What clothes do your Ds's age around 9 wear?

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Am probably going to be flamed here but I took DS age 7 but size of a 9 year old to the cinema yesterday and realised that compared to most of the kids we saw he is not as "trendy" as they are. I have terribly memories of being made to wear "odd" clothes when I was about 9 or 10 and do not want DS to have to suffer ridicule like I did. Trouble is I really don't know what to buy for him plus I am a student and on a tight budget so many of the brand names these kids were wearing may be out of my reach financially.

So, what do your DS's of this age wear and aside from ebay does anyone know of any other second hand online stores where I may be able to snap up a bargain?

Thanks!

He's probably not that "odd" looking - I think it's less harsh in the world of boys.

Mine wears Gap, or Gap-lookee-likees. I attempted to "trendy" him up a bit a while back with skinny black jeans but it's still mainly casual jeans, t-shirt and some sort of zippy, jersey thing.

All of the above fill the racks of second-hand shops and haven't changed (to my eye) over the last decade.

I don't know about on-line second-hand.

I think girls historically give each other a hard time about clothes (sigh) and possibly if you met up with other girls you were at school with, they'd have similar memories. I reckon it's less about the clothes, per se, than group/power stuff (double sigh). So I think you might be safe worrying a bit less about this. Ime (I have one of both) it just doesn't seem to happen with the boys. Yet, anyway. Good luck with the studenting.

Ah thanks Cherryblossoms. I know he is only 7 but he is a lot bigger than he should be - in all probability these kids were a lot older than him, but they all seemed to be wearing Henley / Mackenzie / Bench type stuff that costs a fortune.

At the moment Ds tends to wear Gap style jeans, T shirts, lots of stripes for some reason and the odd footie t shirt. He isn't all that bothered really about fashion though I still have those horrible memories. Perhaps you are right and it is a girl thing. I just don't want DS to remember his fashion disasters in quite the same way I did

And still bits of surf/skatewear (eg Quiksilver) too. It doesn't seem to change, so if you come a t-shirt or a hoodie v. cheap in a second-hand shop, it might be worth picking up.

X-post there.

We're not exactly cutting-edge but i thought "gap" was pretty much the universal pass-key! Sounds like you're unfortunate in living in a little pool of youth-fashionable-ness!

DS is 7 (but wears age 9 clothes) and still likes the odd character t-shirt, his favourite at the moment is a Mario Kart one from Next.
He wears denim shorts a lot in the summer with different t-shirts.
I have got him a couple Quicksilver top in the sales, but he is not bothered about it.
I also recently got him a nice Fat Face shirt from e-bay at £4.99 (inc postage)
TKMaxx has some good bits too.

I went to Quicksilver yesterday and was at the price of everything. I actually meant to go to TK Maxx today but got caught up with studying instead. Will have to go next week instead. I think I saw some Qucksilver stuff last time I went Cherryblossoms but didn't buy it. Don't think I realised how expensive it is from the actual shop itself!

Is it just me Blametheparents or are age 7 clothes too bloody small these days? If clothes fit DS round the waist they are ankle swingers and if they fit at the leg then they fall down at the waist!

DS is tall but pretty skinny. I tend to find that trousers just fall off him if they are ok in the leg length. I like the summer when he can wear shorts! I have bought him a nice belt (again from Fat face, I am a fan!) and that helps.
Tops are not so much of an issue, and age 9 in M&S is ok on him so I compare to that.
He has a nice tshirt from Zara that I got recently, they had quite a few noce ones at around £7.99 I seem to remember

my ds is 9 and Tesco jeans look nice on him - he is very slim, but the waists can be made smaller. He will wear a t shirt of a plain colour, and a hoody top if cold. But what he does adore is his scarf round his neck, and his baseball boots!

ds7 loves his England footie top, and trackie bottoms, and ds14 is just the same, but he always looks like a scruff and that he hasn't bothered at all!

Oooh - forgot about Zara. And I have one near me too! May have to pay them a visit soon! Thanks for the heads up Blametheparents

this company are good for cheap brand names.
My DS2 is 9 and not bothered what he wears yet.

Totoise - thank you so much . That is just what I am looking for

Oh, and accessories ideas too! Thanks Mooseloose!

Ds1 is 8 and tends to wear the first four things that fall out of his cupboard... He is not remotely bothered about labels (he got given two v nice Timberland t-shirts for his b'day in Jan and one of them still has the tags on) but likes nice patterns and fun designs, so I always look in the Boden sale, John Lewis, Zara, Hennes, plus you can get the odd thing at Primark that is not all camouflage or Sk8 stuff. He is my eldest, so no hand me downs, but I have been lucky to find Gap and Hennes stuff in charity shops near here, and Ebay is great for "smart" shirts that have only been worn a few times - I got a fab French Connection one there a couple of years ago. I think the boys his age who do wear more trendy stuff are just refelcting their parents' preferences, so I wouldn't worry about your ds feeling hard done by - you can look super cool without being head to toe in labels. I am always pretty proud of how ds1 looks, even when it is from charity - although he's recently had a growth spurt so I am seeing a lot of bare ankle and wrists in his fave outfits, sigh. Am hoping he's got a few more years to go before I HAVE to buy him Jack Wills, or whatever.

We try and trendy my DSS (10) up whenever we can - he has turned up at ours with cut off white shorts (the ones that end mid-calf), nasty white & blue trainers and a chelsea football top (cringe).

He looks so cool in cutoff jeans, or combats, t-shirts and a FatFace jumper or similar. We bought him baseball boots and they look fantastic !

At that age they don't really have any idea of cool (or at least he certainly doesn't). I'm very anti-sports wear for anything other than sports and think football tops are just hideous and should be worn for playing football only !

I dont think boys are really that bothered.

My DS wears all sorts M&S, Gap, Tescos ... anything except football shirts !

Funnily enough he has got a fondness for checked shirts and I've mangaged to get a couple of Gant and Tommy from the clearance section of TKMaxx for £4 or so.

Cant abide Bench stuff.... it looks really common imo

Have you seen the price of Jack Wills Wilbur ?

I nearly fainted when I saw the price tag ...

Galava - I know - dh was given one of their shirts for a b'day and I had to return it for a different size. I mean, nice shirt but . My sister's neighbour has three teenage daughters and they seem to live in it.