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

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

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.

binned if stained or faded?!
do you not save them for getting muddy etc in?
or do they get muddy in a clean set which are then binned?

[boggles]

oh blimey he doesn't bin stuff if it's never going to get worn (by our DS's) again then he sends it to the charity shop - and he's ok about them wearing faded stuff around the house - just doesn't like them going out in it,

With tee shirts in George/Tesco for £2 there is no need for them to wear faded clothes or have them repaired?

If they get faded/stained - textile recycling or if they are grown out of passed on to my friends/relatives.

Erm, some of us would rather wear old stuff than buy new from a dodgy supermarket

fair enough perhaps if they really do get recycled or handed on
but binned...

(and what do they wear in the mud then?)

QoQ is that you G......................K ??

Kids clothes are cheap enough but i admit I currently only have dd (am pg now)so might change soon....!

she has too many clothes but ebay is my salvation

Mud washes perfectly well Just back from Farm today absolutely covered but straight in machine and clean again.

yes 'tis me

MrsB - they really do get handed on or recycled - and for playing in the mud - they just wear their normal clothes (washing machines are amazing things you know )

hibu

nothing wrong with faded clothes

My boys will be in faded, stained stuff for the next few days... on cub camp.

What better?

There is the odd occasion where I might insist on the lads wearing something I want them to wear, but they really are few and far between.

And no I wouldn't notice what other children are wearing when I'm out.

in the words of the ever-wise moondog;

get a grip!

didn't mean you QoQ, meant those whose kids apparently have no second-best clothes...

I love faded clothes, they look well-loved and you don't have to be precious about 'em.

ahh sorry MrsB

In his defence I think it's part of his upbrining/culture.......thinking about it most Zimbabwean families I know always have their children turned out immiaculately - even very poor ones have "good clothes" for when people come over/they're going out.......

Faded, yes, also stained (as long as clean), torn, with buttons missing, you name it.

that's the wierd thing PM - he's not at all precious about them - not at all unusual for him to take them out to the park (or even to help in the garden) and for them to come back absolutely filthy