what?? you don't buy your kids character clothing? not ever??

[nappyaddict]

but they love it!!

i can understand not wanting them dressed head to toe in the stuff but do you not even buy small items like wellies, slippers, trainers, dressing gowns, swimwear, socks, pants, vests etc with them on??

bizarre!!

I don't think it's bizarre not to. I personally don't want my DS to be a walking billboard for some company.

DS has a spiderman hat and superman pjs. Other than that, nothing.

And he's never owned a pair of slippers or a dressing gown in his life.

ds loves character stuff

i drew the line at a spiderman coat though.

Similar to an adult buying designer gear imo..they like to look cool

speaking as someone without any designer gear btw

beansmum, DS always comes shopping with me for his clothes, and has never requested any character stuff, apart from the spiderman hat. He has good taste

I'm quite tempted by teh Mr Men stuff. But that's different. They are literary characters, not common as much TV ones

Common as muck [rolls eyes at self]

this is our car..ds loves it!

DS 1 has Dr who pjs
DS2 has a Ben 10 t shirt, he and his freinds are Ben 10 mad. Which is strange as he doesn't actullay wathch it!!

There's a nice retro looking Peanuts one in Next. For ladies. I want it.

I'm wary of character clothing as I can't bear advertising that targets kids. I worry about setting them up for a lifetime of consumerism and brand awareness.

I try to avoid them at all costs but DS does have Postman Pat and Fireman Sam pants which he loves.

Apart from the fact that I find them tacky, they are always made of cheap nylon tat, yuck! Still,they do like them.

It's only pictures from the telly

DD1 wears her bratz high heeled boots and fur lined coat whilst walking down the road with her Greggs Sausage Roll, Cream Slice and Fruit Shoot.

can't see the car.

I know, I just don't like it. I won't let them wear t-shirts with gap written across the front either.

I think adults look even sillier in them. Likewise adults wearing jumpers with Ralph Lauren written across the front or Armani sewn across the arse or their jeans.
But, hey, each to their own!

they don't have character clothes but dress up costumes - like a bride costume, fairy dresses, etc.

but nothing to dress up as, say, Barbie or that.

or worse, clothes like that.

omg, i find it like those adults who wear fleeces with wolves or dogs or eagles on them or that.

DD has quite a few Hello Kitty T-shirts from H&M. I really like the graphic nature of HK, but I guess others find her tacky too.

they have dressings gowns and slippers - it's cold here in this house.

when they want to lounge in their pj's they usually put their dressing gowns on over, as i do.

myredcardigan - so do you not buy them anything with characters on at all? not even pants which quite a few people seem to allow?

no adults in character clothing is WRONG!! i do have a strawberry shortcake, sesame street and superman tshirt though from when i was about 14/15.

My was at maenads, 'lifetime consumerism and brand wareness.' Deep, man,deep.

expat - ah i see so say they might have a princess costume but not a disney princess costume, or a postman outfit but not a postman pat one?

The Hello Kitty from H&M is lovely. The used to do Sarah Kay/ holly Hobby ones as well.

yeah, like that, nappy.

they've never really asked for anything specific - they're 5 and 2.5.

they like to play dress up with my stuff more than anything else.

I know, coco, lovely isn't it! DD's grown out of the Holly Hobby one now, so it's in little frame on her wall-so cute!

Yes, as I said, he has PP and FS pants.