Age appropriate girls clothes (and blazing rows!)

arthur_dent_2

Fortunately my girls will wear any style of clothing that I want them too (usually jeans and a tshirt, sometimes skirt and tights with tshirt). However it has to be pink or sparkly. I am not looking forward to high heel days, but as I am a DMs girl, perhaps they will just go with those or converse.

ailuro2

My DD is 10 later this month, and, thankfully, I have mostly managed to steer her clear of Bratz type clothes. All her T shirts have shoulders in them apart from the ones that are worn under jackets - she has grown up being told the sun shouldn't get to delicate skin there to burn it.:D She does have some skirts that are short, but they are the ones that are always worn with woolly tights. The good thing is, she doesn't realise it's being done (yet) I struggled to find shorts that were bigger than pants last summer, and she ended up with cropped trousers instead, as no-one seems to make bermuda type shorts for kids anymore. Just p*ssycat doll type ones.:rolleyes:

At her school disco last week many of her classmates (all younger than DD, she is the oldest in her class) had high heeled shoes and sandals, mostly in black patent, some with lacy tights/fishnets. Most had make-up on too, and had handbags to match their shoes. My DD went in a groovy T shirt over another one, one of this season's fashions, and a pair of trousers and a pair of Clark's sandals she bought herself in the sale for a fiver.The outift was very pretty, but not particularly grown up, so she was allowed to wear make up (applied by me, of course) to blend in with her friends, it seems to be more important at a younger age these days to blend in with the rest of the [strike]sheep[/strike] kids.It's only school discos or family parties she's allowed make up for. Don't get me started on primary school kids whosemothers dye their hair.:eek:



I know it might seem over the top by some people that I keep our daughter dressed like a 9 year old instead of a 19 year old, but sadly I know (from a family member's experience) that paedophiles come in all shapes and sizes and you never ever know who is looking at your kids in the wrong way.

arthur_dent_2

I agree with all that you have just said. I think a lot of the problem (leaving aside the media) is as you say that all the kids are sheep nowdays. Schools try and extract every ounce of individuality out of you and keeping up with the jones' or school mums as they are otherwise known, takes the rest. several girls in my DD's class are obsessed with making sure that they have the latest lunchbag, posh shoes, hair accesories. If you don't have a High School Musical PE bag then they feel like they are lesser in some way. DD does have a hsm pe bag , but only cause it was a freebie.

MrsE_2

funky-footprints wrote: »

boys are so much easier to dress than girls !! my son is a sports nerd so he lives in shorts, trackie bottoms, rugby socks and t-shirts, at 7 i know that is all he will ever wear !!

My 5 year old already has some ideas over what she would like to wear but while i am buying her clothes she can 'choose' what is in her wardrobe and that is it !

pp ..Oilily is vey very expensive, my daughter has one oilily dress a year for parties !

Wow, its still going:j
It was so cute:D

aliasojo

I'm glad to see so many of you agreeing with me.....I just wish you were all in my circle in the real world.

I think my daughter must just have had a 'bloody minded' moment yesterday just for the sake of it, as we had a chat last night and she admitted she didn't actually like her friend's boots and wouldn't wear them even if I bought them. :rolleyes:

Later on in the evening she also overheard her 19 yr old brother commenting on what a sight her friend was and her Mother should be shot for not caring enough to stop her dressing like a pro. That made for an interesting conversation, I tell you.

Anyway, I've told her I will NEVER consider buying.....high heels/'bum' shorts/fishnet tights/strappy low cut tops/anything playboy/tiny mini skirts/'proper' make-up (till she's older.....her friend wears it now) and clothes with sexy slogans on them. I also pointed out I may add to the list at a later date.

I did say that I would consider almost anything else and if she saw something in particular she could talk to me about it but that there was no guarantee she'd get it.

So.....issue number 365 seems to have been settled, for a while at least. Roll on hormones! :rotfl:

Cerisa

New Look's good. They do a kids range and they are quite good at adapting fashionable, adult clothes to be appropriate for kids - higher necklines, longer hemlines, slightly more shapeless etc.

something like this would be good:

http://www.newlook.co.uk/navigation/ProductZoom.aspx?oid=152309109

it's a fashionable print and shape, but comes up to the neck and down to the hips

3onitsway

I'm dreading this! DD is only 8 and the only problem I have with her clothing is that she's a scruff!!!

At the weekend, if we're not doing anything special she's can choose her own clothes, which is normally the oldest t-shirt she owns, with the oldest tracksuit bottoms she owns!!

I dare I suggest we buy her a nice dress or something nice for a party - she looks at me like i'm mad for suggesting she might want to dress like a girl!

Oh well, i'll enjoy these next few years til the hormones kick in!!

MrsE_2

Found Oilily they still make it!!!!!

http://www.panachekids.co.uk/Oilily-/c-1-144/

Just remembered the other brand Naf Naf (I used to go all the way to the Kings Road for that) I used to love dressing her up when she was a little girl:happylove

Anyone remember that?

http://www.achildscloset.com/nafnaf.aspx

AH & Chipie

http://www.trendytogs.com/product_p/girlsshirts0324.htm

I'm taking a trip down memory lane.....

MrsE_2

http://www.tiny-labels.co.uk/index.htm

Cute

xmaslolly76

I'm really lucky with this my DD (10yrs) is very good at putting outfits together sometimes putting me to shame, she does seem to go for the more classical look thank god rather than the out and out tart. she did make a fuss in the summer about heels and a bikini which i was dead set against but i eventually compromised with and let her have some strappy small heel sandles for special nights out and a tankini. Why on earth do girls want to wear string bikinis anyway especially to the local pool.

I find if she wants something its normally a spur of the moment thing and if i suggest other ways of wearing it with different items she will normally see the light. I have found that certain items worn one way will look tarty but the same item worn another way will look cool to her and cute to me.

Its so sad that gone are the days when i could dress her like my little princess :-)