<p>Does your kid have a certain style/type of clothing they like, or is it more eclectic? My kid is liking very baggy pants/shorts, polo’s, and tee shirts. He currently does not have a name brand that he is favoring, although I think he is just becoming aware of what may be his style. He likes his hair cut short. He does not like flip flops or sandals. He does not like to wear caps or hats. He told me he is “casual.” 
He recently asked for a pair of DC sneakers. He chose a brown and white pair…they look like tap shoes to me, lol. And as a side note, I keep saying “where’s your belt?” and “pull those pants up.” I also find myself saying (a lot) “why do you keep hiking up those pants.” Only to find out it’s the belt again…he’s not wearing it.</p>
<p>All of my sons almost always dress in “athletic clothes”…long basketball shorts, athletic or school logo t-shirts and tanks, Under Armour, etc., and basketball shoes. “Dress up” would mean cargo shorts or pants and a polo-type shirt.</p>
<p>My girls wear whatever’s “in” at Charlotte Russe or a similar store! Currently: long shorts out of sweat material, sweat pants that have elastic at the bottom that you push up, “bermuda” type shorts, layered “beaters,” long, dress-like shirts with leggings, etc. My middle D is the fashionable one…she dresses her little sis and the rest of us borrow her stuff <em>rofl</em>.</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>a belt?</p>
<p>i have Ds, and let me tell you…at least the belly shirt thing is so over</p>
<p>John: Aloha shirts, jeans, gray sneakers.
TallSon: T-shirts with words on them (mostly classic rock bands), jeans – but with particular denim patterns, cargo shorts, Converse sneakers.</p>
<p>That’s pretty much it for any occasion.</p>
<p>S went through numerous stages. We had " I don’t really care, whatever mom buys" stage in elementary school. Then came " I am wearing only black, with lots of safety pins stuck all over my clothes, the widest raver pants we can find, plus numerous bracelets and chains, plus Converse sneakers" in middle school. Then it was almost straight AE plus million band t-shirts and Adidas sneakers in HS. Now it’s mostly plain( and some band) tees, AE and semi-tight Levis pants, Urban Outfitters sweaters and tried-but-true Adidas on his feet( sandals in the summer though). The future? with his career plans…suits and ties. :-)</p>
<p>Son’s uniform
Winter: Carhartt pants, t-shirt from ski/run/bike race, unmatched wool socks, chico sandals
Non-winter: cargo shorts, t-shirt from ski/run/bike race, chico sandals</p>
<p>Formal wear: see above</p>
<p>Baggy and cargos went out a few years ago for my sons. They wear dark skinny jeans or board shorts and t-shirts.</p>
<p>Good riddance to the baggy look, I say. I used to feel so sorry for those folks riding on a long-haul flight with my son and his exposed buns in boxer shorts. Sheesh.</p>
<p>Both of my S’s wear “basketball” shorts with assorted school t-shirts or great finds from Goodwill. They love finding ones that advertise local businesses.<br>
They put on khaki shorts/polo shirts for dressing up and always Rainbow flip-flops.
In cold weather, the uniform look is blue jeans (not baggy but not tight either) with a t-shirt with a hoody sweatshirt on top or the Carharrt jacket(for S2) or the Mountain Hardware jacket (for S1) on really cold days. </p>
<p>Shoes are generally those gray New Balance or Reebok tennis shoes.<br>
S2 has lately come into possesion of a camoflage hat and rarely leave the house without it.</p>
<p>My son wears madras shorts exclusively in the summer. I find this hilarious because he is the least preppy person I know. He has a series of carefully selected tshirts that have to fit a certain way to be acceptable. If <em>I</em> buy one, it invariably isn’t quite right.</p>
<p>He likes zip sweaters (has some nice ones from the Gap) and jeans (not tight, not loose, but slouchy) in the winter.</p>
<p>He has a ton of really dapper dress clothes for performances too. Shirts, ties, suits, tuxes…the whole nine yards.</p>
<p>All sons wear athletic shorts, t shirts, and reef flip flops. June to sept shorts are replaed by swim trunks. Anything else is cargo shorts and polos, have had to instill the 55 degree rule, which then requires some form of pants.</p>
<p>d wears those layered tank tops and jeans or various skirts.</p>
<p>dress up is tramatic in this house!!</p>
<p>55 degree rule? My brother-in-law wears shorts year round!! He claims to never get cold. My D would do the same, but she gets cold quickly.</p>
<p>My son only wears pleated khakis (short or long) with a Polo knit short sleeve shirt, and to dress up he wear a Polo button down long sleeve. Rainbows on his feet and if it is colder, he has on Timberland docksiders/boat shoes. </p>
<p>My daughter usually wears jeans with tops from J Crew, Banana Republic, or boutiques; where ever she can find a sale! She also wears her Rainbows most of the time, but has an assortment of shoes to fet her mood!</p>
<p>Skiers Mom, I got a good laugh out of your post. We come from a tradition of dressing up for church, (suits, real shoes, etc.). My son and myself chose to go to a very casual dressing church. He will wear khaki type pants and a polo, but will grimmace if I say wear a suit, lol.</p>
<p>21-year-old son who considers irony a lifestyle: Jeans so big that all his possessions fit in them. T-shirt with something sarcastic written on it. (The last time I saw him, he was wearing a shirt that said “My grandkids think I’m terrific.” On a guy in his 20s, I suppose this is funny.) Sneakers. Adds a coat in the winter, but everything else stays the same. Owns one suit for job interviews.</p>
<p>17-year-old daughter who considers fading into the background an art form and never, ever wears anything that would look inappropriate on a nun:
Summer: polo shirt, capri pants, flip-flops.
