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Private school uniforms - from the outfitters or the supermarkets?

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chocolatequeen · 16/08/2007 08:30

Supposed to be going today to the outfitters for DS1´s school, with uniform list as long as your arm. Does it all have to come from the outfitters (as it did in my day, down to the grey sport knickers), or can you buy the standard grey trousers, white shirts etc. from supermarkets, M&S etc and just get the logo´d things from the outfitters?

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pagwatch · 16/08/2007 19:07

Harpsichord

"But I apologise if you were trying to be ironic"

well as I have said I was being ironic, and as others have confirmed that they immediately recognized that I was, I happily accept your apology and will graciously ignored the weasle worded attempt to justify the rest of the crap you posted.
And feel free to have any view you choose about my schooling choices. I tend to have no concern about the views of people for whom I have absoloutely no respect.

meandmyflyingmachine · 16/08/2007 19:09

A bit of a Prince Harry apology there HC...

Piggy · 16/08/2007 19:10

Apology? Nope, didn't spot it.

harpsichordcarrier · 16/08/2007 19:24

pagwatch, My question was - is there any other justification for having these kind of exclusive uniform policies other than to exclude/delineate people on the grounds of their parent's income? to which your answer was - a long justification for why you sent your child to private school. clearly this is a very sensitive and personal area for you and therefore I will also graciously ignore how spectacularly rude you are being. I certainly don't expect you to apologise for swearing at me. three times

aloha · 16/08/2007 19:28

I think supporting a small local independent business instead of huge megalomaniac monolith is a really good reason to go for the outfitters.

harpsichordcarrier · 16/08/2007 19:31

pagwatch if someone misinterprets your tone again (it is possible, indeed likely,in this kind of forum) maybe you could try saying, harpsichord you misunderstood my tone, that was a bit hasty and rude of you. I didn't mean it in the way you interpreted.
rather than calling the person who has made the mistake "fucking astute" and telling them they are talking crap, have no respect for them &c.
this way harmony and mutual understanding may be restored much more quickly

SueW · 16/08/2007 19:39

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meandmyflyingmachine · 16/08/2007 19:44

I think the serves that purpose now SueW.

The often seems to serve the dubious purpose of making a cutting post even more so...

pagwatch · 16/08/2007 20:08

Harpsichord.
I do apologise for swearing at you. Sincerely I do. There was no excuse for that and I absoloutely take it back.

I did find your first comments incredibly aggressive and judgemental and I was very offended they could not be further from the truth. The fact that you had posted again before I had a chance to reply then seemed to me to be incredibly goading.

I have looked through the comments again though and I did over react and for that too I would apologise.

Perhaps if you too look through the thread again and read your two posts to me - and reflect on your own advice, perhaps a better response would have been " pagwatch are you serious - that reads as being pretty insensitive" rather than the stuff about me being comfortable with kids being judged.

If it brings you any pleasure ( and i think it might) I absoloutely wish I had not said anything about my circumstances to try and explain why I was so offended as your reaction to it has made me feel incredibly judged and very uncomfortable .

Actually that is also ironic.

Cammelia · 16/08/2007 20:30

Pagwatch - I was referring to your spelling of bear feet lol

Cammelia · 16/08/2007 20:33

But harpsi play fair!
the thread title blatantly begins with the words: Private school

pagwatch · 16/08/2007 20:36

Ah Cammilia and later, rat arsed.

roisin · 18/08/2007 12:40

When I started independent school at age 11 my mother had brought the right brand, right colour, but wrong style of blouse.
I was really embarrassed.

I know that people at the school ds1 will go to do buy trousers and shirts from M&S, but when he starts I will buy all his first set of kit from the school shop (second hand blazer and coat hopefully), and then pick up things in later years from M&S if poss as seems appropriate.

SueW · 18/08/2007 14:16

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IsabelWatchingItRainInMacondo · 18/08/2007 14:32

2 of each thing at the school uniform shop and then tried to find similar in M&S and any other place selling uniforms. At the end I realised I was spending more money and time trying to find the apropiate thing (supermarket fit never agreed with DS's body anyway) than by buying them at the uniform shop. I have also found the school ones are far more resilient than the other things I have from the other shops.

I like DS using a uniform. I attended a private school where children were not richer/poorer/or anything than we were. But, as my mother was never interested in fashion, clothes or anything of the kind we had a miserable time trying to fit in while wearing her horrible choices. Therefore, our life was much better once we started using a uniform after primary school. Not that that prevented my mother to send me to school wearing the old uniform of my sister who was considerably shorter than me and 2 sizes bigger My skin crawls at remembering that.

islandofsodor · 29/08/2007 13:10

Dd gets her shirts from Asda/M & S but everythin g else has to come from the school outfitters. However as the pinafore is a Banner one I have managed to get several from ebay. There school also runs a swop shop where you can buy everything from a blazer down to a swimming costume.

Boys are much easier. As long as the trousers are the correct shade of grey they can come from anywhere. trousers tend to be standard styles unlike skirts and pianfores.

And as for lunch as art tabards, they are fantastic. I have even bought an extra one for my son for nursery (where they are not on the uniform list) after seeing what a difference they made to dd's clothes.

Peachy · 29/08/2007 13:16

we have to get our state school uniform from the outfitters! They simply chose a colour that no otehr school here has, and its the only place you can buy it (well why would the supermarkets stock it?). Fortunately Mum sends some over, as back home its the most common colour, not everyone can do that.

Note the school gets a percentage from the outfitters (and in State thats wrong imo).

DS1's new school (going to juniors) chose a sole stockist 20 miles away- yet we live 3 miles outside Newport and 10 from cardiff! No idea what that's about.....

Blandmum · 29/08/2007 13:17

Some things can be bought on the High Street, byt much of it is only available from the school shop. Thank goodness it does a second hard trade!

ds has high st trousers, socks and shirts. all the rest from the school shop.

most of the girls stuff has to be bought from the school shop

octavia · 29/08/2007 16:04

My ds's uniform is suppose to be brought from Harrods,we have to get jumpers/tie/cap/blazer from there but as long as the shirt/shorts and socks are mid grey the school don't mind where you get them from. sports kit has to come from a certain sportswear shop though

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