Six year old lives in Princess dress.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I used to do the shopping accompanied by a tiny mite with dark pigtails tied with red ribbons, her big sister's black T shirts and red/black stripey socks, fingerless gloves and a tutu. Riding a light up scooter. She looked like a miniature Wicked Witch of the East on wheels.


These days, she has her own clothes. They aren't a great deal different. Lots of colours, manga t-shirts, drainpipe jeans. Fishnet gloves. Checked shirts of her own as well as those liberated from her sister's side of the wardrobe when she left home. There may be blue or purple hair this summer when she gets back from holiday. Her nails are usually painted intense colours, but makeup is less frequent. I draw the line at stupid shoes (my pet name for shoes that I would love to wear ), as she can wait until she is a bit older for them. She gets to choose trainers in varied colours and designs as a compromise.


But she isn't an emo. Emos are miserable and cut themselves, according to her. She is a Goth. Which is a constant source of annoyance to her father and stepmother, who prefer her in bright pink jogger ensembles from Primark.



There is absolutely nothing wrong with a child adoring a dress up outfit (or five - little boy next door used to knock to show us his latest - he must have had at least five and probably nearer ten - he looked great and it was always entertaining wondering whether you would open the door to Spiderman, Woody, Buzz Lightyear or a Power Ranger )


Just ignore the mums making stupid comments. Let them wash over you.



Mind you, I'm probably not one to talk - when I was 17, I used to raid my mother's wardrobe for all her 50's and early 60's clothes and wear them with my hair in a loose beehive and cleopatra eyeliner. It's a look that seemed to work for someone else recently - but I did it too!

gingin_2

yellowbear wrote: »

Gingin, how FAB!

Thanks

It's only £12 including p+p from an amazon seller, I highly recommend it to anyone. The quality is very good for that price and they do a monkey and lion as well.

madget_2

How boring those other rude mums must be, OP. I think it's such a delight to see children wearing what is obviously their favourite outfit that they've chosen themselves. Never fails to make me smile.

I just wish that kind of thing had been around when I was a little girl (particularly the fab crocodile). My own outfit of choice between the ages of 3 and 4 was a bikini, huge sombrero and a big pair of black wellies. I wore those everywhere and would have gone to bed in them if I'd have been allowed. I thought I looked smashing. :-)

esmf73

My two boys insist on being little action men / starwars people - complete with the camoflage jumpsuits and light sabres! They wear these all the time, all I do is wash and dry. I don't bother to iron as there are too many pockets - think of the clothes and the money I'm saving - and the grass and mud stains don't show either - yipeeeeeee.

Stuff the other mums - you'd probably not choose to be friends with them anyway.

Ames

This thread has made me giggle.

I love seeing little kids being little kids. I was gobsmacked a while back when I saw a girl of about 6-8 wearing fishnet tights and a mini skirt. That's just following a trend, being a princess (or fireman, or crocodile...) is using imagination.

I'm another who still doesn't 'dress normally'. I love hippy style stuff. At the moment one of my faves is a dress I got in the DP sale for a tenner, reduced from £65. It's probably a 'prom' type dress, long white flock type thing, but I wear it with a cardi and sandals just for everyday stuff. I just see it as a cheap everyday dress.

zoesmummy_2006

my daughter is 5 and today has gone into town pushing her baby in her pram dressed in her ballerina tutu and gold sandals-she looks bloody adorable and the only comments we got were postitive ones!!! we had to catch a bus to my cousins lil girls party few months back and she went dressed as tiana from princess and the frog and we got stopped by about 5 people asking where she had had her dress from and just to say how beautiful she looked!

The cousins girl makes me laugh as she's sooooo 'individual' as we call her, she met us in town a few weeks back dressed in a pink fluffy dressing gown, wellies and sunglasses! she came to my daughters party in a flourescent yellow tutu, tshirt, wellies and one of her dads ties, and just last week when we met them to go to the park she was wearing a mermaid costume and odd shoes!!!!!

I love it, think theres nothing cuter than seeing my little girl (and occasionally her little brother) dressed up in her princess costumes!!! rather she was wearing them than some of the stuff i see girls her age dressed in these days!!!!!!!!!

jamespir

artichoke wrote: »

yep - the white dress and wig - but she has also made an outfit to look like Forest of Endsor - green camo's...

art

do they sell the gold bikini for the mums:D

neverdespairgirl

gingin wrote: »

Thanks

It's only £12 including p+p from an amazon seller, I highly recommend it to anyone. The quality is very good for that price and they do a monkey and lion as well.

I think it's great, but in this weather, she must be boiling!

poly1

My DD now 13 always wore the same dress (cos it was like a princess), a pink one, for years until she really couldn't get into it. I couldn't have given a stuff what others thought, even when it was in tatters (literally) cos it made her happy. Then she turned 9 (I think) and absolutely refused to wear anything pink at all. We did Race for Life this year and she wore a pink tutu, leggins, pink top and fairy wings and pink boppers on her head (even though she HATES pink) and after the race we had to go shopping before we went home and she walked all the way round Asda wearing her costume, she nearly died of embarresment :eek: when we walked in but by the time we walked out she was saying 'what you looking at' to anyone who stared :rotfl: think she suddenly realise it doesn't matter what you look like to anyone!

LadyMorticia

I love how innocent and carefree kids are and how they don't care what anyone thinks of them. I wish that stayed that way forever as they grew up.

Loads of kids have favourite outfits that they insist on wearing. I find it adorable and sweet. Screw what others parents say. At least your daughter is clothed and loved. That can't be said for all kids, unfortunately.