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Bloody School Uniform

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gscrym · 18/04/2007 12:27

I'm all for it. I think the kids look great in it. I've just got the form in for it and it costs a small fortune. I'm surprised and I've only got 1 to kit out. How do people do it with more than that? They're charging £7.50 for a polo shirt. I've seen them, they're not up to much. Do the school make money for their funds on this? I've just totted up what DS'll need and he's over £100 and I've still got to get trousers, shoes, gym shoes, bag, lunch box and other gubbins.

I'm sure once I see him in it, I'll feel better and forget about it until next year.

Also what size in inches does an age 5/6 need?

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PenelopePitstops · 21/04/2007 01:02

5 jumpers is extreme, i only had 2 jumpers 3 polo shirts 2 skirts throughout school and this lasted fine. My sister now have the same and mum washes them at weekends and occasionally in the week.

idlemum · 21/04/2007 12:44

Clary - you are right, most school uniform is very cheap. But there is a problem if you want 100% cotton - sweatshirts tend to be polycotton and I have yet to find a summer dress on the high street which is 100% cotton.

shergar · 21/04/2007 17:35

Can anyone advise me on which shop sells summer dresses that are highest in cotton before I go out and start scouring? TIA!

PrincessPeaHead · 21/04/2007 17:40

My son is ezcema free for 95% of the time. Put him in a pair of M&S grey teflon coated shorts and he has massive bleeding weeping patches of ezcema behind both knees within a week.

Try and find a pair of non-coated grey shorts

Impossible.

Luckily being at a poncey private school means that he can also wear blue corduroy shorts so I have just cut down his blue corduroy uniform trousers from the winter (which were too small)to make shorts. They'll be hotter than the teflon but at least he won't be bleeding and sore

PrincessPeaHead · 21/04/2007 17:44

oh and our private school has a school second hand shop open twice a week. you dump your stuff there and get back 80% of what it sells for, and pick up what you need and it gets put on your bill

nobody has entirely new uniform, what's the point?

christywhisty · 21/04/2007 17:44

found this on ebay

stores.ebay.co.uk/100-percent-pure-cotton

Spidermama · 21/04/2007 17:48

Excellent. I' waiting for more colours then I will definitely be trying these.

tissy · 21/04/2007 17:50

I've got two of the 100% cotton dresses for dd from the ebay shop below- they are great! Luckily dd's uniform is blue!

hoxtonchick · 21/04/2007 17:55

isn't that t-shirt age 3 MI?!

MrsSpoon · 21/04/2007 18:03

I initially thought School uniform was expensive, IIRC jumpers are about £14 at DS1's School, however he has worn the same jumpers for three years now (bought them big). I will chuck them at the end of this year as he won't get another year out of them, and they are starting to look a bit worn. I agree about the polo shirts, the School charges £9 for them and they are awful quality, ASDA much better. DS1 had a fleece, I thought it was a good buy but DH left it at casualty and they incinerated it, haven't replaced it and DS1 hasn't missed it. DS2 goes this year and I will buy him three pairs of trousers, two pairs of shorts (trousers and shorts from either Next or M&S), polo shirts from ASDA, two short sleeved shirts from Next or M&S, a school tie and two jumpers, nice and big so hopefully they will last three years.

idlemum · 21/04/2007 21:40

Christwhisty - thanks for that tip. I hope they do red.

shergar · 21/04/2007 23:33

Christywhisty - thanks for that. Unfortunately DD's summer dress is yellow gingham, which seems to be one of the rarer ones :-(

shergar · 21/04/2007 23:34

Never was any blimming use at emoticons....

DominiConnor · 22/04/2007 10:36

I'm interested what's going on with PrincessPeahead's DC and teflon. PTFE and I have a bit of history, and I'd be mildly surprised if it had any biological reaction directly.
I'm guessing that the problem is not the Teflon per se, but something used to make it stick to cotton, or even some sort of abrasion.
I once had to get Teflon to stick to things for a living, and "roughness" at a very small scale was useful.
I might be tempted to try ironing the trousers with the hottest setting that did not destroy the fabric.

christywhisty · 22/04/2007 11:45

There is another ebay shop that does different colours

search.ebay.co.uk/100-cotton-school-dress_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQmaxrecordsreturnedZ300QQsatitleZ100Q25Q20cottonQ20schoolQ20dress

PrincessPeaHead · 22/04/2007 19:00

yes DC I don't think it is the teflon itself, just that it is so rough and abrasive. I think it is just sandpapering off the skin at the back of his leg (and then he exacerbates by scratching etc)

it is very localised, just where the shorts hit his legs, not on the trunk of the thigh, for example

DominiConnor · 22/04/2007 21:34

I'd also be interested in whether the roughened teflon is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Fabric softener won't touch teflon, nothing in your home will, it's one of most inert substances known.

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