What does the best dressed mum at your school gate wear?

[Goodwitchglenda]

What does the best dressed mum at your school gate wear? And where in the country are you?

Posting in the spirit of curiosity and inspiration!

I could rant for days about the state of attire some dad's wear smh. Its December and you're in shorts? Get help

No up north lol

What on earth does it matter what they wear?
The important thing is how much they love their children and enable their children to have a happy and fulfilling their life.
They could be wearing the equivalent to a sack and it wouldn't matter if they were fulfilling their role as a parent.

Jesus Christ.

Well it is nippy tbf!

I have a (vintage) fur coat but am generally too scared to wear it out the house

That is exactly what I felt when I saw the title of this thread @Goodwitchglenda

Can tell you first hand it isnt always fun to have a parent who puts no effort into their appearance take you to school every day. Yes they may be great parents etc etc but the peers see them and when they're not presented well will often bully the child because of it. Being a good parent also means being conscientious of these things, too; how their own presentation and behaviours can impact their children. Doesn't take much to put on clean clothes and brush your hair but many seem not to care

Same! Probably my most prized possession tbh. Don't think I'd ever wear it out, out of fear of damaging it but it looks great when I wear it indoors hahaha

Personally, I don’t find humourlessness to be a good quality in a parent.

Quite. It’s also important that children see their parents having passions! My mother’s love of fashion design and ability to create amazing garments, not to mention costumes, is something I loved as a child and is a passion she passed on to me.

Yes, exactly! It's leading by example, and it's no secret that how you present yourself opens more opportunities for you etc as well as making you feel better in yourself.

Love that you had a mother like that! It's so nice to see and hear about. My mother wasn't like that sadly, but I am to my kids and am proud of myself for it. I too love fashion and design! Knitting and clothing design are big hobbies of mine. My daughter in particular loves choosing fabrics for me to make her clothes, and she's only 2!

I really don’t think anyone around here gives a rat’s ass about what anyone else is wearing for the school run! people just dress for the day the have ahead and no-one is looking each other up and down. There’s certainly no uniform.

There are a couple of women whose style grabs my eye who are sort of Claudia-Winkleman-esque (over-sized jumpers, chunky boots,mostly monochrome).

But mostly people are dressed casually for WFH, gym, dog walk with a handful in smarter officewear. South London suburbs.

Also if you find moths have got to something put the rest in plastic bags and put them in the freezer overnight .
They will not go hard as there is no moisture in them but it will kill off eggs .
Wipe out drawers .

well I expect she isn’t interested in what the men wear because she’s not looking for inspiration from them!

it’s a lighthearted post. Why do some people always have to look for something to be cross about?!

Why does my dp need help for wearing shorts? When he is not working he likes to be comfy, unless it' snowing.
Maybe our Scottish men are just hardier and more relaxed 😄
He says thanks for your judgement but he works hard and pays his taxes so can wear whatever he chooses to buy. 😊

There isn’t one best dressed person but the ones who I think look good have their own style but with a nod to current trends.

Short of being actually dirty and disheveled or wearing some kind of fancy dress I find it really hard to imagine any child at DCs school paying any attention whatsoever to what parents a wearing. Maybe having boys I am spared this judgement.

I turned up at school the other day wearing an entirely random combination of cycling shorts, sports socks, sliders and a hoody with no make up and my hair scraped back and i don’t think anyone cared at all.

I never did the school gates as we used breakfast and after school clubs but on the rare occasion that I was collecting at the same time as another parent, I’ve no idea what they were wearing - it was just office clothes.

I’ve not heard that the school run outfit would ever be a fashion statement. If it was I’d think they had too much time on their hands and didn’t know what to do with themselves.

Totally agree with you that being clean and decently dressed should be the norm . And is important for the child.
But the OP implying taking children to school and picking them up ui all about presenting yourself as being in a fashion show is absolutely sick. So divisive and negative for the children. So unnecessarily nasty for the other parents who quite rightly have other priorities about what to do with their income rather than spend it on being "stylish"

Scottish men are built different, so he gets a free pass. It's the pasty chicken leg twigs that I don't understand. Like they're trying to prove a point by still wearing shorts in hail and storms. Makes me colder looking at them

Decent riding tights, half chaps, ariat paddock boots, lemeix or joules jacket. Trouble is I use it all for activities intended so soon looks shabby.

You realise this is insane, surely? I mean, you sound totally mad!

Why does talk of fashion make you so seemingly insecure? This feels like a you problem. It’s not a normal response

Yeah no need to be majorly stylish but being presentable should not even be a question. I can never unsee the mum in the same pizza print pyjamas every day.

Eh maybe it is a girl thing but it happened to me, specifically from year 5. My mum made no effort at all, hair not brushed some days, teeth not brushed, dirty clothes on and never washed her coat. Her mental health was bad back then so I get it now as an adult but even so you have to always think of the impact on your children first. Idk if you seen it but someone else made a thread the other day about being embarrassed of their mums lack of effort into her appearance and I felt so sad to think id never related to something so specific so hard in my life.

M&S pjs the rest of us are in Shein or Temu 😵‍💫