Formal Dress/Laundry (yes...another laundry thread, but different)

[ChoatieMom]

I’ll help out, @PhotographerMom:

One always gets trashed…

One of my favorite CC posts EVER was posted by @D’yerMaker years ago on a thread regarding jackets for boys (I’m still wiping away tears):

…the Navy blazer was about 3 sizes too small and had grotesque stains on it from a “shaving cream incident” that took place “oh, in September, or maybe early October.” We never saw the expensive (optional) school blazer. Ever. That was delivered directly to him and later destroyed when he used it as a makeshift levee to stop an overflowing toilet from spoiling the carpeting in the hallway of his dorm…go the cheapest route feasible given your child’s tastes and comfort level…oh, and interest level in girls who would (hopefully) not be attracted to the guy in the shaving cream-stained blazer.

And, yeah, the ironing thing isn’t going to happen.

You might enjoy a previous thread on this topic (my comment is from there):

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/1885822-formal-dress-for-boys-how-much-to-buy-p1.html