Clothes shopping for 9 year old...?

Mrs_Arcanum

I understand where the OP is coming from. DD (now 15) hates pink and has done since age 7, yet this often seems to be the only choice in the major supermarkets apart from the odd one or two items.

Verbaudet & La Redoute were life savers back then. Thankfully we now have H&M.

Spendless

Nicki wrote: »

So where are all these 10 year old slappers then? I only ask because my DS is 11 and my DD is 10 so I have a lot of contact with children this age, whose parents, like me, buy their clothes in regular high street stores, and none of them look like "scaled down little tarts" or girls out on the pull on a Saturday night.

I can only think of one child who looks even remotely trampy who is in my DS's class at school, and she wears tracksuit bottoms and t shirts to school, but eye make up and bright red lipstick hence the look.

I really think some of you need to lighten up a bit, and realise you are making very nasty commented about the clothes most girls this age in the country are wearing at the moment. If you think that everything looks tarty when you see it on the hanger, you are clearly projecting some issues of your own, because as I say the vast majority of KS2 girls I see IRL look like errrrr 10 or 11 year old girls, nothing more!

I never said I saw kids looking like slappers, I said the clothes aimed at this age group look like it. I cannot shop in 1 shop for my 8yo and haven't been able to for the past 2 years to buy a full wardrobe. Maybe I could if I was living within a finger tips reach of London or another large city.

An example of something I think looks like a mini version of somethign worn on a Saturday night out is this skirt.

http://www.next.co.uk/x48638s1

Other than perhaps a school disco I couldn't think of anywhere I'd send my DD out in it, it's not really practical for the climbing frame in the park.

Nicki

That skirt is bonkers I agree

But your link was also useful and illustrates my point I think, because just about every other outfit in the next collection (with the possible exception of the winter shorts) was perfectly normal acceptable clothing for a 10 year old. Not tight, tarty, neon pink, overly glittery or any of the other criticisms which a number of posters on this thread have said is all that is available in any high street shop.

I don't know about bestpud but I could certainly buy everything my DD needs for autumn and winter just from that collection without feeling like she was inappropriately or impractically dressed in any way. My DD is profoundly autistic by the way and also can't tolerate scratchy uncomfortable clothes, but very few of what is shown there would cause her a problem.

My experience is that places like Debenhams, h and m and Gap all tend to have clothes similar to this. If we agree that the clothes on that website don't make your 10 year olds look like tarts, then none of these shops will either. I'm now interested to know which high street shops though do carry clothes like that as their main offerings, as I've never come across any of them.

3onitsway

Tammy Girl (BHS) freaks me out a bit ! http://www.bhs.co.uk/mall/departmentpage.cfm/bhsstore/114764/1/1 most of these dresses are available from age 8.

For my 10 year old DD, we mostly go to Asda, Tesco, Matalan and Peacocks. She loves Primark for jeans, t'shirts and cardis because she can get loads for her money. I find Asda have a lot more for older children online than they do in store.

My problem is my 14yo DS. Most of the supermarkets & next etc finish at age 13/14. But if you get small Mens sizes, they're too big.

JBD

3onitsway wrote: »

My problem is my 14yo DS. Most of the supermarkets & next etc finish at age 13/14. But if you get small Mens sizes, they're too big.

I have a 14 year old son. I find Peacocks is quite good. For trousers age 14 -15 fits him. For tops I buy small mens [he is 5' 7'', normal weight]. Also TopMan has a reputation for very small sizing.

3onitsway

JBD wrote: »

I have a 14 year old son. I find Peacocks is quite good. For trousers age 14 -15 fits him. For tops I buy small mens [he is 5' 7'', normal weight]. Also TopMan has a reputation for very small sizing.

I could only find 13-14 in my peacocks, and it looked small.

Mine is also 5'7, and 9st, so quite lanky. I'll have a look at Topman - thank you.
Primark do some bits in XS Mens, but not a lot.

bestpud

Nicki wrote: »

That skirt is bonkers I agree

But your link was also useful and illustrates my point I think, because just about every other outfit in the next collection (with the possible exception of the winter shorts) was perfectly normal acceptable clothing for a 10 year old. Not tight, tarty, neon pink, overly glittery or any of the other criticisms which a number of posters on this thread have said is all that is available in any high street shop.

I don't know about bestpud but I could certainly buy everything my DD needs for autumn and winter just from that collection without feeling like she was inappropriately or impractically dressed in any way. My DD is profoundly autistic by the way and also can't tolerate scratchy uncomfortable clothes, but very few of what is shown there would cause her a problem.

My experience is that places like Debenhams, h and m and Gap all tend to have clothes similar to this. If we agree that the clothes on that website don't make your 10 year olds look like tarts, then none of these shops will either. I'm now interested to know which high street shops though do carry clothes like that as their main offerings, as I've never come across any of them.

I like some of the outfits in the autumn style section a lot. We have a very limited range in my local Next and I am definitely going to visit a bigger store with dd.

I don't like the animal print clothes tbh and I'm thankful dd doesn't either - I think they look cheap on adults and worse still on children but that's obviously my opinion.

Really though, I am looking for more basic than most of those are. For DD, most of those clothes would be for going out rather than day to day wear. She is far too keen on climbing/digging/rolling around/falling over! I love those spotty tights but she can't keep tights as she falls over and takes the knees out in no time.

I've given up on the idea of kitting dd out in one shop - I guess I just need to write a list and shop around.

As said a while ago, every family is different.

chanie

I don't have a daughter, but I know the following shops have a childrens range:

H & M
New Look
Zara
River Island
Primark

What about places likes Debenhams - espeically when they have their sales on.

delain

bestpud wrote: »

I like some of the outfits in the autumn style section a lot. We have a very limited range in my local Next and I am definitely going to visit a bigger store with dd.

I don't like the animal print clothes tbh and I'm thankful dd doesn't either - I think they look cheap on adults and worse still on children but that's obviously my opinion.

Really though, I am looking for more basic than most of those are. For DD, most of those clothes would be for going out rather than day to day wear. She is far too keen on climbing/digging/rolling around/falling over! I love those spotty tights but she can't keep tights as she falls over and takes the knees out in no time.

I've given up on the idea of kitting dd out in one shop - I guess I just need to write a list and shop around.

As said a while ago, every family is different.

My Ex Mil has shocking taste in clothes, I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't think leopard print legings are appropriate for a 6 year old.

She has kept clothes at her house for them and bought them all over once (by which point they were all too small - she said it would be a 'shame for them not to wear them' and by the size they'd have been small for a while, and I always sent them nicely dressed :think: it included a zebra print top and leopard print leggings, apparently to be worn together according to DD1 :eek: a whole array of combinations only a colour blind person could choose... Oh and matching white dungarees with ar*e crack shorts (hotpants, basically) in at least one size too small so the straps were really long and the shorts were hoiked right up.... They looked like they were auditioning for the Village People :eek::eek::eek:

kimberley111

Try new look they have some lovely simple cheap clothes for girls,my dd is 9 too and we usually shop in h&m and new look.