Big Girls Clothing (Argh!)
I am very annoyed with myself for not buying Freyja the most lovely dress from M&S recently. The fabric had ballerinas over it, but done in the most beautiful vintage-y/antique-y style and the colours were soft beige, pink and blue. And it was in the older girls collection. I can't remember why I didn't buy it, but it is now nowhere to be found. Obviously everyone else loved it too.
Which made we wonder why they don't do more of this sort of fashion for girls of Freyja's age. She is on the brink of moving into the older girl's fashion section. Yesterday, in a moment of desperation due to the fact that I will soon no longer be able to buy beautiful things for her, I picked up a few outfits fom the M&S younger girls section which goes up to age 7. But Freyja turns 7 at the end of December so I will not be able to do this for much longer (though luckily she is still quite petite so I may get one more year!).
I looked around the older girls section,which starts at age 7. There was very little I would want her to wear. Why does older girls fashion suddenly go from pretty, soft colours to black and hot pink? Even in M&S! I do not want her dressing like a mini teenager at age 7!
Sainsburys is the same. Their lovely girls clothes stop at age 5 and you have to really hunt through the age 3-12 section for nice things in the bigger sizes.
It is the opposite to boys clothes which starts out with you having to hunt down shops that sell clothes without smiley-faced cars, but then when the boys get older suddenly there are lots of cool colours and stripes to choose from.
This is where I think Mini Boden comes into it's own. Yes, the clothes cost more but they go up to age 14 and you can carry on dressing your girl like the child she still is for a few more years.
Which made we wonder why they don't do more of this sort of fashion for girls of Freyja's age. She is on the brink of moving into the older girl's fashion section. Yesterday, in a moment of desperation due to the fact that I will soon no longer be able to buy beautiful things for her, I picked up a few outfits fom the M&S younger girls section which goes up to age 7. But Freyja turns 7 at the end of December so I will not be able to do this for much longer (though luckily she is still quite petite so I may get one more year!).
I looked around the older girls section,which starts at age 7. There was very little I would want her to wear. Why does older girls fashion suddenly go from pretty, soft colours to black and hot pink? Even in M&S! I do not want her dressing like a mini teenager at age 7!
Sainsburys is the same. Their lovely girls clothes stop at age 5 and you have to really hunt through the age 3-12 section for nice things in the bigger sizes.
It is the opposite to boys clothes which starts out with you having to hunt down shops that sell clothes without smiley-faced cars, but then when the boys get older suddenly there are lots of cool colours and stripes to choose from.
This is where I think Mini Boden comes into it's own. Yes, the clothes cost more but they go up to age 14 and you can carry on dressing your girl like the child she still is for a few more years.
posted by solveig at
2:31 pm
4 Comments:
have you tried Next or Vertbaudet? both of those have their girls range in 2/3 to teenage, so there's no cut-off point where you can't buy things in a particular size.
I actually don't agree with you about boys clothes though - I hate the fact that fashion dictates they should only wear dark colours when they get to age 6. Drives me round the bend!
Maybe it's because I'm still shopping in the younger boys section then? Though have a look at H&M, they have really good bright coloured boys clothes, even in their older boys section.
Next is a bit like Sainsburys in that they do a collection that covers a wide age range, but it just isn't as nice as the collection they also do for young girls. I'll have a look though, as I haven't shopped there for ages. Girls aged around 3-6, who are catered for in both younger and older sections have such a massive choice!
I'll have a look at Vertbaudet too. Not that Freyja actually needs any clothes at all now, I'm just looking for where to shop for her over the next few years. I used to get a lot for her from TK Maxx but there is virtually nothing nice in her age range now. Same with GAP, I've not found one thing I like there since she moved out of the 1-5 range.
having said that, I've just been looking at Next Boys and they've a range of things in autumnal colours - not entirely sure I like them, but they're not dark!!
I'll have a look at H&M - I used to get loads of stuff there for my nieces and nephews about 15 years ago, but have never really shopped there for my boys.
Never shopped in The Gap, although Sam tells me he wants a Gap hoodie, so I'll have to go and look :)
I do features every once in a while on affordable children's fashion for girls and boys and I have noticed that girls clothing gets pretty bad above a certain age with very few choices in the highstreet shops. Such a shame.
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