A mum recently noticed a huge difference when she went to buy her daughters school uniform. After asking our MoM’s their opinion, we discovered this occurs far too often.
The NSW mum of three girls shared, “I went to get my daughter her senior uniform and had to buy 2 sizes bigger than normal. The lady said “OH yes, they have changed the sizing.”
I get the dresses home and compare them to her junior uniform and it is the exact same size. It has me thinking what kind of idiot decided to change sizing on teenage girls dresses to make them think they are 2 sizes bigger?!”
A photo of the comparison between the two uniforms (one on top of eachother) can be seen below. Size 18 on top, size 22 on the bottom. The only real difference seems to be the length of the sleeve and hem.
Have You Had Any Issues With School Uniform Sizes?
So we asked the questions of our MoM’s on Facebook – “Has anyone else had similar issues with their kids’ uniforms? We would love to hear from others who experienced the same problem,” and got a huge response that we never expected.
It seems to be a common occurrence that many parents are concerned about.
The biggest concern is how it affects our children’s self-confidence and that it could even spark eating disorders in some self-conscious kids.
Comments from concerned parents include:
– “Way to encourage eating disorders.”
– “My son wears a boys size 12-14 regular top but his school top is a 16 or a S. So yep and size or 2 bigger than normal. He is 10 and going into grade 5.”
– “Yep exactly …also the cut of most of these uniforms are designed for straight up and down…bad luck if your daughter has curves…”
– “My daughter is starting kindy and I had to buy size 8.”
– “XL for my son starting high school when he’s a medium.”
Mortified!
– “Yes my 15 year old daughter is a size 12/14 but her school dress is a size 20, she was mortified!!!!”
– “Yes my 10yr old needed a size 14 she was so upset.”
– “This exact same thing happened to my daughters…. crying in the change rooms believing they had put on weight… the guy comes over and said don’t cry we get them made in china now so the sizing is different!! Yeah great mate…. 3 teenage girls now with self esteem issues cause of the sizing!!!”
– “My 6 year old niece had to get her winter uniform custom made last year for kindergarten/prep as the biggest size the shop had was to small ( biggest size is a 16 my niece usually wears 8-10) the woman from the shop said that they’re now getting their dress made in china.
She Now Thinks She’s Fat!
– So we now have a little girl that will always need custom made and is already starting to believe that she “fat”.”
– “Absolutely agree with you about sizes. My Daughter is about to start Prep, yes she is very tall for a 5yr old but to buy size 16 in dresses seriously & that’s the biggest size. So what do we do when she grows?”
– “Same here, does not help when our kids are already self-conscious and with low self esteem.”
– “Yep when I bought my daughter her winter skirts they were apparently a size 20, she was a women’s 12-14. I wasn’t very happy with that.”
-“Yes it makes them think that they’ve put weight on!”
While some suggest to just take the tag off because the clothes are small because they are made in China, it still doesn’t prevent that seed of doubt and low self esteem it can embed in a child’s mind.
Have you been faced with a similar problem trying to purchase a uniform for your child?
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