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Good shops for 11yo tomboy?

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AChickenCalledKorma · 27/07/2013 19:05

Anyone else got an 11yo girl who turns up her nose at everything in the girls' ranges? DD1 has resorted to buying from the boys' ranges and we are finding a reasonable amount of neutral stuff, but I'd quite like to widen our range.

She likes:
stripy tops - any colour except pink
plain trousers - straight legs - not skinny or flares Hmm - absolutely no flowers, frills, dangly bits, embroidery, fancy belts etc
no skirts or cropped trousers whatsoever
knee-length shorts

Most of her friends are boys, but she does have a couple of very good female friends who I think are starting to think she's a bit odd for wearing boys' clothes. Would quite like to find her some middle ground!

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LIZS · 27/07/2013 19:47

h & m, gap

AChickenCalledKorma · 27/07/2013 20:37

She's not keen on H&M ... but Gap is a good thought. Haven't got one locally, but I've just looked online and it's looking more "her" than I remember. Thanks!

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Jbck · 28/07/2013 07:53

DDs friend is v tomboy and wears a lot of sports type stuff and mostly gtey black red.
DD1 (11) tomboy style but still likes strong colours, looks a bit like a pink/purple Justin Bieber atm.
She likes Gap, H & M, Forever 21, surf type shops and all your labels that this age wear, A&F, Converse etc.
A lot of vest tops with checked shirts over the top, pop art prints sort of Marvel Comic look.

mysteryfairy · 28/07/2013 08:02

What about boden clearance for jeans. Their jeans are totally plain and unadorned but some nice colours and cut for girls. They have some boyfriend shape but also their "skinny" jeans are not that skinny, more of a straight leg. In fact I think the whole of the site is worth an explore e.g. there is a plain grey knitted hoodie she might like.

Another suggestion is Hollister. I know it gets a lot of stick on here but they have a good sale currently. If you look at t shirts and hoodies the girls and boys are very similar and come in a good range of colours other than pink so she could choose blue, orange, green etc and just get things that seem essentially unisex but shaped a bit narrower for a girl e.g. navy hoodie for £12.90

JennySense · 28/07/2013 09:57

Glad I'm not the only one with this problem except mine is 14!
I buy her a lot of fab tshirts from teefury.com and Qwerty.com with culty designs :)

LIZS · 28/07/2013 10:51

Fatface ?

AChickenCalledKorma · 28/07/2013 21:30

Thanks all - think we've got some good options there. Will sit her down and have a browse.

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