Boys' clothes - too tall for kids jeans, too skinny for adult jeans.

[MrsMuddle]

DS1 is 12, but 5ft 10, and all ribs and legs. Most children's ranges stop at age 14, so the trousers / jeans are too short. Most adult ranges start at waist size 30, so they're miles too wide.

All I want is a decent pair of jeans that will fit him for more than five minutes. He's grown out of H&M, Gap and M&S now. Where else can he get jeans or trousers?
Help!

She used to buy his shoes from specialist shops and they did used to cost a fortune. Mum didn't earn much so it was a bit of a worry for her.

But now it seems loads of places online do cheap shoes - I asked my brother at Christymas 'where the hell do you buy such bloody huge shoes' and he says Barrats are the cheapest (he is a student so money is pretty tight). barratts

It's a sod having big feet - I am a size 9 and it's only lately that you can buy fashionable (ie non orthapeadic looking) shoes in size 9 - thanks god for Faith and New Look!

14 must be mahoosive, the shoes he has now are so big, I could probably stick dd in them to use as a yacht.
Right, starvation it is then

Do Vans trainers come in a 14? (Thinking ahead emoticon)

Size 14 is soooooooo big, double my shoe size. How can I have given birth to someone that big????

Crikey Vans trainers.

My dd (age 12 and size 6 1/2) has some Vans trainers and they are huuuge - they look like a size 9.

God knows what those in size 14 would look like - canoes, probably.

You must be able to get trainers and the like in large size because my brother has always got cool trainers. But he worked in America in the summer so that's probably where he got them from.

I can't get vans in 11 and a half.

I'm sure ds's last pair were Vans

Here www.routeone.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?ProdId=33405&ref=ProductSearch, loads of them!! Well not 11 1/2, but lots of 12's

Aha, yes 12's would probably do. At least till he bloody grows again.

That site seems to stop at a 13........

ebay again - men's trainers size 13.

Not many - but some!

and 14s

(When I said not many for the 13s I thought it was single figures, not 100+!)

TKMaxx sometimes have blokes trainers up to a 14, but it's pot luck when you go in there. (DS takes a 12)

Try the mailorder site www.laredoute.co.uk. Do teenage boys clothes up to 16-18 years. Starting to have same problem with my DD14. She is thin with long legs.

I've just found this thread - a little late I know, but I may just be able to save you! I know what it's like to have boys who are difficult to fit, so I set up a clothing label called Daddy Long Legs. MrsMuddle, you are so right, the kids sizes are too short and the adult sizes are too wide. check out www.daddylonglegs.com.au. We are based in Australia, but can deliver anywhere in the world.

Verbaudet and La Redoute/verbaudet do jeans for up to 18. DS 14 is 5'10 and we get him the 180cm ones, also their adult jeans start from 28inch. Also BHS backflip size upto 16 and fit DS.

There is a shop called Madhouse which sell mens jeans from 28 waist with differents lengths.

I ALSO NEED HELP TOO AS MY MINE IS ONLY 5 AND ALREADY IS IN AGE 9 TROUSERS IM FINDING THAT A LOT OF TROUSERS EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY LOOSE FIT ARE STILL TO TIGHT ON THE WAIST. HAVE TRIED M&S ASDA NEXT AND ZARA.
HELP REQUIRED PLEASE.

sorry to sound harsh but it sounds like he's overweight if he's 5 and loose fit jeans for 9 year olds are too tight

rather than getting ever bigger clothes, more exericse and fewer snacks would be the place to start I'm afraid

ps take your caps lock off when you post - it comes across as if you're shouting and people don't like that!

primark do 28 waist jeans my son has gone from 5ft 18 months ago to 5'10 now just got him new clothes today he had hardly any trousers to fit him hes all leg short body hes also gone from size 5 shoes last january to size 11 now.[jumped to size 10 by easter last year]

DS 14 as he is growing again now same sizes as borderlasses ds I took him shopping in topman and river island last week. River Island not that cheap but I treated him to a really nice pair of jeans.
Topman do jeans from 26inch waist but I don't think they do long fit and River Island start from 28inch waist.

My DP is 22years old and a rake. Size 26/30 waist and 6ft3. River Island, D2 and TX Maxx on occasions are his recommendations. Diesel also do these sizes in some very nice jeans but buying them direct from the company is rather expensive so EBay are very good.

I meant to say size 26/30 waist depending on where the jeans are bought from.

my son is 12 and 5 ft 6 with a waist size of 26 inches and finding a real problem now just to get school trousers im have to buy and then pay again to have them taken in.and its starting to cost to much .yet the goverment are going on about the children today of being obese but yet there making clothes to fit these childen what about the children who are natrually thin ????? . my son also eats man size portions and yet still doesnt put a pound on any ideas were to shop ??

yes look for teenage ranges that go up to an age 16-18. if you dont mind paying out a bit more then abercrombie teen range do up to an 16-18, ds1 brought some 14 in abercrombie the other week and a nice fit on him, baggy round the wasit to show off his pants as he likes them! also hollister do a 28 waist but adult prices as adult brand.
johnnieb (boden teen range) should fit and if he likes skinny jeans and doesnt mind womens ones primark! ds1 has some red primark girls skinny jeans becasue they were tighter than the boys ones, although now prefers lim leg to skinny fit.

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Most of it, anyway.
I have quite a few suitable items from Sainbury Tu collection. John Lewis "long cut" trousers, too, for most recent posters.

GetOrfMoiLand dh has size 15 feet and has just become the proud owner of a pair of Vans, courtesy of Amazon! They are black and actually make his feet look smaller I think. ds (13 and a size 11) approves, so he is delighted as he has lived in Green Flash trainers most of his life. It is so nice that he is finally able to buy some fashionable shoes that don't come from Magnus :)

Sorry OP, highjacked your thread slightly, but ds (13) is 5' 10" and skinny waist. He has found a few pairs of 28" waist jeans (one Superdry pair he got for £20), but will also buy 30" and does the trousers round your ankles look

stel72 m&s and bhs both do school trousers in longer length. bhs's regular length is 32", which was long enough for ds, and the longer length ones were 34".