Where did your parents buy your clothes growing up?

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Matalan

Pollards

New clothes? Unheard off when I was growing up :)

We got new undies, socks and pyjamas at Christmas and new shoes from Freeman Hardy and Willis come September

Clothes were home made, came from a jumble sale, or passed along from friends, family and neighbours

Jumble sales and hand me downs from my cousins. I remember getting my first brand new outfit. It came from Dash in Debenhams and I felt so fancy! I think I was about 12

Yes catalogues
Local footwear shop that also sold clothes
Mark one (I think it was called)

Homemade, 4 dresses a year for school, 2 for summer 2 for Winter, 2 cardigans home knitted. Hand me downs from cousins. Jumble sales. I do remember getting a new duffle coat for school, it was bought big and worn until too small, so I had it for about 3 years. Socks and knickers were from Woolworths, shoes were from Clarks, again 2 pairs a year for school. At home I wore wellies or plimsolls, depending on the season. Style wasn't a thing for kids when I was one, not where we lived anyway.

Freeman's catalogue
Co-op department store
As young teen C&A and M and Spencer

We had 'Ladybird ' or home made clothes.

Mostly homemade, including school skirts/tunics, party dresses and nightdresses, knitted guernsey jumpers. Shop bought eg jeans came from M&S and occasionally John Lewis when I was a bit older. My grandmother lived in Yorkshire and had some great markets nearby which did all sorts - remember buying some lovely summer shirts there and there was a stall which did M&S seconds so our school jumpers were always bought there. School shoes came from an independent shop - I had huge feet so they only ever had one style/colour in my size, no choice. I hankered after Benetton in the 80s - it was the height of European chic as far as I was concerned - but never had the money to buy anything there.

Kay's and littlewoods catalogue. Never ever knew of her to buy us stuff from a clothes shop.

Laura Ashley ( factory sales in Cardiff) Howells Cardiff, Top Shop, C and A and handmade by mum

Ethel Austin. There wasn't a changing room so my mum would push us into the middle of the clothing rails and make us try on there!

My DM did make a few dresses for me, and I can remember some hand knitted jumpers made by DGM and aunts. My clothes were always passed on to my cousins, I had a few items passed on to me by an older cousin on my dad’s side.

My mum worked in BHS so that was basically where everything I owned came from until about age 11.

My mum variously had Kays, John Noble, Great Universal, Littlewoods and Grattans, that I remember!

M&S, Tammy Girl and some independent children's clothes shops. The Sweater shop! We went to America a few times and would get loads of clothes from shops at Florida Mall! In teenage years Miss Selfridge, Topshop!

Mum made a lot of ours - or we got them from jumble sales or had hand me downs. Occasionally we would get something from Ladybird at Woolworths but I think that was a gift from grandparents.

My mother was a professional seamstress so made all the clothes for the whole family. Even my dad's work jeans. Coats, jackets, even sleeping bags for our camping trips. Occasionally after helping at the church jumble sales she would bring stuff home

Jumble sales, lots of hand me downs, and the odd nice posher things from gap/benneton

The market in town, C&A (but only in the January sales) and my mum would make tops and jumpers for us.
Mothercare for longer than I wanted to.

M and S, John Lewis and local shops and department stores

Kay's catalogue and C & A

Grattan catalogue / M&Co / M&S for school uniform and undies

Wow, that's a question. As little kids, Dunnes, Premark (Ireland never Prymark) M&S, Woollies.
As a teen River Island, Tammy, Chelsea Girl, Top Shop mainly.

Asda, C&A, M&Co

And when I was old enough to have a day Tammy Girl 😁

Lots of hand me downs (my favourite! We had some nice ones and I liked the people passing them down)
C&A
Ethel Austin and Ladybird when we were little
Dash, Benetton (fancy)
And a fancy party cool outfit from tammy girl.
Probably M&S as well, not sure.