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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What would be a fair amount to give a freshman for clothes for the entire year?

New business casual clothes, dress loafers, boots and winter coat is easily over $1,000.  That's not even taking into account everyday clothes. So $2,000 for the year?[/quote]

[b]Why would a freshman need business casual clothes?[/b] Doesn’t he already have a coat? If not, buy one. Like most people I just bought clothes I needed out of my part-time job earnings as I needed them. They don’t have room to store a lot of stuff.[/quote]

Umm, class presentations, F500 meet & greets, recruiting & career fair, student org events, Greek life date parties, etc.[/quote]

They can wear the same khakis and blue button down to each of those things.   [/quote]

The ^^PP makes a fair point.  Business casual clothes are necessary.  Plus we've found that there are a lot of formal wear activities as well as dress clothes for school events, dinners with parents (friends, roommates) or other events.

We also are trying keep an eye on the future.  It seems prudent to help the kids build a base wardrobe so that when they graduate they have sufficient clothing, business casual and casual, so that they only need to focus on supplementing.  For our boys that means we're buying nice trousers at Jos A Banks or Brooks Brothers or Nordstroms.  And blazers, of course.  For the girls that means a mix of skirts, trousers, blouses and sweaters.  For both boys and girls, winter coats, trench coats, shoes and boots.[/quote]

Sigh. 
Do any of you realize that you are in the 1%? Please remember that these are NOT essentials. These are "nice to haves".
The rest of us cannot afford this for ourselves, let alone our kids. MOST children on campus will not have such a wardrobe. If your children's friends all have that stuff, it's a sign their circle is too restricted.
Please accept this fact and move forward in your life with a little more circumspection, otherwise you come off as very entitled and insensitive.[/quote]

Double sigh with an  :roll:  thrown in.  Don't throw stones if you don't know what house you're throwing them into.

I'm entitled?  I'm a public school teacher.  My husband works for the county.  But we're prudent and frugal for our choices.  I buy most of our clothes on sale or at Marshalls or Ross.  I'm leaving now to go repair the window broken by some intolerant and judgmental fool who has such tunnel vision that when she bothers to look out she only sees her own reflection.[/quote]

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