DD winter clothing budget

[champagnetruffleshuffle]

DD 16 is starting 6th form college next month. Instead of a monthly allowance, that might get swallowed into social life etc, I want to give her a lump sum to buy winter clothes. I'm thinking we agree the main clothing and footwear she needs and I give her enough to cover these. I'm hoping she will then use the budget wisely and make it stretch to more if she wants it to, teaching her to be a bit savvy with money. I'm planning to do this twice a year going forward; for summer and winter. Has anyone else done clothing allowance like this and if so, how much do you budget? Thanks!

I've given my daughter £300 to buy new college clothes for autumn term. This doesnt include shoes or coat which i will pay for separately

Thank you. I was thinking around that amount too. She's got coats, just wants to get more fashionable clothes now she's out of uniform.

Does anyone else have any input?🙏

I would consider you usually are willing to pay for basics. How much do you usually pay for say underwear for her or T-shirts. How much per pair shoes?

Then multiply by average new amount needed per year. Ie 10 pairs underwear, 5 T-shirt, 3 jumpers, 2 pairs shoes. If she’s still growing them more if she’s actually outgrowing items.

That a good thought, thanks. I hope she's stopped growing, she's already 2 inches taller than me!😆

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Calculate how much you spent on her last year and that will give you an idea. What one family spends on clothes is very different to another.

MN advised me to give my DD a clothing allowance - I worked out how much we spent on her over all and it was £££££.

It depends how sensible she is, at 16 I could be more than trusted to budget and plan what I needed to buy. I was happy with new look, h&m and the like.

My ds who admittedly is slightly younger, would blow the £300 on a single designer jumper and have nothing else to wear all winter.

I'm scared to check last year's lol! But good advice.

She is fairly sensible, she loves urban outfitters but will trawl vinted and the like for bargains!

I remember my mum did similar for me and I think she gave me about £350 to get a coat, 2 x jeans, winter boots and then various tops and jumpers etc.

I also remember blowing loads of that on a pair of Dr Martens and having to go re adjust the budget for other things!

Sounds like the kind of thing I would have done. The readjusting is learning though lol!

@champagnetruffleshuffle - my Dd is also 16 and we’ve had exactly the same dilemma going into 6th form. As pp I said £300 for clothes to go back and then we’d review again in the spring.
So far she’s bought a pair of black jeans in the vintage shop for £25, a North face fleece for £40, 2 tops and some cords in Urban for £110 to add to her current wardrobe. She’s got a decent coat and a couple of pairs of trainers already. The rest she’s going to wait until half term when more winter stuff will be in the shops. Tbh there’s very few shops for that age group and most seem to shop in Vintage or Urban - the latter being quite pricey so not much for the money. I’m expecting to have to top up the budget again then.

Thank you Nearly. I agree, not many other shops she's interested in.

How do you sort the money? Do you put it into their bank account? And if so, how do you keep a check on what they've bought? I'm thinking that's the easiest way but money burns a hole in my daughter's pocket and I'm not sure how we'd go forward if she rinses it on other things. I'll have to dig deep to get the budget together, there won't be more available.

If you want to guarantee she won’t spend it on the wrong things then why don’t you go shopping with her in person and then tell her to pick shoes, pants, jumpers, tops, whatever, tell her your total budget is £300 max, she can count right

I paid $100 toward all my DDs' clothing budget when they were about to enter high school (age 14, in the US). They contributed whatever amount above that that their clothes cost. After that initial contribution they bought their own clothes as they all had babysitting gigs, and part time jobs after age 16. I'm a big believer in teens having part time jobs.

If your daughter is the 'last of the big spenders', I recommend she gets a job, which will help her realise how much work it takes to make what she's spending.

@champagnetruffleshuffle Ive given her the money as she’s found things she wants to buy so it doesn’t get ‘lost’ in her bank account so to speak.

As pp Dd also has a job so happily buys anything else she wants, which is why I specifically transferred the money as she chose items so she’s aware exactly what I’ve contributed.

If she likes urban make sure she is on the mailing list. I have my DD £300 for 6th form clothes and it was all
Spent in urban. Between sale prices though and all the x% off emails I get though she actually got a lot for the money.