School tights - search for the holy grail

[GrimSqueaker]

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)

girls being girls
Bit stereotyped don't you think?

I like the Next ones with shaped feet (like socks) for my long legged slim 7 year old. The age 9-10 are fine at the moment and she is 131cms tall.

Oh yes, I size up with Next. 9 year old DD is 144 cm and in 11-12 and has been for two years, they last. She'll go up a size next year I should think.

Can I also suggest leggings instead? My daughter hates tights and trousers so wears leggings under her skirt. H&M do great ones for the tall & slim. Much more practical than tights.

Dust at my DS school where my DD will go in Sept girls can only wear leggings under skirts "for religious reasons". DD would be happy with leggings under a skirt but probably not permanently happy with tights, but it's not really a hill I'm prepared to die on so I'm going to send her in trousers.

It's the summer term, surely no-one will be wearing tights much longer now?

Have you tried using a bigger size? The way you describe it sounds like DD in too small tights. DD's 7-8s are about the width of my hand at the waist when unstretched, so no problem staying on at the waist, but 5-6s were tending to drag down and hard work to get on her. In case we just got lucky with the brand, they're tescos cotton rich ones. The sizes do seem to mostly go up in length not width at this age, as do the children I guess.

I'm shopping gradually for September - sorry to disappoint!

Oh gosh, I'm not brave enough to buy tights now for September - they put on inches over the summer holidays sometimes. Skirts maybe if I buy with spare length, but not tights or trousers!

I work through it over a few months - cardigans bought big already and pinafores next sizes up (if their old ones still fit them in September all the better... well apart from the fucking box pleated ones I have to iron), polo shirts next month - the stuff they'd have to really put the effort in to grow out of, down to tights and shoes middle of the school holidays.

Name labelled as I buy it so I can sit there smug while everyone's running around like headless chickens in late August!

I'm also that person who has Christmas done and wrapped by the middle of November as a general rule as well.

Pants over the top?