionable" as they reckon they are. it'd be really easy to get an inferiority complex if young girls/ladies didn't have strong personalities.

You know what I mean "OOOH I LOOOOVE your top - where'd you get it....Damart?"

Just let them wear what they want when they're little, coz the pressure piles on so quickly.

twas ever thus

DD's still definitely finding her way, fashion-wise. We're very lucky that a friend passes loads of clothes on to us, so she has tons of stuff, however, much of it is pretty old, and doesn't necessarily form obvious outfits, iyswim. But I do buy her the odd thing to be like her friends - not everything, by any means, but I still remember very vividly the horrible feeling of being the fat 12-year-old girl whose mum made her wear brown polo necks and tweedy skirts, while everyone else wore fashionable stuff, and I don't want DD to feel like that.

My 5 year old dd is mostly a jeans and t shirt kind of girl usually Gap kids as these fit her best. Atm I still have the final say in her clothes but am dreading having to keep my mouth shut when she goes through that phase like I did at around 12 when they dress awfully and think they look good.

I just find that leaving dd to her own devices actually tends to look better (I know I know she's only 5) - but if she enjoys what she's wearing then she seems to wear it 'better'. And it's more of a reflection of her unique personality. That's why I love her green boots!

Im always scruffy and dd is always immaculate lol. DD wants to be a fashion designer (she is 5 how do they even know what one is) so she will openly stand in the shop going nope not that, that doesnt match etc

Now my dd has just got to a stage where she wants pink tat on everything and without sounding shallow, she just cannot carry off pink. Dark pinks and purples yes, pastely pukey pinks which she likes, she can't do.

But I wouldn't say I strive for her to be the best dressed girl but I do buy her reasonably trendy stuff.
She can choose stuff herself now which is helpful sometimes and a farking nightmare at other times.

My DDs are gorgeous.

DD1 takes great care over how she looks. She picks her own clothes each day (although I purchase them) and makes sure they are all colour co-ordinated etc. This is down to her personality. She even picks matching hair bobbles

Thanks to some very kind Aunts we have lots of gorgeous clothes which are girly but not to old for her. (she is 4).

DD2 dresses in DD1s old clothes so also looks great. Although she wears them very differently so they seem like different clothes. If that makes any sense.

And yes, I am proud that my DDs look good. I try and look good but sometimes fail.