Status clothes on kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im at an upscale resort in miami right now and every kid is wearing Burberry bathing suits, $900 sunglasses, Gucci slides, designer watches. Its crazy

The knock offs look like the real thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We get most of our kid clothes by taking them from locker rooms, pools, etc. so sometimes they have good logos we don't mind. Helps them fit in to go get more.

Otherwise the mostly wear the "My Granny Went to Branson And All I Got Was This Stupid T Shirt" kind of stuff.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I do think it's strange for your DC to wear an Oxford or Ivy shirt if neither parent attended and there is no connection. For example, if a family member works at that particular school, then it would make sense.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the parents belong to a country club, dress in Hermes and vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, you want them to drive to the mall and buy kids clothes at Old Navy, rather than just buying them stuff at the club/stores where they hang out all the time? The kids are reflecting their parents’ realities.

Those kids are wearing a uniform to school. This is not a problem.

This.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

+1 if I see ACC schools, Conn, Michigan and football schools from the west coast.

For work shirts I would assume they got it free eaither at take kid to work day or the parents just got the kid size because they didn’t want the freebies.

For vacation shirts so many of them are available on amazon I would first assume the person is from there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're French. We don't look French to Americans because we're not Caucasian. My kids have worn plenty of French items over the years.

My husband once worked for a certain well-known company and brought home apparel from it.

What you're missing is that in those circles there's no specific message attached to it. People wear what's available.

You sound embarrassingly insecure.

OP here and I am not bothered by this, but my husband told me that "many people" find it pretentious. I don't care either way.

But you also misread my post because I wasn't talking about wearing "French items". I was talking specifically about t-shirts, hats, and sweatshirts advertising the name of luxury vacation destinations. Not wearing something with French words or something. But something clearly purchased at a luxury destination indicating the person had been to that destination.

PP you replied to. Oh, I understood you perfectly. We go to certain places that your husband might consider fancy, and buy stuff there, in France or elsewhere.

Your husband is showing his class insecurities, OP. You need to educate him. Tell him he will always have more than someone else. Right now, somebody looked at your husband and thought he was pretentious. He has a car, he has a home, he dresses in normal clothes, right? Well, to a certain group of people, that's already rich and smug! Other people will always have more than he has. He needs to accept that and live his own life.

I find it hilarious that your husband would criticize the barely upper middle class, and not the staggeringly wealthy who own private jets, for ex. What does he mean by pretentious? Does he think people "plot" what logos they're going to display on any given day? Does he think they're not as rich as they want to signal? If it's a company shirt, that's stupid.

Your husband is just not making sense. It's his anxiety talking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're French. We don't look French to Americans because we're not Caucasian. My kids have worn plenty of French items over the years.

My husband once worked for a certain well-known company and brought home apparel from it.

What you're missing is that in those circles there's no specific message attached to it. People wear what's available.

You sound embarrassingly insecure.

+1 I'm former biglaw and wear some logo stuff when it's the right weather and something casual like school pickup. No one is impressed ,I haven't even thought about it like that. But in our circles no one is like "omg biglaw!" In fact most are more interested in lifestyle-friendly jobs of those who left. And far outside those circles are law firm names really that known anyway?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Sing with me!

Sail away on the Block Island Ferry!
Take a trip back to carefree times!

Leave today, Block Island awaits you!
Just leave your troubles behind!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're French. We don't look French to Americans because we're not Caucasian. My kids have worn plenty of French items over the years.

My husband once worked for a certain well-known company and brought home apparel from it.

What you're missing is that in those circles there's no specific message attached to it. People wear what's available.

You sound embarrassingly insecure.

+1 I'm former biglaw and wear some logo stuff when it's the right weather and something casual like school pickup. No one is impressed ,I haven't even thought about it like that. But in our circles no one is like "omg biglaw!" In fact most are more interested in lifestyle-friendly jobs of those who left. And far outside those circles are law firm names really that known anyway?

As a non-lawyer, I can confirm that we have no idea what any big law companies are named, nor do we care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're French. We don't look French to Americans because we're not Caucasian. My kids have worn plenty of French items over the years.

My husband once worked for a certain well-known company and brought home apparel from it.

What you're missing is that in those circles there's no specific message attached to it. People wear what's available.

You sound embarrassingly insecure.

OP here and I am not bothered by this, but my husband told me that "many people" find it pretentious. I don't care either way.

But you also misread my post because I wasn't talking about wearing "French items". I was talking specifically about t-shirts, hats, and sweatshirts advertising the name of luxury vacation destinations. Not wearing something with French words or something. But something clearly purchased at a luxury destination indicating the person had been to that destination.

PP you replied to. Oh, I understood you perfectly. We go to certain places that your husband might consider fancy, and buy stuff there, in France or elsewhere.

Your husband is showing his class insecurities, OP. You need to educate him. Tell him he will always have more than someone else. Right now, somebody looked at your husband and thought he was pretentious. He has a car, he has a home, he dresses in normal clothes, right? Well, to a certain group of people, that's already rich and smug! Other people will always have more than he has. He needs to accept that and live his own life.

I find it hilarious that your husband would criticize the barely upper middle class, and not the staggeringly wealthy who own private jets, for ex. What does he mean by pretentious? Does he think people "plot" what logos they're going to display on any given day? Does he think they're not as rich as they want to signal? If it's a company shirt, that's stupid.

Your husband is just not making sense. It's his anxiety talking.

Lol, Madame -- I think you are showing your insecurities, actually. My husband is from a much wealthier background than I am, and attended an Ivy. This came up because we recently attended a reunion at his alma mater and bought our kid a sweatshirt, and my husband is embarrassed when the kid wears it because he thinks other people find it pretentious.

But by all means, do keep posting paragraph upon paragraph expounding on your feelings on this subject -- I've been reading these posts to him and every time you say "I am French" he gets a good laugh.

Au revoir mon cheri!

[Anonymous]

I never wear college gear or anything branded with a business like a hotel, because I don’t like the message. I’m with your DH. But I know most people disagree with me so I don’t sweat other people doing it. It’s not like they agreed with me and then were like, I want to do it anyway! They just see it differently.

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Bit wanky but I'll give them a pass on the corporate logo clothes. My husband works biglaw and if we're getting clothes for free I'll put my kids in them. Saving money! #costoflivingcrisis

[Anonymous]

I went to Stanford and have bought my kids Stanford shirts over the years. I think the red is nice, and I'd be happy if they went there. It wasn't as big of a name when I went, so I don’t have the association of its being pretentious.

I also use a Neverfull to dump stuff in when I travel, though, so maybe I'm just gauche.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I do think it's strange for your DC to wear an Oxford or Ivy shirt if neither parent attended and there is no connection. For example, if a family member works at that particular school, then it would make sense.

They are obviously sold to the tourist market. Anyway, I was persuaded not to buy any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Sing with me!

Sail away on the Block Island Ferry!
Take a trip back to carefree times!

Leave today, Block Island awaits you!
Just leave your troubles behind!

When I was in middle school there was a brand of frumpy middle-aged lady clothes called Block Island. It was like off-brand Villager or Evan-Picone (Skechers to Nike relationship).