quality like Boden but not as expensive? possible to find?

[dinny]

pref online....?

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Boden quality but cheaper...

H&M? Primark?

cheers - are H&M online yet, do you know?

now I feel mean...with my cheap jokes.

no. nor zara.

joules/jack wills/seasaltspray or whatever they are called?

mini mode - the boots range. They have their own website. Really good quality imo, possibly not quite as wonderful to look at.

wiuldn't call Joules cheaper tho

second hand boden

"boden quality"?

I have NEVER come across a piece of Boden wear that wasn't terribly poor quality.

Nice styles, kooky fabrics but the quality is awful.

A real case of emperors news clothes. How JB has got away with it for this long is amazing He must be laughing all the way to the bank

Do you mean for children? If so, I agree mini mode at Boots is quite good at the moment. Gap in the sale?

I like boots for children too and they have a lot of offers on. There is a 30% off GAP code floating around somewhere today too. They don't have an internet shop though.

I agree I love the Boden stuff but bought 3 pairs of their cords and they wear terribly - they faded right out in about 3 washes

everything I've had from Boden has lasted really well!

kittywise I think you must have been unlucky, unless they have got much worse lately. We have had a few boden things come through bags of hand-me-downs, and they have always been nice thick fabrics that have worn well, despite the fact that I know for certain that they have already been through three other little girls. I wouldn't buy them new because of the prices though, mad IME to spend that much on something that the chances are will get grown out of instantly in a manic growth spurt.

everything we've had I am saving for dc number three, and it's all worn really well

just wish I could find more of the same for a bit less dosh!

Just looked at the mini-mode stuff & its only up to 5 yrs. Any good recommendations for online places to get nice cheapish stuff for over 5s (6 to be exact)?

yeah, dd is 6 as well, Takvar

I actually think Next stuff is pretty good quality & value as long as you steer clear of the really brassy stuff. You know what I mean the frills & frou frou that they seem to put on quite a lot of the girls clothes.

ebay Boden?

Boden quality has definitely got worse. My dd2 was wearing Boden hand-me-downs at the weekend - garments 8 years old which she is the fourth child to wear. And my niece will be wearing them too next year! They are still in great nick. OTOH, t-shirts I bought for dd1 fairly recently are not going to outlast dd2.

I've recently bought DD clothes from Asda that would look at home in the Boden catalogue. I bought DD some nighties from Boden, thinking they'd be thick cotton, to find they are thin polyester. I should have read the details properly. Anyway I am happier with my Asda purchases than the recent Boden ones.

I've found minimode stuff not terribly well made. dd3 is wearing boden stuff from dd1, and have also passed some down.

gap in the sale
h&m
next (without sequins and their logo splashed across things)

boden girls stuff is fab.
try second hand boden?