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School tights - search for the holy grail

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GrimSqueaker · 01/05/2018 10:29

I am not the poo/pee/tights/pants troll.

Looking for probably the impossible here - long legged, skinny waisted daughters (DD1 has long skinny legs that are totally bloody wasted on a 6 year old and I'd kill for!) and factoring in the youngest's coordination difficulties.

Searching desperately for tights that remain elastic, have enough leg length to stay up, don't do the McHammer crotch thing by 11am, and are easy to get on for the little one's bad motor skills. Best I had found were Sainsbury's cable effect ones but the little one can't get them up and down very easily and invariably forgets to pull them over her arse at all.

Anyone found any better solutions? Would just use long socks but then we get the cold knees problem as well... trousers don't stay up over arses very well and she wants to look like her peers who all tend to wear skirts. Doubting I'll find any but figured it was worth a shot.

Red, grey or black.

Can't even find any of the bastard things that are tolerable for ME to wear so I'm not holding up much hope here really! (Hate tights)

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TeenTimesTwo · 01/05/2018 11:23

Sorry, can't help.
My poorly coordinated DDs wore trousers, or skirts with short socks in nicer weather.

GuestWW · 01/05/2018 11:23

My daughter whilst a bit older is also a skinny, long-legged thing and we have found the tights from Next to be the best for her.

www.next.co.uk/g22536s19#784348

ifIonlyknew · 01/05/2018 19:03

never managed to find tights to fit my girls, both extremely skinny. We have over the knee socks from M&S instead!

Fuckwheresitgone · 01/05/2018 19:08

DD can't wear tights, all her clothing has to be ultra soft and stretchy, so leggings and socks for her. School have always been fine with it, and I've noticed many more girls in leggings. Leggings are the same colour as school tights (so red in our case!)

bookmum08 · 01/05/2018 19:11

My girl wears leggings instead of tights too. So much easier.

Userme · 01/05/2018 19:53

Can’t help with specific brand but DD wears lots of tights for dancing etc and I’ve found over the years that best advice is to go way up in sizes. Then you get enough room and length.

DD is 10 (average build & height) and I get her ladies Medium in tights now. Much better for length and ease of pulling up.

IAmMotherOfDragons · 01/05/2018 20:28

The best thing I found is to NEVER put tights in the dryer.... it kills the elastic around the waist.

I hate tights... I hate having to dawdle to school with dd pulling ehr tights up every 2 mins, I'm so glad its warmer weather now nd she can wear socks. She has knee socks from m&s and they go over her knee (though she is size 9 shoes in size 9-12 socks so lots of growing room lol)

MrsPreston11 · 02/05/2018 09:00

My favourite (and we've tried a lot) are Tesco (both the plain grey and the cable) both of my girls are long legged and very slim.

drspouse · 02/05/2018 10:54

Trousers.
I think tights are evil.

BoundByBriars · 02/05/2018 11:12

My daughter is exactly the same (7, tall, very skinny and uncoordinated) and I swear by M&S body sensor tights. They are long enough for her legs, tight enough for her waist and she has no problem putting them on despite struggling with every other type.

I NEVER tumble dry them either and they have lasted extremely well.

CrackingEggs · 02/05/2018 11:48

Next are the only brand that work for us. Never tumble dry tights ( or socks) as it kills them!

Fatted · 02/05/2018 11:51

I'd be sending her in trousers if I were you! I thought having tall skinny boys was hard enough!!

SirVixofVixHall · 02/05/2018 11:56

I was also going to say the M and S body sensor tights. My dds are really slender and they fit well, and last ages.

alwaysonadiet1 · 02/05/2018 12:09

John Lewis school tights are very good

alwaysonadiet1 · 02/05/2018 12:11

The cotton ones. The thermal ones get holes in too quickly.

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GrimSqueaker · 02/05/2018 12:25

I'd be sending her in trousers if I were you!

There are, shall I put it politely considering they're only little, issues with the dynamic of the girls within the class (hoping when they shuffle the classes up a bit for September this sorts itself out somewhat cos it's been bloody ridiculous all year) where she's already shoved aside and excluded by the girls who all knew each other already - so she's desperate to be just like everyone else... and they all wear skirts. I'm going to steer her to trousers on PE day as much as I can but it's balancing easy for her versus singling her out which I don't want to do as much as I can help it.

I frigging hate tights and it's mutual with tights seeming to hate me so I wear trousers full-time so this ain't coming from me at all!

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BaconCrispsGone · 02/05/2018 12:56

little grippers over the knee socks have worked well for us

CruCru · 02/05/2018 16:29

These are the best children's tights I have ever found. My daughter could put them on herself aged 3. They are expensive but I will never buy any other brand. Ever.

drspouse · 02/05/2018 16:37

Grim I would be having a very long and serious word with the class teacher in that case. This is totally unacceptable.

But maybe skorts would help the tights fall down less.

CruCru · 02/05/2018 16:40

By the way, I always wash tights on 30C and never tumble dry them.

DoubleLottchen · 02/05/2018 16:45

Ooh, CruCru I will be checking those out.

My (very expensive) suggestion is Falke. Best tights ever, but price to match.

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GrimSqueaker · 02/05/2018 16:53

Have had endless discussions to no avail. All the friendship and social skills support kicks in in y1 in our school so were in limbo till then.

I go in periodically to reinforce it's still happening and we ain't happy about it but dd2 goes in happy so school disregard it and then it all comes out at home. The mothers are as bad to be honest!

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BrendansDanceShoes · 02/05/2018 17:16

I think your issue here is the class dynamic, which,with girls being girls, may just get worse. No child should feel that by dressing in a particular way they will fit in more. If school are still not addressing this now, then no pair of tights and skirt will work and will just build up problems for the future. And as for the comment that friendship and social skill support doesn't kick in, until y1, that is just so wrong, and is be asking lots of questions about this.

CrackingEggs · 02/05/2018 17:17

I've also tried Country Kids tights and still found Next ones the best.

Asda ones are ok but M&S are rubbish and John Lewis short and small.

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GrimSqueaker · 02/05/2018 17:30

Class thing should hopefully break down in September - it's because of how the classes were drawn up this year with DD2 ending up in a class where pretty much all the girls went to nursery together... other class is much less nursery-heavy so when they're mixed up it should alleviate the monster clique from hell situation I've complained about repeatedly all year. It's breaking down very gradually anyway so with a light spot of prodding I think it'll sort itself out - and I've seen how well the Y1 setup has settled the elder child who came into the school late so in that regard I'm mildly pissed off about it but not fretting over the nonsense continuing further up the school if that makes sense.

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