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    Teens and Fashion

    My GD1 will be 14 tomorrow, and today she had her ears pierced. She's been wanting them done for a while, and finally her Mum and Dad agreed. GD2 would like hers done as well, but her parents say she's too young at 10. GD2 has pointed out that her best friend has pierced ears, but they've explained that it's usual in her culture.

    GD1 isn't interested in being fashionable so far. She enjoys making her own clothes usually from charity shop finds. (Yesterday she bought a pair of linen Fat Face shorts for £6.50. Miles too big, but she will resize them to fit.). On the other hand, GD2 is much more fashion conscious. One morning on holiday she wouldn't go into the campsite playground as all the other girls there were wearing crop tops - a fashion no-no as far as her Mum's concerned. I was quite surprised that she was so 'into' clothes.

    I remember my GSs at that age having favourite brands of t-shirts but that's about all, and lots of experimenting with hair styles and colours.

    I just wondered what other Grannies thought about teen fashion, and what their GDs' parents think is appropriate at what age?
    "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

    (Marianne Williamson)
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    I think that the children here are into fashion for school etc as there are no school uniforms, I never had a problem with the boys, the girls love deciding what to wear! Those crop tops are very fashionable here too Daisy, GD2 spent her holiday with me wearing them with shorts. I must say they are both very sensible at what they choose to wear. Only GD2 fancies the most ugliest Uggs for her winter shoes, in my mind anyway, she showed them to me whilst we were in the town, maybe fashionable, but, not my choice!

    Well done to your GD1 for altering clothes etc.

    I think these are similair to what she showed me




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      Lizzie, one of the arguments in favour of school uniform is that it stops youngsters (girls, especially, I suppose) being competitive about the latest trends etc. But even in my day when not all schools required uniforms, we spent a lot of time adjusting what we were allowed to wear to make it more trendy, so that's not changed much. GD1's school don't allow make-up, although some girls sneak a bit of mascara/lipstick etc on. But my DIL1's niece, just 12, wears masses of make-up every day and the school allows it.

      Both your GDs always look great in your photos with trendy but not way-out dress senses. I think the Uggs might not be very pretty, but they must be better for growing feet than the pointed toes, 3" heels we wore at that age.

      "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

      (Marianne Williamson)
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        Daisy, your GD1 is so lucky being able to customise her clothes like that.

        My DD2 was the fashion conscious little girl in our family. Very interested in clothes and shoes and wanted her ears pierced from an early age. I settled on the age of 12 for my girls, which was a compromise between what they (especially DD2) wanted and what I would have preferred!

        GD and GS2 - DD2's children, are very aware of what they wear, they must take after her, but their dad is also clothes conscious. GS2 won't wear anything with patterns on now. A stripe is acceptable, but no animals, characters, logos etc. He's only 8!
        GD had her ears pierced around 11 or 12 I think. She favours black gym type leggings and various tops, which seems to be what girls wear these days. She's very slim and does suit them.
        I haven't really seen her in make up, although she has a lot of it and spends a lot of time watching You Tube make up tutorials !
        Her school are strict on uniform wouldn't allow make up or more that one stud ear piercing.

        GS2, aged 11 isnt much bothered about what he wears.
        GS3 is still a toddler so has no say, but is always happy if his clothes have animals on
        “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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          Both of our grandaughters like shopping for and buying clothes.
          I wouldn't say they follow trends,but they buy things they like and feel comfy in.
          Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.
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            GD is very fashion conscious, has been since a toddler,
            She wears Makeup for dance competitions but not fussed any other time but she is only 11.

            GS1 wouldn’t go out unless he was perfect , now as a student anything goes.

            GS2 is happy in shorts no matter what the weather he likes nice clothes but not a label watcher.

            My DD had her ears pierced when she was 3 I didn’t regret it to be honest

            Im not fat just 6ft too small
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              Black leggings seem to be very popular with girls of all ages. I suppose they're easy to wear and you can put anything with them. I've seen a lot of young girls wearing tiny shorts, even in very cold weather, but I suppose you don't notice when you're y oung. I can remember going to work in hot pants in the depths of a Liverpool winter!
              "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

              (Marianne Williamson)
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                Tiny black shorts and a crop top seems to be the uniform of the day here Daisy for the girls aged around 12-15.
                Im not fat just 6ft too small

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                  Oma, they're popular round here as well. At least it's not the depths of winter!
                  "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                  (Marianne Williamson)

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