Status clothes on kids

[Anonymous]

What are your opinions on kids wearing stuff like: clothes with elite college branding (Ivies, Stanford), clothes from elite or luxury vacation destinations (especially non-obvious places like Block Island or like a specific hotel in the French Riviera, not like a Paris tshirt you can buy at H&M), and clothes with elite job branding from parents' work (BigLaw, consulting, elite tech companies).

I am trying to settle an argument with my spouse.

[Anonymous]

I see no problem with any of those.

[Anonymous]

If the kid vacations in Block Island it makes sense that they'll like to wear a Block Island sweatshirt. I don't buy alumni sweatshirts for my kids, though, since they did not go there themselves.

[Anonymous]

Why is it a problem? How is it different from other expensive things?

[Anonymous]

My husband thinks all of these are disgusting.

I wanted to buy some Oxford sweatshirts when we visited and he really thought it was tacky so we didn't. Since we are Americans, I thought that might be less poser since it would be more of a travel souvenir than a "kid is pretending they attend" type assumption.

In general we are a "no logo" family, and I think that's better. Capitalism really does end up branding your entire life if you let it.

BTW the funniest thing I have seen recently like this was $900 for a toddler Moncler jacket at a store I have never bought anything at. $900 for a toddler's puffy coat. Ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I’d have more of a problem with a kid wearing a Dior shirt that says the brand name or has a noticeable symbol/pattern. But wearing a Skadden sweatshirt when your mom works there is totally fine.

[Anonymous]

It wouldn’t even register

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d have more of a problem with a kid wearing a Dior shirt that says the brand name or has a noticeable symbol/pattern. But wearing a Skadden sweatshirt when your mom works there is totally fine.

Please. Who needs a shirt that says "My mom works in BigLaw"?

Unless you are painting the set for the school play, that sounds really show-offy.

[Anonymous]

Most of the time, I'd think the kid visited the college and liked it. Or maybe liked their sports team. Perhaps they have a family/friend who went there and purchased the item as a gift.

It doesn't bother me one bit. There are more serious things in life to worry about.

[Anonymous]

Fashion/lifestyle brands are very tacky.

Actual institutions and locations that you have been a part of? Meh no big deal. Most people don’t care at all.

[Anonymous]

We buy low cost no brand. We don't really care what others choose to buy. It is a free country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d have more of a problem with a kid wearing a Dior shirt that says the brand name or has a noticeable symbol/pattern. But wearing a Skadden sweatshirt when your mom works there is totally fine.

+1

[Anonymous]

We only buy at thrift stores/ goodwill/Salvation Army. There are so many Patagonia/North Face corporate branded items for $8. My kids currently work for two law firms, a finance shop and tech start up based on their closet. And yes, I had to google most of the companies.

[Anonymous]

My middle school kids wear my college and big tech swag all the time. I consider it much less show-offy than kids who show up to school in Alo, Aviator Nation, etc.

[Anonymous]

I generally don’t purchase clothes for my kids with writing or logos on it. But as a Rhode Islander, idea that Block Island is some sort of in-the-know elite vacation spot is hysterical.