Clothing budget for teenagers

[jamamas]

Hi,

Really interested in how you budget clothing for teenagers?

Many thanks

DD (who is 14) gets £40 a month from
which she can buy clothes she wants.

I buy school uniform, a waterproof coat, & other essential items like wellies, a practical pair of trainers, that sort of thing - about to get her walking boots for D of E/Ten Tors.

the £40 is supposed to cover anything else too! Going out with friends, things she wants in the shops etc.

Thank you very much for your reply - it's really helpful. Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. It was along the lines of what I was contemplating!
Many thanks again

DD is 15 and doesn't have a budget. We buy what we deem necessary: proper coats, basic amounts of jeans, leggings, trainers, tops and jumpers (and all the other bits) and all items related to hobbies.
When DD is out with friends she sometimes buy a top or jeans from the pocket money she gets for stuff she deems a necessity but we don't.

DS is 16. I buy what he needs, he has no interest in shopping or brands.

We've always just bought our DC what they needed and wanted (within reason)

MN once told me, after I'd started a thread I should give DD a clothing allowance. I worked out we spend £2000 pa in non essential items for her, so £166 pm. I wasn't comfortable with giving DD that much money to spend how she likes. I'd rather educate her in how to spend that money wisely.

But if you're happy to just hand over money to a teen, then I think £150 pm.

Depends where they shop. My 15yo will shop in Hennes which isn't too expensive but also like UO which is £40ish for a jumper and £70 for trousers so it's a balance. As she didn't really grow and need more stuff in terms of growing out what she has I have her £100 for UO and will get her some jeans from Hennes probably. Anything else on top she will probably get with pocket Monday. She often orders from SHEIN.

£150 is a tenth of what I take home 😲

£150 a month!!!!! 😯😯😯

£150 pcm sounds really high. £40 here plus shoes (infrequently) and coat (never).

I wouldn't spend anywhere near £150 a month. Some of DS's favorite clothes are second hand.

DD17, is at college and her pt job covers her bus, lunches etc, clothing is separate, probably about £150/200pm, she tends to mainly shop online so pops things in a basket and shows me to entice ££ from me 🤣

That is a ridiculous amount!

I feel like I should apologise I was too quick to respond. Dh has just reminded me he gives ds 16 £30 per week so really that isnt much difference.

My 15yr old daughter has a £50 monthly allowance from us. She also has a Saturday job which she earns £30 p/w from.
We buy essentials and pay for her phone, anything else she wants comes out of her own money.

Same as this for us too.

We don't give her pocket money but her grandma gives her 20 quid a month. And then she saves her Christmas and birthday money to spend on things that we don't deem necessary.

£150 does indeed sound a lot, but if you include things like bras and PJs, swimming costumes, thermals, outfits for special
occasions, those things add up. I have the same clothes for years, but teens, annoying, constantly grow.

If parents are buying all the essentials then what ever you give to teens to clothe themselves is really just more pocket money. DS would have just bought bike parts with the money , rather than own a sweatshirt. DD will spend her pocket money in vintage clothes shops on things she doesn't need anyway. She's planning on spending the money she earns during half term on a North Face jacket. Last year I gave her £70 towards a coat and told her if she wanted a more expensive one she have to pay the rest.

I want to correct my first post on this thread - I said we spend £2000pa on non- essential items for DD. I should have said all clothing Not sure why I said that! Sorry!

I buy my 15 year old clothes as required but she is not that bothered about fashion. I try not to spend a lot as she is very fussy so I might buy something she has asked for and she decides she doesn’t like it after a couple of wears.

I did buy her Nike trainers to go back to school and she wanted crocs for the summer, both of which were expensive.

I am thinking of giving her an allowance when she is 16.

No budget, just buy what she needs. Sometimes it’s not necessary need but want, but she doesn’t do this often so I let her do these orders a few times a year. Only Shein so not mega expensive