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are used clothes for kids gross?

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Re: are used clothes for kids gross?

  • I have an acquaintance that actually does prefer to put her kid in designer clothes...and she can afford it because she gets most of those designer clothes from hunting through the racks at consignment shops. And when my daughter was a baby, her cutest spring dresses came from consignment shops.  I even got a Ralph Lauren dress with tags still on it for only $12. I also bought a cute, red double-breasted wool coat.  Man, I loved that stuff.

    And then I bought a ton of play clothes there for like .50 or $1.00, so they could get dirty and stained and it wasn't a big deal.

    So obviously, my answer is no, it's not gross. 

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    imageTotZiens:
    you would put your child in skid marked stained clothes!?!?

    OK maybe I am a pageant mom.  That whole bag went in the trash.

    No but I meant wash second hand clothes in general. I certainly wouldn't have thrown out a whole bag of clothes because one had a stain. 

    About 1/2 or more of Vesper's current wardrobe is hand-me-down or from consignment/Goodwill/St. Vinny's. I have accepted and purchased some slightly stained clothes. If there were some stains you didn't feel ok about, why not just get rid of those pieces of clothes? I wash the clothes, then put them on my child, then she adds new stains. New clothes have can have just as gross if not more disturbing thigns on them, it's just the psychological high of 'new' things.

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    imageTotZiens:
    you would put your child in skid marked stained clothes!?!?

    OK maybe I am a pageant mom.  That whole bag went in the trash.

    No but I meant wash second hand clothes in general. I certainly wouldn't have thrown out a whole bag of clothes because one had a stain. 

    About 1/2 or more of Vesper's current wardrobe is hand-me-down or from consignment/Goodwill/St. Vinny's. I have accepted and purchased some slightly stained clothes. If there were some stains you didn't feel ok about, why not just get rid of those pieces of clothes? I wash the clothes, then put them on my child, then she adds new stains. New clothes have can have just as gross if not more disturbing thigns on them, it's just the psychological high of 'new' things.

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  • imageMouseInLux:
    If used clothes are gross what about used cloth diapers?! :) I have both!

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  • imageEnidFalcor:
    New clothes have can have just as gross if not more disturbing thigns on them, it's just the psychological high of 'new' things.

    Exactly.

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  • imageMouseInLux:
    If used clothes are gross what about used cloth diapers?! :) I have both!

    Hahaha.  My entire cloth diaper stash is used diapers that my sister sent me to start me off. I guess I have no problem whatsoever with used stuff!   

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  • This post is hilarious!

    I don't think second hand is gross. I have bought a few items second hand and received a couple of hand me downs. I usually buy M's clothes off season, last winter during the sales I got him an 80 Euro winter coat for 12 Euros. In Canada this summer I bought him a ton of T-shirts for about 3 $ each all new!

    Just curious about the "designer" baby/kids clothes. What designers are you guys buying for your kids?

    Personally I'm baffled when I see babies or toddlers in Baby Dior, Burberry, Paul Smith etc... They end up stained and don't get much use, I just don't get spending hundreds of Euros on one outfit for a kid.

     

  • I grew up with the majority of my clothing being second hand, either from family or bought at Salvation Army.  In fact, I still wear quite a lot of second hand clothing and I get massive compliments on a lot of the items I buy on ebay or in charity shops.  Back in my childhood, my mom would boil wash all the cothes and I learned to clean everything when I get it. Used clothing are not gross at all.
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  • I have some used Baby Zara. It's cute. I didn't pay for it, though.
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  • I had no idea there even weredesigner baby clothes! But then, as determined previously, I'm a bit of a aged hippy...
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  • The post has turned annoying.  It was funny at first and I think I got where Tot was coming from but now it seems people are judging the way other people spend money.  If you can afford designer baby clothes then who cares?  

    And the PP saying tot is making fun of her for being poor is hilariously ridiculous.   

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    No, not gross.  But I tend to find its more of a hassle to shop at second hand stores/on line when I can get good sales.  I typically buy AJs stuff from Gap/Old  Navy or a Carters/Osh Kosh Outlet.  This summer I hit a sale at Osh Kosh, I got AJ 3 coats, 5 pair of pants, about 3 shirts and 4  pairs of jammies for under a 100 bucks! 

    Also, I do buy everything too big and let him wear the heck out of them. I only buy pants with adjustable waistes and I do over sized shirts.  He's gotten tall since the last time you saw him so that helped his belly, but he still has one!  He's in a 4T for NL stores and he's only 2 LOL

    I think it would be worth it to buy pants, coats and special clothes (suits, ski attire) second hand. 

    Whoa, there's a tax credit!  I'm not but I must!  I'm a H&M freak for him and I found another store like Okai or something I like that I LOVE for him! 

     haha, I want to poke his belly with a needle and see if it will shrink!

    Are you getting the kid tax credit?  I forget the name of it but they give you like 140E every quarter.  I used that to buy all of Quint's clothes from Hema :)

    You know I love AJ's belly :) 

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