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Anonymous
I would find it intriguing to know just how many posters who have railed about the shallowness and unprincipled stance on clothing actually aspire to live in "the right zip codes", drive luxury cars, live in mcmansions and firmly believe that there really is such a thing as the "big 3" private schools. 
Obsession over the importance of labels applies to things other than clothing. Washington is notoriously infatuated with status and power - not particularly highly-regarded qualities . The only people here who don't care about labels seem to be nuns. |
Anonymous
Um, maybe when you find yourself checking out the labels on 3rd graders' clothing so that you can make sure your child wear the right clothes while simultaneously telling your child that she or he shouldn't judge people based on what they wear? Re absurd examples. I think that they've all come from one side. Remember how this discussion started. OP basically said I'm spending tons of $$ on tuition and already feeling strapped, do I have to buy my 3rd grader expensive clothes as well so she'll fit in? As the discussion evolved, those who say "no, it won't matter" become cast as extremists who must dress their own children in burlap, floppy-eared hats, sackcloth and ashes, whatever. Because kids must have the right labels (realism) -- the only question is how many and at what price (balance). Interestingly enough, the extreme examples on the must-have-labels side (brand of socks in schools with uniforms) came from the must-have-labels side. Or maybe that's predictable. Because the only way that the must-have-labels faction can cast itself as balanced is by showing there are people in that camp who are total whackjobs. To me, the middle ground is dress your elementary school kids in clothes that you can afford, that fit, that look good on them, that they like, and that are comfortable and easy to clean. Must-have-labels is an extreme. Not a laudable extreme. And not a realistic one given my own daughter's experience in one of these schools. |
Anonymous
What if the clothes they like have a label? What if the cheap clothes wear out quickly and make them look like tatterdemalians? The fact is the kids DO care at a certain age. You can ignore it and say it's not important, but that may only reflect that it's not important to you. It may be important to your kid. |
Anonymous
| OP's question wasn't "my kid wants clothes with labels that I can't afford/think are a waste of money" -- it was "must I buy my kid clothes I can't really afford so that the other kids in 3rd grade won't shut her out?" These are very different questions. |
Anonymous
I think it depends in part which school we are talking about, but I would probably go a step above the Gap to something like Crewcuts by JCrew, in that price point. |
Anonymous
| Right, because 3rd graders know from Crewcuts and that price point better reflects their own feelings of where they and their peer group belong than Gap does. |
Anonymous
Why here come some happy balanced Crewcuts kids now:
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Anonymous
Great horny toadies, would you all let it rest? |
Anonymous
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Are you kidding me? Crew cuts? I'm not going to spend 100 - $150 dollars on an outfit from crew cuts for my daughter (lets assume shirt, pants, shoes) who is almost 7.
She will be able to buy an outfit that costs that much when she has her first real job. Until then she will get to shop at Target, Kmart, and (gasp) yard sales. |
Anonymous
That may work perfectly fine for you. What school does she go to? |
Anonymous
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NP here.
Out of curiousity - do you buy your kids new summer clothes for the hot days in August/September/early Oct so they're not wearing their beat-up summer clothes? This question is posed to all previous responders. |
Anonymous
I am not sure I understand the question even. Do we replace clothing as it becomes unwearable? Do we throw away clothes the moment they are no longer pristine? |
Anonymous
Generally no. The early fall clothes are usually suitable for layering (or delayering). I usually buy those (in late July and early August), then add some heavier duty things when winter really hits. Of course, I have a kid who would rather have her legs cut off than show up to school in pants, so we spend money on a bunch of varying thicknesses of tights and sweaters around here. |
Anonymous
I think the question is pretty straightforward - do you buy a new set of summer clothes that are clean/new for the remaining hot days before fall weather sets in. |
Anonymous
If the clothes are in rags with stains all over them, yes I buy new clothes as needed. If the clothes have been worn before and are perfectly good, which is 95% of the time, then no. |