Is it just me?

Or are kids clothes getting more expensive

I'll give you an example. I brought Nyah two tops and a pair of very stylee shorts. Granted they were from TNT, but it cost me about $10.

Then tonight I was flicking thru the JK and PP catalogues and thought I'd see what I could buy for $10.. In the JK one I found a belt for $12 and a okish top!! I also found an awesome pair of girls jeans for $30!!! I nearly fell off the couch.   I pay $30 for my jeans. I would never pay that much for a pair of jeans for a 5yr old girl!! who buy the time winter comes would have probably grown another couple of inches.

Why are kids clothes so expensive? Ok I did chose the two of the more stylee shops as an example, but it seems that's where most people buy their kids clothes from. How can they justify charging that much.

Admittedly TnT's clothes quality isn't great, but they have some very cool stuff at the moment, and when they have sales you can get some nice pieces very cheap!

One of my fave shops now is Cotton on Kids, especially for Nyah, I can get some lovely things for her from the outlet store costing between $5- $10.

Don't even get me started on Cooper's size clothes! OMG!!!

Right nuff said...

Have you girls noticed it??

I refuse to buy stuff from Farmers now.. the stuff we've got namely onesies have stretched and are just gross.

Postie Plus in Royal Oak have some cute stuff for kids. Again, a tad overpriced.

TnT is my shop choice at the moment.

LOl Im boring too!
Love T&T sales! I love PP clothes, and love having a MIL who buys tonnes of things there each season fr Isla! They are incredibly expensive tho!

LMAO Fiona, I noticed that too actually.. Kellz is here now too.. so it can be our forum for tonight. Everyone will have to catch up tomorrow.

Kellz, my MIL buys Nyah stuff from PP too. Not always to my taste though..

.Mel wrote: Kellz, my MIL buys Nyah stuff from PP too. Not always to my taste though..

Im lucky,..she justs gets me to mark down what I want out of the catulouge! Yay! But stink that we live 3 hrs from an actual PP store- we do have an outlet here tho, and a JK one.

Hehe can i join in?

We started getting sick of Farmers clothes and the poor quality a wee while back, I found the more mobile Lucas got they didn't seem to last as long (domes on the one-sies are falling off eft, right and centre) and he is jumping sizes ...he's 11 months today (ignore the stupid ticker, not sure why it isn't updating) and he's in size 2's now ..very thickset around his tum tum and hard to find pants with waistbands that aren't too tight.

I agree Mel that TNT is one of our first choices at the moment, although seeing as though Lucas is in 2's the prices have increased dramatically, even when on sale! ...to be honest I haven't really bought anything from PP, leave that up to family as it's out of my budget ...and JK's clothes don't do it for me! (and overpriced)

We have a little asian botique shop in Papakura ...can't recall the name but they have lovely (good quality clothes) for a decent price, they have a shop out in Pukekohe also! And lastly the Warehouse ...sadly MOST of Lucas' clothes he is in atm are from there or Baby Factory sales ...its hard to find decent clothes this time of year when we are sorta in between seasons ...

There ya go, rambled on enough now girls ...but thats my two cents worth

OMG I love the Richocet (sp) range at B/F that's all Cooper could wear for the first 3mths. It's so well made. But it shrinks though...so I just contradicted myself! LMAO. (it's the wine).

I haven't brought alot of stuff from Kmart... I try and pick up the branded stuff for the kids when it's on sale. EG: barbie etc for Nyah and Winnie for Cooper.

Hi
i have to admit to being a cheap ass now , i buy most of the kids clothes from op shops or savemart. only very occasionally (normally the sales) can i afford to buy them new clothes.
I'd love to be able to afford to buy them all new clothes but it doesnt always work.

did go into tnt today, they have some adorable stuff. i bought willow some tops there in 3 month size a few weeks ago but sadly they too small, silly me with baby brain.so i managed to squeeze her into them twice.

my other daughter is 8 so her clothes have just doubled in price now that shes in the tween sized clothes very frustrating, her clothes as expensive as mine now!

have to agree on warehouse, their quality and selection arent that great. (especially babies)and weird sizing too

I haven't actully bought much for my kids - thank you Nana, but find myself struggling with the prices - not in terms of what i can afford, but what i can justify! jake has a pair of overalls I'm about to sell on trademe. they were given as a gift and are from a japanese designer.   they cost over $300! Problem is - he can't easily undo them himsleves so he wets them. So useless!

oohhh and cotton on kids is great!