Faded clothes.........do you let your children wear them..............

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or even wear them yourself.

This morning I put DS2 in a slightly faded T-shirt (otherwise in excellent conditon). DH is taking the 2 older DS's shopping this afternoon and has insisted that DS2 has his top changed.....because of the slight fading.

He also hates wearing/replaces any of his own clothes that have lost even a tiny bit of colour.

Sounds a bit fussy! So long as they're clean it's fine IMO.

huh? almost all our clothes look "worn in"!

Ferak

faded? of course.

You should see my children today!

If dd is just playing out I would not mind although to be honest she grows so fast they don't have time to fade.

I donlt wear faded clothes though, I use the dreft stuff to stop my darks from fading.

How odd... Boden actually sell them faded! Put him in charge of buying the clothes, then choosing what each one wears each day and making sure you have a spare set if needed when going out. That will soon stop him being so fussy

actually he does buy most of their clothes - and quite often chooses what they'll wear.

Of course they wear faded clothes otherwise they would be naked 99% of the time!

dd is going through a ripped jeans phase, ds1 regularly wears clothes with holes in but won't let me chuck them as they are 'favourites' and loads of my kids' clothes are hand me downs anyways. So faded tee-shirt = no problem

The more freaks there are out there, the more nice stuff for me and my boys in the charity shops

Oh well, thats blown that theory!

phew - glad it's not just me that thinks it's slightly wierd (he's been like it since we met so I'm used to it - just find it odd LOL).

Another question

do you notice other people's children wearing faded clothes when you're out shopping??? (bear in mind that DH is going to buy him Rugby boots!).

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I blissfully ignore all other kids when I'm out shopping! Have never particularly noticed what other chn wear.

I like to use colour washing powder so that the colours stay bright

Things that are meant to be bright or smart should be bright or smart, but so many things, esp men's and boys' clothes from outdoorsy type places like Boden, Gap, FatFace and their imitators are garment / pigment dyed ie designed to fade.

I'm sat here in a faded black & orange Honda Racing t-shirt

Tell him to stop being such a girl!

I prefer things when they're worn in a bit !

Doesn't matter how the kids look when we are in the house! Have just dyed my son's uniform tops form last year and a pair of shorts. New wardrobe for the summer!!

Sorry - i'm with your husband on this one. Really don't like faded clothes/ripped/holes etc - instantly in recycling bin.

Im really fussy with dds clothes.Any stains they get binned as do worn out looking socks.Everything that is too small is usually in v good cond though and I flog it all on ebay!

Sounds seriously OTT.

But I'm a bit [shocked] by this attitude of instantly binning clothes - don't any of you repair things?

Yes. Why not?

What a sad society when you go around noticing other kids' clothes!

I don't bin anything. If it's really beyond, it goes to textile recycling.

But so long as it's clean and pressed what's it matter?

I mean, it's kids clothes - meant for them to run about in and not worry about it.

Get a grip.
I hardly buy anything for my kids.Clthing in this village just gets circualted again and again and agian and again...