School skirts for skinny-minnys

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DD is 5 end of September but still wears skirts for age 18-23 mths from most shops, I've been looking for a school skirt to make a change from the pinafores I've bought & the smallest is age 3-4. Anyone seen any smaller or recommend a shop which is a particularly skinny fit & does school stuff. Don't think Gap do school stuff & that's where most of her jeans come from cos there about the slimmest fit.
With the weather the way it's been (even here in chilly Scotland) I'm worried she's going to be sweltered through end of August & September.

Some of the Asda stuff is quite small - you need to check different styles. I usually end up sewing elastic in the back of dd's. We have a school outfitter in town that seems to carry more sizes than chains.

My DS is like this......age 2-3 is big on him and he is now 4 and going to school in sept.

DD3 was extrordinarily small too when starting school.

I shop at adams....most of their school stuff has elascticated waists so you can alter.....use that abilty on all my kiddies as all of them are very slim!!!!

or.....go to special scholl outfitters.

DD1 went to a private pre-prep school from nursery age and needed uniform from age two ....we went to barrets (am thinking they are country wide but sorry if wrong) and they did uniform from young because of the private school needing it!!!

HTH

I'd definitely try to find one with an elasticated waist that you can snip the seam and haul in, but the other option is a kilt-type skirt that fastens with a button on each side, because the buttons are dead easy to move to make the waist smaller. This one starts at 3-4yrs but you get the principle!

Mothercare tend do little sizes and some brands like M and S now have adjustable waists with button elastic.

tried Motehrcare - they start at 3-4 like everywhere else

Can she not wear summer uniform as an alternative while the weather holds ?

Big hurdle of shoes over this morning without a fight, who knew Clarks did light up school shoes!
Her pniafores are from M&S & Adams and both are age 3 but neither had any skirts that size. Will try a couple of local independent shops, problem is so may skirts now have elastic sewn all the way through the waistband, she must be sick of bumfles round her waist. [rubbish sewing emoticon] Thanks folks.

My daughter is also very slim -- but also tall. Good for later life, but hell for school clothes now. I found that some of the Tesco skirt styles have the adjustable waistbands like you get in pregnancy clothes. Had hers adjusted as small as it would go, works ! And they are quite durable. Also M&S are quite slim fitting.

I have the same problem. No advice for skirts but Adams have girls trousers with adjustable waists.

I'd agree with MrsBadger about trying the kilt style ones.

I've got 2 girls 13 and 11yrs and who never look after things and after countless arguments about fashions I put my foot down and bought kilt style ones this time.

They can be bought in all sizes here , although I was lucky enough to but exactly the same skirts in a local store.

As already said the can easily be adjusted by moving the buttons and they do still look smart after a few washes.

Definately worth a looking to see if you can get a couple, smart, cheap and adjustable !