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Mishap Sat 19-May-12 11:13:41

Am I alone in hating clothes with logos or pictures printed on them? Trying to find a nice plain T-shirt for children is almost impossible - they all have TV characters etc on them.
And lots of adult clothes do too.
I avoid them like the plague.

feetlebaum Thu 18-Oct-12 08:55:50

For me - no denim, no slogans, no logos. If I have a message I'll e-mail it...

Danny Thu 18-Oct-12 08:43:07

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Elegran Sun 27-May-12 16:02:32

No objection to hearts for little girls, Jings,- yes very pretty - but why should children carry round unpaid advertising for global international companies as though they are sandwich men on the high street?

And those cheeky knowing slogans whose double meaning the children are not aware of .... I'd say they expose the non-innocence of whoever thought them suitable.

Annobel Sun 27-May-12 15:56:53

My GD (9) is very attached to one like that, jingle. She'd wear it all day if she could.

j04 Sun 27-May-12 15:37:07

pretty one for a little girl

j04 Sun 27-May-12 15:34:32

Children are not robbed of their innocence! Not by a bright splash of colour or a cheery slogan on a t-shirt! hmm

They might be robbed of innocence in other ways, but not by their t-shirts. Unless totally inappropriate ones are chosen, of course.

But please no slogans or pictures on adult ones!

albertina Sun 27-May-12 15:28:50

You definately are not alone in this.

I tried to buy a dressing gown for my 5 year old Granddaughter and had real difficulty finding any not plastered with pop stars or logos that were inappropriate for her.

Children are being robbed of their innocence.

Ella46 Sun 27-May-12 14:13:17

I like mainly plain, no logos, but recently bought a very quite an expensive T shirt which has on the front, very tastefully written, "I am who I am" grin

Oxon70 Sun 27-May-12 14:08:28

Woolworths started this years ago, and I thought then that I should be paid to do their advertising!

I like plain tshirts but have a few with things on, not labels but things I happen to like

Nelliemoser Sun 27-May-12 13:27:12

I also do not like company logos or TV and film characters. Its hard to buy some kids stuff without. I have a fierce and grumpy old woman's dislike of Brand Names, Gap does it all the time, why should I pay them to do their advertising for them? But then I am clearly not of a generation where the brand names were important.
Are those devoted brand wearers so insecure they have to show off with their lables. Good design does not need a lable to "prove it" what is wrong with with anonymous quality.

feetlebaum Sat 26-May-12 18:08:34

I wear plain T-shirts all the time (well - they don't need ironing like shirts do!) I buy them on-line from Lands' End ( www.landsend.co.uk/ ). Lots of colours, mine all have pockets... and no logos or slogans. If people don't want to hear from me, they certainly don't want to hear from my underwear...

Anagram Fri 25-May-12 19:35:36

Yes, but £11 (their size) for a plain t-shirt (when I have to buy for twins) is a bit too much, I think.....

j04 Fri 25-May-12 19:28:08

There are other t-shirt suppliers. And I haven't got shares in Boden!

j04 Fri 25-May-12 19:27:36

this one's quite expressive!

j04 Fri 25-May-12 19:25:31

Nice plain one here

j04 Fri 25-May-12 19:22:04

Oh they can definitely do that as well Annobel. smile

Stansgran Fri 25-May-12 18:45:01

Boys undershirts in plain white from-Asda-is this advertising-are sufficiently unisex for dying for school activities or self embellishment by their owners-fabric pens last quite a while and keep little people occupied. Parents dont always like the drawings-I sometimes think the parents like to think the childrens clothes are an extension of themselves. Once saw a girl about 7 0r 8 wearing a baseball cap with b** written on it. Made my jaw drop-I hope the mother thought twice after my loud aside to my friend and her reply

GadaboutGran Fri 25-May-12 16:01:43

And even worse are the logo laden Tshirts my SiL wears. And I won't be seen dead in anything with a brand label on the outside. What a hypocrite! - just thought of a couple of sporty things I wear with logos on them.

absentgrana Fri 25-May-12 15:02:38

It's not a new problem. When absentdaughter was in primary school (twenty something years ago) she suddenly announced that she was going to be a snowflake in the Christmas play and would need a costume the following week. I walked the length of Oxford Street three or four times searching for a plain white tee shirt and skirt with the intention of simply sewing on some pearlised sequins to create a sparkle. Nothing doing – absolute zilch. In the end I finished up making a sort of ballet tutu (with sequins) on a borrowed sewing machine and with great difficulty. The gathering thread on the skirt broke umpteen times so the skirt started looking like a dish rag. On my "one last go", it held and the costume in question came to be known in our family as the snowfrock flake.

Annobel Fri 25-May-12 14:37:11

I think 7-year-old boys have better things to do than bother with what they are wearing - like climbing trees, playing out with their mates, getting filthy... why not?

j04 Fri 25-May-12 14:16:18

He'll soon learn then Annobel. wink grin

absentgrana Fri 25-May-12 13:45:08

My daughter bought me a tee shirt as a Mother's Day present many years ago. It pictured a distraught looking women, hair standing on end, bulging nightie, bent knees and a hospital bed. The slogan was "I've changed my mind…" I really did love that and wore it when I was present at the birth of her first son ten years ago, much to the amusement of the midwife. Sadly, it is no more.

Annobel Fri 25-May-12 13:39:41

No, he has a big sister and a bigger half sister, both very style conscious, if you can call black leggings with Ugg boots and raggy denim shorts a style.

j04 Fri 25-May-12 12:38:50

Annobel has he not got a big brother to keep him in line? wink

Children's clothes are fun these days, because the technology is there. smile

Annobel Thu 24-May-12 23:09:21

I'm not sure my 7-year-old GS notices what he's wearing! Unlike his sister.