Winter: long-sleeved polo shirt or sweater, hoodie, coat, jeans, sneakers.
This sounds dull, but when she got a summer job where the expected clothing is shirt-with-collar, jeans, and closed shoes (sneakers OK), she already owned everything she needed. How convenient.
She owns a few dresses and skirts (hemlines below the knee) and a bathing suit (one piece), but rarely uses them.</p>
<p>Oh, Marian, your son is too funny, :)</p>
<p>My sons are usually hanging out in gym shorts and t-shirts, usually t-shirts leftover from baseball tournaments or team practice shirts. They get most of their street clothes from surf shops in the area, so the labels are Billabong, ONeill, Volcom, Hurley, to name a few. If they’re going out somewhere and want to dress it up a little more (we’re talking Florida here…) they’ll wear a polo shirt, but it MUST have the gator on it! Shoes are mostly flip flops or sneakers. </p>
<p>Older son wears topsiders with khackis and a button down/polo shirt for frat stuff; also has the ubiquitous “blue blazer”. Both sons have a black suit and assortment of shirts and ties, as well as the good old “blue blazer”. Oh yeah, each owns a pair of black dress shoes and a couple pairs of socks.</p>
<p>Is this a Florida thing?..they wear white a undershirt (short sleeve with round neck) under EVERYTHING, including t-shirts. (They DO wear a vneck with dress shirts, though.) ALSO: sneakers MUST be worn with footy socks. They would “die” if they had a tan line halfway up the calf!</p>
<p>Cargo pants/shorts and baggy in general are definitely in still at our house.</p>
<p>S is always in above plus a T-shirt, whatever someone has given him, and as a default, anything Mets.</p>
<p>D wears same, though the T-shirts are much smaller.</p>
<p>Both strive to avoid anything that looks to be bought for the brand. Discount store brands if anything, but the more anonymous, the better. Free, patched handmedowns are favored. Both are frugal to the max, and clothes are low on their list of priorities.</p>
<p>Both have shoulder length hair, but D’s is straighter and neatly in ponytail most of the time, with cute bangs, S’s is shaggy ringlets which go with his equally shaggy beard.</p>
<p>for girls this past year has been flats, skinny jeans, leggings, tights, tunics, oversized tops, etc. </p>
<p>This fall is going to be more menswear inspired items, detailed flats (like embroidery and stuff), round toe pumps, and I think we’ll start to see the opposite of whats been happening for a while…the designers have moved on to wide leg jeans and tight tops as opposed to the skinny jeans/oversized top idea.</p>
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<p>Sounds like a chick magnet ! ;)</p>
<p>My oldest daughter, 17, wears whatever is going to be in next month. She’ll show up in it and I’ll wonder what she’s thinking. Then, a month or so later, I’ll see all the kids in that. </p>
<p>Younger daughter isn’t quite that fashion forward. When she’s at the barn she wears her riding pants and tall boots, okay, all weekend she wears her riding clothes, and most of the summer. Other than that, she was always wearing those huge shorts you get with your uniform when you play AYSO soccer. They hit her knee, and don’t have any pockets. Well, the tennis coaches were getting after her, so now she wears boys Nike tennis shorts, in black, that hit the middle of her knee, but have pockets. Top are either T-shirts or polos. When not on the court or at the barn she wears flip flops.</p>
<p>The big thing they both have in common with each other and the kids around here are college hoody sweatshirts. You don’t have to go there, or even know someone who goes there. As a matter of fact, the more obscure the school the cooler they are. Most kids have a Stanford sweatshirt, as that is the closest big school. My kids also have UCLA, USC, UCSB, Notre Dame, and even Cambridge. (“Mom, it’s colder in LA than I thought, can you send me a sweat shirt?” “Dear, you realize I’m in England this week, right?” “They don’t have sweatshirts there?”…)</p>