How much do you spend on your childrens clothes?

purpleprincess

Spendless wrote: »

Not a great deal tbh especially not on the eldest who is almost 12. He lives in jogging bottoms and the majority of tops are passed on by friends who have boys older than me. I heard the superdry brand being mentioned on here before xmas and I'd never heard of it, and I guess neither has ds cos he walked straight past their shop when we went to a big shopping mall. He wanted to head to GAME though.:D

DD who is 9 at end of next month is obsessed with dresses the longer the better and as I'm not passing on to a younger sibling I let her get whatever cheap rubbish that'll last a season.

You have a Superdry shop? I think my 13yr old would hyperventilate with excitement!!

He is currently lusting after a certain Hugo Boss suit costing £500 and a watch at £400. That's an awful lot of chimneys! :rotfl:

Threebabes

I have 3 kids, 8, nearly 12 and 16. We spend about £100 a month on clothing for the 3 of them. DS 16 got some stuff in the Next sale superdry tshirts etc half price in January, so he is fine for now. We do spend on top of this £100. DD is nearly 12 got a barbour jacket for school, DS got a superdry coat for school. DS its more quality than quantity. We don't have fancy holidays, drink or smoke, so we are happy to spend our money on the kids. They choose their own clothes.

FatVonD

My DS is 14 and doesn't have loads of clothes because most of the time he's in school uniform anyway. He has 3 pairs of differently coloured skinny jeans and probably about 10 T-shirts. The jeans were from Primark (2 pairs) and H&M. The T-shirts are mostly from H&M. I do buy him Vans footwear but only from the sale rack when they're reduced to £20-£30 per pair. He has a lovely Jasper Conran coat bought at 70% off in the Debenhams sale last year (thankyou MSE!) but mostly wears a fleece-lined hoody we gave him for Christmas that was reduced to £35 in Burton.

He's not remotely interested in Jack Wills/Superdry (thank the Lord!) as he's a bit more alternative but my stepdaughter loves Hollister so we've not been completely spared shelling out a fortune for overpriced stuff (but that tends to be for birthdays etc)!

Spendless

purpleprincess wrote: »

You have a Superdry shop? I think my 13yr old would hyperventilate with excitement!!

He is currently lusting after a certain Hugo Boss suit costing £500 and a watch at £400. That's an awful lot of chimneys! :rotfl:

No the nearest big shopping mall with free parking outside does, if you see where I mean.;) I'd never heard of it, till it started being mentioned on threads suggesting ideas for 11yo+ kids for christmas, so I googled what it was and then came across the shop whilst shopping with DS. I purposely watched to see what had happened to see wondering if it was just me, and DS knew all about it, he walked straight past and said 'can we go to GAME mum?'

Taadaa

I don't spend that much really. My son got a new pair of shoes last month, 45 quid as the little so and so is now a whopping size 9 at 13!! I get him a lot of stuff from Sports Direct.

He isn't the type to be looking for branded clothing generally. I bought him a Gap fleece once, he never wore it. So maybe you should ask what they want to wear, because no matter what you spend if they don't want to wear it, it's money down the drain.

FBaby

rachbc wrote: »

my daughter is only 5 - she's not a reflection of me - she's a reflection of her - she chooses her own clothes and rarely matches and can often be found raiding the bags of too small favourite things before I sneak them to the charity shop or out of season things. She spent 6 weeks wearing a swimsuit over her clothes!

Or perhaps that does reflect me - it reflects that I let her be herslef and don't care what people think!

I totally agree with this. When I see kids, dressed head to toes like their mum, I just find it so sad. All I can think off is that they are treated like dolls, with mum getting her own enjoyment in dressing them.

I also find it sad when I read debt free diaries with large credit cards from Next and the like, seeing that people are prepared to put themselves into debts just to look good.

I only buy my kids' clothes when on sale and even then, it is from places like MCo, Tesco, Sportsdirect and the like. M&S do have great sales and their clothes is good quality. I have got great things from charity shops. The rest, they get as birthday and christmas presents.

Sometimes my kids wear clothes too small. I tell them it is and suggest they get changed, but if they don't, that's their choice. If people want to judge them on their clothes rather than who they are, their problem. I teach my kids that what's inside is a lot more important than what they try to pretend to be by the way they look.

onlyroz

Northern_Princess wrote: »

It's completely different now though at £80 - £120 for a pair of jeans I probably spend £250 a month these days.

Did I read that right? :eek: £250 a month on clothes for your daughter?????

My own daughter has just spent the weekend wearing a dress I bought her for halloween for £4 from Tesco. If she had her way she would sleep in it too...

I don't have a set monthly budget - I tend to go on a splurge once or twice a year, usually in Pumpkin Patch, to buy seasonal things to replace stuff that has worn out or been outgrown. I've managed to get away without buying new winter coats this winter because the ones from last year still fit - although they're getting a bit worse for wear now...

BrandNewDay

silvermist05 wrote: »

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place but I wasn't sure where to post.

I'm just curious as to how much people spend on their childrens clothes monthly/annually or seasonaly.
The reason I ask is I have 3 children, 2 girls age 6 and 7 and a teenage son and I hardly ever buy them clothes everything they have is handme downs or gifts because of this they have nothing fashionable or clothes that match, I have decided this year I need to invest in smartening them up especially the teenager but have no idea how much to budget.
any advice would be much appreciated.

I can't tell you how much to spend, but I can say that I think you're doing a good thing. My mother was very thrifty and didn't see the point of spending money on kids' clothes. Everything was from Goodwill (and, back in the 70's, charity shops weren't as full of cool stuff as they are today. These were dreadful, ugly things.) I got teased a lot.

You can make your kids look cute with clothes from Asda, Primark, and charity shops. Ask the teenager what matters to him so you can focus your funds on the items that mean the most. It could be cool trainers. When I was a kid, it was Nike trainers, "designer" jeans, and polo shirts.

DaisyFlower

DS is an only child so no hand me downs but to be honest that would be the same if we had more then one. My little sister hated never having nothing new and really resented the fact growing up and felt second best. As soon as I was earning, i spoilt her rotten

I tend to buy twice a year in bulk and then pick up any bits during the year i think he'll like or if he grows inbetween (rare). It seems a lot in one go but its easier to do it in one order.

dizziblonde

Northern_Princess wrote: »

DD is an odd shape for jeans fitting properly. We have tried Topshop and many other stores (Matalan, Primark, Asda, Tesco, Internacionale etc) but they all literally hang off her waist and hips but fit on the bum Think JLo :eek:

Used to be the sort of problem I had as a teenager (before I got old and fat and pregnant) - I've got a tiny waist in proportion to the rest of me. Best thing we found was one fit of Gap jeans that we used to get a friend who travelled to the States on business fairly regularly to stock us up on cheaper than over here!