Uniform advice please! Where to buy?
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Anonymous
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DD will start private in the fall (4th grade) and our three options (jumpers) are Land's End, Tommy Hilfiger and Flynn & O'Hara.
Any insight about the fit and quality would be appreciated. Thank you!! |
Anonymous
| Check to see if they have a store that sells gently used uniforms. A great source! Personally we like he shirts from Lands End. Our shirts are white so we did buy new shirts. Everything else was from the store. |
Anonymous
| Lands end is best and favorite for my daughter |
Anonymous
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Assuming this is for NCS
My DD preferred Flynn and O'Hara skirts but LE shirts TH is a new option this year so I don't know much but the girls say the new white dress and my DD thought it was much cuter |
Anonymous
| If your daughter is very slim Tommy Hillfinger fits better than Lands End but does not wear as well. But I recommend looking at the schools resale shop. |
Anonymous
| Depends on the item of clothing. Land's End is cheaper (especially with their discounts/sales), but Flynn & O'Hara offers higher quality clothes. For instance, we buy our son's khaki pants at Flynn & O'Hara, because the Land's End pants simply would not last as long. Shirts, we buy at Lands End. Generally, any item of clothing that gets abused, buy at Flynn & O'Hara. |
Anonymous
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This could be Holton too.
Interesting because my daughter is slim and I have been worried about the cut of Lands End. I was thinking about buying a few things from each to compare... |
Anonymous
| OP here- thanks for all the advice! My daughter is tall and slim, so I wondered about jumper length as well. |
Anonymous
My daughter loves the skort from lands end |
Anonymous
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My friend said she liked the skirts for F & O because they lasted forever.
Other moms didn't like those because they were too stiff. Depends on what your kid thinks is comfortable. |
Anonymous
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Most schools have some type of uniform exchange/used uniform sale or (for most Catholic schools, for free).
Ask the school about this...it'll save you lots of $$$ and get your child a chance to see how the uniform 'fits' in size before you splash out $$$ on new uniforms. good luck! |
Anonymous
| How about jcrew pants? |
Anonymous
| Does anyone have their uniforms altered to fit their kids? Worried I might need to do the waist since skirts that will be long enough will be most likely too big in waist. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Take your DD to Flynn and O'Hara. The sizing is all over the map and hard to order correctly. We buy the shirts from Land's End with a promo code - soft cotton. |