Uniforms - How many?

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How many uniforms do you generally buy for your children? How many skirts and how many shirts?

I've been having his argument with a friend. She says pretend it's clothes, and buys about 5 sets. I bought two and am wondering if it's enough.

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I wore uniforms growing up, and 2 skirts/jumpers and ~5 shirts was enough.
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Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2009, 7:45 am Post subject: re: Uniforms - How many?

I have 4 shirts, 2 skirts, 3 jumpers (sweaters), 3 ties and 1 jacket.
It really depends on how frequently you're planning to wash and how expensive they are. Shirts I wash everyday, Skirts and jumpers rotate about once a week. Among our kids' classmates, I highly doubt anyone having more than 2-3 pairs of skirts/jackets. They're good quality but not cheap. Everyone uses hand-me-down (politely called "retro uniforms") from families whose kids outgrew one.

For younger kids, I had to get a spare set to be kept at school.

Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2009, 12:51 pm Post subject: re: Uniforms - How many?

I start each kid with 5 shirts, but gradually add more, since later in the year I want long sleeve (for elementary school they wear polo shirts). I can usually get them on sale at the end of the summer for $6 or $7 at Target or Walmart. They are the same ones the public school kids wear.

For the boys I tend to have more than 5 pairs of pants, since they wear the same ones for Shabbos and I usually only do wash weekly.

My younger kids always come home dirty, regardless of what they do.

Skirts are very expensive, so we started with two, which were subsidized in cost by a fund the school has. At the end of the school year the school had a sale so I picked up another skirt. I buy them big and hem/take them in so as to stretch out how long I can use them. Sometimes I end up hand washing mid-week if they get too dirty.

I really don't have an opinion one way or another about the uniforms, but at a cost of $50 per skirt, it's crazy. The girls' shirts are also much more expensive and when they get to middle school they are requried to have a shirt with a shell underneath, regardless of the buttons. I'm lucky most of my kids are boys.

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I buy three skirts and four shirts.

Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2009, 1:27 pm Post subject: re: Uniforms - How many?

2-3 skirts (depending on the age) and 5 shirts (enough for a week).

Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2009, 6:12 pm Post subject:

My son has 4 shirts & 4 pants because his are cheap. DD has 3 jumpers (Childrens Place didn't have any more where I went) so I got 3 shirts - they were $14 each!!!

Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2009, 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Uniforms - How many?

Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2009, 7:07 pm Post subject: re: Uniforms - How many?

I have a lot. I find it is so much less stressful to have plenty, especially shirts. I can get away with spot cleaning skirts or trousers, and they don't get so dirty, but shirts are very cheap, especially the short sleeved ones for my boys.

Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2009, 7:54 pm Post subject: re: Uniforms - How many?

I always buy enough so I only have to wash the child's laundry once a week.

Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2009, 8:45 pm Post subject: re: Uniforms - How many?

this discussion sounds familiar ...

in elementary when I had more kids in the same school and they had both plaid & navy, skirt & jumpers, I had 4 or 5 bottoms and lots of shirts as we had white & yellow & then navy too ...

now in high school with the same plaid skirt - dd has 2 skirts and 5 shirts ... I think it's time for some new shirts ...
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I don't get the "pretend it's clothes" thing either. It is clothes.

I planned on buying 4 pairs of pants and 4 shirts, but when I saw how inexpensive they were here, I bought extra.
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I bought 5 shirts 3 where shirts and 2 were polos. and I bought 2 jumpers . and I still have from last yr some shirts that are still good. and 2 jumpers that are still good.

so 4 jumpers and 5 shirts should tide u over. as I wash them and hang them up to dry. it looks nicer longer.

Posted: Sun, Sep 06 2009, 9:49 am Post subject:

3 skirts, 3 shirts, a vest, a sweater, and a cardigan. DD ended up hating all except the sweater with the half zipper... so I had to buy more of those. my advice with sweaters and stuff: don't buy too many because if your dd is a fashionista, she will loathe your taste and you'll end up buying what she likes on other girls... so save your money until halfway through the year when you really know what you need.
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3 jumpers, 5 shirts, 2 cardigans, umpteen pairs of knee socks. this is in fact, the majority of her wardrobe for the year.

Posted: Sun, Sep 06 2009, 10:03 am Post subject:

b'h its cheaper for boys! the shirts are 8 and pants 10 so I bought enough for a week. the sweaters are harder to find. I have 3 sweaters and 2 vests. I might buy more b/c I have a coupon.

shaklee that is a good idea. I can see giving me problems. do girls uniforms ever go on sale?
I am worried about buying for dd b/c the jumpers cost more.

they are clothes the kids are in them from 8-5 that is the whole day. the good thing is that I don't have to buy a lot of weekday regular things.

I bought 8 shirts if you count in the white shirts for school and 7 pants. I know myself that I won't always manage to fully do the laundry- wash and put away- every week. something always comes up and I can't make it to the laundromat.

Posted: Sun, Sep 06 2009, 10:11 am Post subject:

Two sweaters, three shirts, and two skirts are enough. You can always have a velour house set she can change into when she comes home if you see her ruining her uniform.
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Silver Member Joined: Feb 25 2008 Posts: 606

it all depends how often you do laundry. I can only manage to get down to my buildings laundry room once a week, so I needed to get my kids more uniforms. Last year there were too many times that I had to do emergency hand wash and dry stuff with a space heater or blow dryer!!