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Uniform Blazer pocket doesnt fit logo badge

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Faultymain5 · 01/09/2019 17:46

Where should I sew it.

DH suggested opposite side of the pocket (where there is no pocket).
I'm thinking one of the lower pockets where the badge does fit.

It just needs the badge on the blazer, the notes do not specify where, but it really doesnt fit the top blazer pocket where it would normally go.

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OneRingToRuleThemAll · 01/09/2019 18:13

Blazers are so expensive, but if cared for will see them through a few years. They don't grow so much in secondary school. I'd be inclined to stump up for a proper blazer.

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Faultymain5 · 01/09/2019 18:15

Well it cant be the same as the school shop sells as the school shop blazer comes with it embroidered on. I'm not changing everything at this stage unfortunately. Thanks all for your suggestions of removing the pocket, think that is the most likely move.

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IDontBelieveYou · 01/09/2019 18:15

Getting a different blazer is so not a good idea. My kids blazers are shite too but a different blazer is just asking for negative attention.

legalseagull · 01/09/2019 18:15

Unpick the pocket and sew it where the pocket used to be

ineedaholidaynow · 01/09/2019 18:16

Do you know any other parents at the school you can ask. I would have gone with school blazer, I'm sure that is what most parents do

Fruityb · 01/09/2019 18:16

So you bought him a blazer that’s not the uniform issue one and are now saying you won’t put the badge on it will put it in the wrong place?

My mum used to do this to me and never ever understood how hard and upsetting it was at school when you stuck out from everyone else. My trousers were always too short, I had creases ironed in them when no other girl did, she bought me a cardigan I’d have worn at primary school when going into year 9....

You can’t complain it won’t fit when it’s the wrong one! Absolutely do not sew it in the wrong place or not at all - everyone will notice.

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 01/09/2019 18:17

God buy the poor kid the proper blazer! He’s going to stand out like a sore thumb with a make do job. Yes they sell the badges separately but no one actually does that.

JoceHark · 01/09/2019 18:18

Have you told your DS his blazer isn't the same as everyone else?

You may as well send him to school with a neon flashing sign saying kick me. You think the kids won't notice? They will.

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Faultymain5 · 01/09/2019 18:19

Onering It is a cheap and nasty material, immovable and itchy. Sorry, but not having her sat in class focusing on that rather than being as comfortable as possible with both blazer and jumper. If she has to wear a blazer, it will be a half decent one that she feels comfortable in.

I personally have been very disappointed with the quality of the school shop clothes

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Fruityb · 01/09/2019 18:20

EVERY other kid will be wearing that blazer. You are making the issue not your child!

TeenPlusTwenties · 01/09/2019 18:22

I don't see the difficulty.
Just sew it on with the logo centralised on the pocket but going a bit either side of it as well.

You absolutely cannot:

  • put the badge on the wrong side
  • put the badge at the wrong height

You could conceivably remove the pocket, but that is where many pupils will store their pen, and it is bound to move a mark so I wouldn't do that either.

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 01/09/2019 18:24

Sorry OP but JoceHark is right. Chances are the little fuckers will rip it off his back and destroy it anyway.

JoceHark · 01/09/2019 18:25

Balance out being itchy and uncomfortable with people calling her

Poor 'aw mummy couldn't afford the proper blazer'
Weird blazer girl
Yeah but why does your blazer look like that? YEAH but why, yeah but why, yeah but why

It never fails to amaze me that people will put their kids up for this shit willingly to prove a point that the kid probably doesn't give a fuck about.

I give you the mum who decided to KNIT her kids school jumpers because the school ones were cheap. Her son had a shit time of it before he stopped wearing it.

You are asking for your kid to stick out at an age when they want to fit in. It may be wrong, it may be bullshit, kids who bully are fuckers etc etc, but you are still putting your kid up for it.

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Faultymain5 · 01/09/2019 18:25

Georgie Yes they sell the badges separately but no one actually does that.

Well I'm doing that. Unlikely to change my mind either. For all the reasons above. Mainly comfort.

PP: I dont know other parents, but I imagine if any had M&S' uniform deal a few weeks back then there will be a few. We'll see on Tuesday

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JoceHark · 01/09/2019 18:27

Believe me, telling her 'but it came from M&S darling' isn't going to mean shit.

JoceHark · 01/09/2019 18:28

YOU'RE doing that. YOUR kid will pay for it.

Anyhoo, i'm off, I suspect you are pulling our collective leg. Nobody is that ignorant.

Rolypolybabies · 01/09/2019 18:30

Gosh why are people being so rude?

NoLeopard · 01/09/2019 18:30

That's a seriously wide badge! Can you cut the sides down or does the badge take up all the material? I wouldn't be surprised if that was meant to fit a tracksuit.

NoLeopard · 01/09/2019 18:31

Sorry just seen that you said it goes from edge to edge

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Faultymain5 · 01/09/2019 18:34

@JoceHark please don't take this the wrong way. But your childhood sounds mean and I kind of think you are projecting. This however is a blazer pocket. Her comfort in class is equally if not more important than her fitting in. The school blazer is cheaper material than the M&S one. Sorry but it is.

It's also not bulky and she feels happy, so far, wearing it. I will however, take your comments under advisement.

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Thehagonthehill · 01/09/2019 18:34

My DD had an M&S blazer(not compulsory but she wanted one)We never got around to putting the logo on.No one ever said anything and it didn't stop her being a Prefect.

Hiredandsqueak · 01/09/2019 18:34

Honestly your dd will be far happier in the poor quality blazer that every other child is wearing than in an M&S one no matter what the quality. It is social suicide to have something different in year seven and even if you relent a few weeks in when the poor child has been mocked it won't be forgotten. Don't do it to your daughter.

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 01/09/2019 18:36

Gosh why are people being so rude?

Because I'm the kid who had the piss ripped out of her on a daily basis because her mother put her in "good quality clothes" instead of what everyone else was wearing.

I did not have a happy school life during those times.

MidweekObscurity · 01/09/2019 18:37

I would:
search Facebook to see if there's any parent groups to ask on.

Google the school to see if there's any group photos come up that may give you an idea.

See if the school has an Instagram account

Check all parts of school website like prize giving for more blazer photos.

Good luck hope you can get it sorted

Namechangeforthiscancershit · 01/09/2019 18:37

Please buy the standard one. The fact that you think it's bad quality doesn't really come into it.