HI all,
I have a gorgeous 6'4" 16 year old who would be called a geek by most people - he loves coding, maths and physics and has been shy to the point of muteness for most of his teenage years in social situations. His friends are also the fellow geek / nerds and they are not super socialisers, so his "going out" life to date has been pretty limited.
However this summer since his GCSE's are done he has been showing more interest in socialising. He's been going to cross fit and downing protein shakes (!!!) as he's pretty thin too. He's had friends over briefly (a different gang, apparently) and there is talk of parties and outings in the first few weeks of 6th Form. He seems excited and I love it, that he might start doing some teen-y things besides studying all day!
However he is getting stressed working out what to wear when he heads out. To date I have bought his whole wardrobe as he has no interest. I've kept it simple with plain coloured shirts and jeans and shorts from Next, mostly. But I think he thinks (probably rightly) that none of it is cool :-(
I've tried to get him in to SuperDry etc but he doesn't want any logo type stuff. He doesn't want anything aching cool as he probably doesn't have the confidence yet to pull it off, just something not so uncool.
Where should I look to dress a socially emerging geek? Help! Shoes too as this is all a bit beyond me - at the moment he only has a pair of old addidas trainers and his school shoes!
Thank you stylistas.