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<p>Which part are you referring to? Ant specific outfits??</p>
<p>Offensive? I think it is plain dumb and stupid, just like most A&F ads are. And bad photoshopping, too.</p>
<p>My young ladies will not even dream of dressing like that. Not even for Halloween… It does not look like English is our OP’s native tongue. I thought the OP wanted to dress in Ivy League appropriate clothing, but was not sure that A&F could be trusted… ;)</p>
<p>thank you for those who replied.
but I still don’t get it.
as I was told from other posters do not post until I can write in decent English, I can not yet understand said “Ivy” culture suggested here A&F
All I know is kids here are buying these clothes, and parents are paying for them.
What is your take as a kid, or a parent?</p>
<p>“but I still don’t get it.”</p>
<p>B and D,
you CAN ask- “why do some college girls like to dress up like tramps?”
you CAN’T post a LINK to an ad for a BUSINESS on college confidential, which is what you did.</p>
<p>I have seen it done before as source of discussion. re. products, names of firms, organizations, books CC poster published, etc.
You are so kind to follow this thread to this end and explain what you think I did.
It wasn’t so.
I am not promoting their products nor working for them.
what amazing is it is KIDS brand, from kids’ size 8, not yet for “college” kids but 2nd, 3rd, 4th graders.
What would you make of this?</p>
<p>There’s nothing exceptional about this clothing style - it’s pretty run of the mill pseudo-preppy and there’s really nothing to make of it other than A&F is trying to sell some clothing. Why, what do you think we should make of it?</p>
<p>I guess what I am asking is
would you put that on your 3rd grader because everyone else are going to the same store for the first day of school sale?
or
is it only for certain demographics/ life style thing?</p>
<p>OP: any bottoms depicted in the ads are against the local school district’s dress code. 
So far, I have not seen a single kid walking to the Jr High or Elementary schools in my neck of the woods dressed like that. The local kids and their parents are smarter than the A&F marketing :)</p>
<p>Yes, bears and dogs. If everyone else is doing it, then I would do it. Absolutely.<br>
(What kind of question is that?) </p>
<p>Leaving aside the short skirts, the rest of it is, again, pretty unexceptional, and nothing I’d go out of my way to buy. It would depend on what my third grader wanted and what would fit her lifestyle, which presumably includes a lot of running around. It’s also hard to know what that clothing would look like on a third grader when it’s modeled on a teenager. It might look very different.</p>
<p>That is the issue. The store got live sales personal young student-y adults dressed up in same clothes, but sizing are going for much younger kids.
and “popular” third graders around here are not running around much anymore.
I am glad you would go against majorities and your kid won’t go with the flaw.</p>
<p>It is just a style of clothing that some prefer and some not. I do think some of it is provocative for elementary students though. My daughter is a senior in highschool and shops at abercrombie kids because she likes their jeans and they fit her - she is tiny, 5’2 1/2 and weighs 99 lbs. So a 14 fits her well!</p>
<p>I rarely see elementary students in my area sporting A&F aside from the occasional graphic t shirt. I don’t think most people from my area could justify spending $50 on a sweater that will be outgrown in a year! Ridiculous!</p>
<p>The girl in the picture looks very cute. Her outfit would not meet the requirements of the dress code in my son’s school – it would violate the coverage rule on the top and on the bottom.</p>
<p>I realize I am the mother of sons, not daughters, but I find the outfit inappropriate for young women for work or for school.</p>
<p>I am the mother of a daughter and a son and I find the outfit completely inappropriate for school, at any age. When my daughter was upper elementary age, A&F was all the rage with her friends. I found the vast majority of their stuff distasteful and avoided it like the plague. As she got older, we did purchase jeans and the occasional tee from there, but in general, not her style, thank goodness!</p>
<p>How does one know who is a “popular” third grader?</p>
<p>And with real prep outfits, they would wear flip-flops!</p>
<p>easy
just stick around classrooms and/or play field (no, they are not running around)</p>
<p>I thought she is wearing flip-flops?
boys, too. winter coat with flip-flops, why?</p>
<p>LOL-- It would be seriously creepy to be hanging around third grade classrooms or playgrounds. I dont have an elementary schooler. Still dont see that there would be a way to identify a “popular” third-grader, if such exists.</p>
<p>of course, you better have good reason to be there
you mean you never had this sort of issues during grade school?
I thought it starts in nursery school, if not in moms’ wombs</p>
<p>Sorry b&d. Don’t agree with the notion that “popularity” begins that early. Thats all I have to say on the matter.</p>