Generous fit high school uniform?

jellyhead

My 11 year old's school is changing the uniform completely - even the trousers have to be a different colour.

I've looked online and sturdykids sell a generous fit blazer for £36.99. It's Trutex. They also sell shirts and trousers.

Has anyone found generous fitting uniform for less? Or the same price, but in a shop we could visit for trying on (we're not into clothes shopping, or any form of shopping really, but could force ourselves towards a shopping centre if we knew what shops to look for).

As long as it's navy we can buy the blazer from anywhere and iron on the badge. I've previously bought trousers from sturdykids, but wondered if a blazer can be bought elsewhere for less.

maman

They have blazers on Tesco website and other uniform stuff to fit up to a 16 year old. You could do click and collect and try them on in store.

Spendless

Next do generous fit uniform, but not sure if they have stock in their stores or if they do blazers. I took my son to Next when he was 11 because he'd started struggling getting trousers past his thighs and the staff measured him and then ordered for me accordingly.

Alternative suggestion, have you looked through the mens ranges instead?

jellyhead

maman wrote: »

They have blazers on Tesco website and other uniform stuff to fit up to a 16 year old. You could do click and collect and try them on in store.

Thanks, but he's too broad for supermarket uniform. He's always needed sturdy fit school trousers, it's his build. We've viewed examples of supermarket blazers tonight and while they looked good on most of the models, the cut was tight across the middle on one child, and he wasn't fat, just broadly built. It was straining across his waist, even without a jumper underneath.

gettingtheresometime

Sorry jellyhead but I read your thread title and thought !!!!!! not another school uniform thread!

I wonder how many thought the same!

Pollycat

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

Sorry jellyhead but I read your thread title and thought !!!!!! not another school uniform thread!

I wonder how many thought the same!

Me! Me!

What?
No UGGs?

Apologies to OP if they haven't seen the previous threads.

Slinky

I have no kids so no interest in school uniform, but was curious what 'generous fit' meant. I think I've worked it out.

Ames

I thought that too, until I saw the username and realised it was an established poster.

Tiddlywinks

Slinky wrote: »

was curious what 'generous fit' meant. I think I've worked it out.

The adult equivalent is needing a size 20 but getting a size 8 label sewn inside to make you feel less 'generously' proportioned.

:EasterBun

Fireflyaway

I know M+S do some plus fit stuff. OP before you or anyone gets offended I don't mean to be rude. I don't know you or your son. I accept some kids are bigger naturally and sounds like your lad is. There is a 10 year old in my child's class who towers over me and could looks wise pass for 16!
However I find it sad that for overweight kids ( not those who are just built bigger or overweight due to medical reasons that's a whole different thing) their parents just buy bigger clothes rather than eat healthy. A generation ago that wouldn't have been acceptable.

peachyprice

Fireflyaway wrote: »

I know M+S do some plus fit stuff. OP before you or anyone gets offended I don't mean to be rude. I don't know you or your son. I accept some kids are bigger naturally and sounds like your lad is. There is a 10 year old in my child's class who towers over me and could looks wise pass for 16!
However I find it sad that for overweight kids ( not those who are just built bigger or overweight due to medical reasons that's a whole different thing) their parents just buy bigger clothes rather than eat healthy. A generation ago that wouldn't have been acceptable.

I understand what you're saying, but sometimes it's a shape issue rather than a weight issue.

One of my boys always needed 'sturdy fit' trousers, not because he was overweight but because normal fit just weren't the right fit for his bum/leg/waist shape combination. Everything else was fine, he had normal size for age blazer, jumper and shirts.

He's 22 now, but to this day he struggles with trouser shapes and has specific brands of jeans and chinos that suit. He is in no way overweight though.

His brother was the other way around, we had trouble finding trousers for his tiny waist size that were long enough. At age 14 he fit an age 11 waist, but you can imagine how short they were!