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Flea
07-12-2005, 03:13 PM
Any parent in here with kids who wear school uniforms? My daughter's middle school requires them and I am trying to find stores(other than walmart) that may have good deals/sales along with good quality.

I went to Lands End and I am up to $300 without shipping and taxes on 3 pairs of pants, 4 shorts/skorts and 10 shirts. Geez.
pache100
07-12-2005, 03:20 PM
What's wrong with Walmart?
Flea
07-12-2005, 03:22 PM
My experience with their children's clothing is they don't hold up well. They shrink and their colors fade after a couple of washes. The uniform line may be different, I don't know.
pache100
07-12-2005, 03:24 PM
My experience with their children's clothing is they don't hold up well. They shrink and their colors fade after a couple of washes. The uniform line may be different, I don't know.

If you look really close, you will find that Walmart has the same clothes (fabrics, styles, exact same clothes) that other, more expensive stores (like Sears, Kids R Us, and J.C. Penny). The tags are different, but it's the same clothes. You can pay more, but you're getting the same thing.
ObiwanGinobili
07-12-2005, 03:25 PM
shoot we bought my little brothers at Fallas
Spurminator
07-12-2005, 03:35 PM
All uniforms do is force kids to find some other way to draw attention to themselves.
TDMVPDPOY
07-12-2005, 03:41 PM
If i were you just buy the cheapest uniform available, and get extra material and sew pads in the knee area and elbow areas, those are the main areas that usually ripped. Thats what my parents use todo, saves alot of money instead of buyin extra pair of uniforms u dont even wear untill u grow out of it.
Shelly
07-12-2005, 03:45 PM
Stevenson MS keeps threatening uniforms, but it still hasn't passed yet.
SpursWoman
07-12-2005, 03:49 PM
I went to Lands End and I am up to $300 without shipping and taxes on 3 pairs of pants, 4 shorts/skorts and 10 shirts. Geez.


At Land's End that's not too bad... :wow :lol



Foleys is always where I end up. Not as cheap (quality-wise) as Walmart, but not as expensive as Dillards or Macy's...and they always have good sales. But you'll have to back away from the computer and go outside to get there.

:lol
Jekka
07-12-2005, 03:51 PM
I wore uniforms in middle school, and I want to say my sister and I got ours at Academy.

I hated uniforms. To this day, I cannot wear khaki.
MannyIsGod
07-12-2005, 03:53 PM
Walmart clothes are not as good as clothes you pay more for. There is a reason they are that cheap and you get what you pay for.
Shelly
07-12-2005, 03:53 PM
I just wish my son's school would let them wear shorts. The girls can wear mid-thigh length skirts, but not shorts or skorts. The hell?
Guru of Nothing
07-12-2005, 03:54 PM
Academy School Uniforms for Boys (http://www2.academy.com/MktgContent.nsf/LUDK/2005%20School%20Uniforms%20Boys?OpenDocument)

Academy School Uniforms for Girls (http://www2.academy.com/MktgContent.nsf/LUDK/2005%20School%20Uniforms%20Girls?OpenDocument)
Duff McCartney
07-12-2005, 03:59 PM
Bunch of Nazis.
TDMVPDPOY
07-12-2005, 04:10 PM
Just rock up casual and tell the principal to bend over if he/she wants you to wear school uniform :D
Jimcs50
07-12-2005, 04:19 PM
Target

We bought my son's navy pants and red or white shirts there for years...they are good quality and reasonably priced.
SpursWoman
07-12-2005, 04:21 PM
Yeah...I forgot about Target.

I've had pretty good luck with their boy's clothes...but the girl's clothing is total crap. :fro
Jimcs50
07-12-2005, 04:22 PM
Yeah...I forgot about Target.

I've had pretty good luck with their boy's clothes...but the girl's clothing is total crap. :fro

Yeah, when I buy girls clothes for myself, I do not go to target.

:)
Flea
07-12-2005, 04:24 PM
If you look really close, you will find that Walmart has the same clothes (fabrics, styles, exact same clothes) that other, more expensive stores (like Sears, Kids R Us, and J.C. Penny). The tags are different, but it's the same clothes. You can pay more, but you're getting the same thing.


Well I have a problem with Sears too......except for their lands end line.
Flea
07-12-2005, 04:27 PM
At Land's End that's not too bad... :wow :lol



Foleys is always where I end up. Not as cheap (quality-wise) as Walmart, but not as expensive as Dillards or Macy's...and they always have good sales. But you'll have to back away from the computer and go outside to get there.

:lol


Aw man, I do not want to go out in this heat. F*ck it, I'll pay the extra. :lol

The shirts were a great price at Land's End but all their pants were $26.50.
Flea
07-12-2005, 04:28 PM
I just wish my son's school would let them wear shorts. The girls can wear mid-thigh length skirts, but not shorts or skorts. The hell?


No skorts??? WTF?
Flea
07-12-2005, 04:29 PM
Yeah...I forgot about Target.

I've had pretty good luck with their boy's clothes...but the girl's clothing is total crap. :fro


The girls clothing is crap. This past spring I bought my daughter's shorts from the boys dept. The girl's dept shorts were too short.
Flea
07-12-2005, 04:31 PM
Academy School Uniforms for Boys (http://www2.academy.com/MktgContent.nsf/LUDK/2005%20School%20Uniforms%20Boys?OpenDocument)

Academy School Uniforms for Girls (http://www2.academy.com/MktgContent.nsf/LUDK/2005%20School%20Uniforms%20Girls?OpenDocument)


Thanks GON!
SpursWoman
07-12-2005, 04:33 PM
The girl's dept shorts were too short.


....and disintegrate in the wash. :wow :lol
SpursWoman
07-12-2005, 04:35 PM
The Goodwill Store!

They have butt-loads of virtually brand new jeans for $5/ea...I've gotten Hilfiger, Eddie Bauer and Levi's with the tags still on them. :)
MannyIsGod
07-12-2005, 04:37 PM
I've had a lot of success finding great clothes at Target. I really do like that place. Their shirts fade a bit fast, but other than that I love it.
SpursWoman
07-12-2005, 04:40 PM
I've had a lot of success finding great clothes at Target. I really do like that place. Their shirts fade a bit fast, but other than that I love it.

But you're a boy! It's the girls clothes that suck. :lol
Flea
07-12-2005, 04:42 PM
The Goodwill Store!

They have butt-loads of virtually brand new jeans for $5/ea...I've gotten Hilfiger, Eddie Bauer and Levi's with the tags still on them. :)


I love Goodwill! The last time I went I bought two sleeveless sweaters, Pierre Cardin and Eddie Bauer, for 0.50/piece. :smokin
TDMVPDPOY
07-12-2005, 05:40 PM
Are they factory or obsolete clothes? cause usually the clothes that are dirt cheap with branded names have sumthing wrong with it or maybe the stitchin or last years stock.

Anyway i need new clothes badly, rockin up to uni with the same clothes alll the time..