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Makes the point that there are so many children’s clothes in circulation that some people are philosophically opposed to buying any. For the most part, that’s how I feel too.
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Having by far the largest child in our social circle, we often end up buying clothes and others benefit from our hand-me-downs. But we have an excellent second-hand shop in Lewes that we frequent frequently which is great for tops, trousers and coats, but we prefer to buy new vests and socks (and we get those in the Netherlands when we can, as they are cheaper there and usually better quality). Family and friends have generously given us some items of clothing as Christmas and birthday presents. In general, it’s easy to end up with too many clothes. Tom has a few items that he wears a lot and several items that he wears hardly at all (which, of course, isn’t his choice but is the influence of his parents). When you have friends, second-hand stores and the NCT, it is tempting to ask why one should buy new. But, of course, if nobody bought new at all, those other sources would soon dry up!
It’s a real shame that hand me downs only work well the first 5-6 years of children’s lifes. Baby clothes can easily be passed on to 4-5 children before they get too worn to wear. I managed to hand down school uniforms for a year or 2 but after they tended to have outgrown their useful life before becoming too small (except school shorts, gotta love them, no holes in the knees =) ). I guess there will be hand me downs again in teenage years when growth spurts come along faster than threadbare elbows.