When you ask the staff they tell you this is what kids want to wear… but that isn’t the case. So we walked the mall and went from leading brand to leading brand and we soon dropped the illusion that we were looking for clothes to wear… we actually were performing a research assignment – a challenge maybe: To find even one item of clothing that was wearable. I don’t think warmth is what they had in mind when they made that shirt. My ever practical child looks at the t-shirt which had just one sleeve and a slash across the front.
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And I can tell you that the tween clothes that are deemed appropriate for her to wear by major chain stores won’t be covering much either. Okay, just for a moment, lets head for the tween section – I hate that expression seriously, my daughter is a young lady and tween just doesn’t cover that. My girls would love to wear pretty dresses like these – but they are nowhere to be found… Forget about underwear… what about outer wear… we are headed into winter here and in two leading stores the only available clothes for girls were denim shorts that were so short that their undies would show… and the assistant informed me I could buy “underwear to match the outfit.” In the same store there were track pants for boys, corduroy trousers and colourful jeans, dare I say: all for boys. Do I want my daughter to aspire to be “owned by someone?” or worse… sorry kids but there is not a chance on earth that you are ever wearing that. I was actually shocked by the clothes my daughters are expected to wear… Undies for a five year old, that say… just never mind, I don’t actually want to write that on our blog. I had no illusions that nearly all the clothes would be pink… I have no problem with pink, yes my girls like pink – but they like other colours as well… another subtle message sent to our daughters… “You can wear what you like, you can be your own unique and stylish self… as long as your uniform is pink.” Just saying, my one daughter’s favourite colour is turquoise and another loves purple…īut it wasn’t the flimsy clothing that astonished me… or even the amount of “pinkness” that literally hits you… in waves. I am writing about the mixed messages that girls are sent: “You can do anything you like, but we can’t provide you with the necessary equipment…” No rugged gear for you, not if you want to wear clothing for girls that is.Īnyway a couple of weeks back I decided to make a concerted effort to go on a realistic, open-minded hunt for clothes that my girls would like and were rugged enough for day-to-day wear. But I digress… I am not writing about the quality or durability of their clothing here. The question my boys ask, is this: If their sisters are expected to climb the same trees and muck about in the same mud, ride their bikes on the same gravelly roads then why is their clothing so pathetically made? Why is the fabric so flimsy? Good point, clothing for girls is in general… not worth the fabric it is printed on. T-shirts made of skinny fabric, socks that don’t last more than a couple of weeks, if they are actually worn. They ask why their sisters have such flimsy clothes compared to their own more sturdy clothes. Apart from the flimsiness of girls clothing – and I have several boys that help with the laundry… yes chores are chores in our house. Nothings has changed in the last few years… except maybe girls clothing has become worse. Where are the clothes in the stores that look like these?
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Clothes for her age group had a young tv star in the arms of her male counterpart… pouting at each other across what looked like half a t-shirt.
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Turns out it was one of our worst shopping experiences ever. A precious treat when you have se7en siblings and five of them are brothers. I remember when she was eight despairing in the store as she and I had set aside a Saturday afternoon to go clothes hunting.
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A birthday was looming and a wardrobe needed a bit of a refresher, so I went clothes hunting – not for myself, but for my daughter.