clothing allowance for teen?

[Hattifattner]

Do any of you have a clothing allowance for your teens? On top of phones and pocket money? If so, how much would be reasonable?

I currently give me DD £400pa for clothing - excluding school clothes and occasion wear (like prom dresses) and sportswear for her hobby. I will also typically buy her one or two items for christmas or birthdays from her favourite store.

The £400 is split as £150 summer, £250 winter. Last year I just acted as the credit card, letting her choose herself and just being there to pay. I try to allow her to choose from whatever shop she wants but within a realistic budget - so if she wants a hollister hoodie, she might need to buy primark jeans. Last year I insisted that she bought certain items, so she could get an idea that she couldn't spend the whole amount on shoes and bikinis and bras.......

This year I want to step away and just give her the cash, with a view to her learning how to budget (and also, if I'm honest, I am tired of her constant gimme gimme gimme for clothing she will never wear.)

She is 15 but doesn't really socialise. SHe lives in leggings or jeans.

So question is: if you have an allocated amount for clothing, how much is it, how do you work it?

Yes, but nowhere near as much. I gave them £100 each in the summer and the same again at half term for winter. I buy required school uniform and did take elder dd shopping and gave her £50 as she's at university now (still at home though)

And they get £50/month allowance. Dd2 also gets a tuck box each half term as she boards

D's1 earned his own money from the age of 14 and we have him £20 a week pocket money so I can't remember the last thing he asked for. He is 22 now though.
Ds2 has been getting £20 a week pocket money since he was 11. I just buy him clothes and shoes when he wants them really. Although I give £500 in the spring and the same at winter for clothes. He does a lot of outdoor stuff so it tends to go on snowboarding clothes or hiking wear!

How do clothing allowances work if you have 2 DC with very different tastes?

DD would happily buy new clothes every week (her shops of choice are H&M and New Look, so at least she has cheapish tastes) ... whereas DS has about 6 Tshirts and 3 pairs of trousers, all from supermarkets, and absolutely no interest in clothes at all.

RedSky

for us it wasn't what they spent the money on, but that they learned how to manage it.
Does your ds have a phone contract he can contribute too? Would he buy console games?
He may decide to do something completely different.

My ds1 saved some of his, paid for his own entertainment, bus to school, phone contract . Ds2 squandered his, but had the same things to pay for.
We have just started with dd in September and she is doing well, has spent about £80 out of the £120 she has been paid. She pays £5 towards phone, all clothes, snacks, toiletries, B'day and xmas presents.

Once the cb has stopped ours are on their own, but in fairness they don't need pocket money in their twenties, they should be working or managing their own student maintenance.

I got £30/month 10 years ago.
I also had a p/t job so that helped though. I didn't have to buy school uniform but pretty much everything else.
I wasn't particularly into clothes tbh, but do remember saving for a year to buy a musical instrument (£400).
I used to get clothes for christmas and birthdays too.