[mlmr]

I buy boy's plain basic t-shirts for my girls. Walmart makes a basic t without pictures or writing, and reaonable cargo or painter's pants. I have been dressing my girls with selected items from the boy's department sice the victoria's secret underare look that was popular with babies back fourteen years ago. Lots of denim and oshgosh. Lands end and some Beans to round things out. Also trips to Good will and the Sally's

[homeschool mama]

Good suggestions, mlmr!

The boys department has great t-shirt colors...the pink and purple in the girls department is enough to make me wanna hurl.

We visit Goodwill too. It's amazing what one can find, huh? :o)

[only1percent]

Boys clothes from Wal-Mart seems like it goes a little too far in the opposite direction -- likely, if anything, to provoke a bad rebellion. (A girl's wardrobe is only secure until she gets the first place she can pull out the blouse she stuffed downt he bottom of her back-pack).

J. Crew and Banana Republic (to name a couple of brands) offer classically tailored, very appealling clothing for women ... think preppy, feminine, chic yet traditional. Nothing tackily reveealing, but nothing absurdly clunky or baggy. (Baggy sends a message to the boys, "my mom doesn't want you to touch me." Classic and fitted sends a message to the boys, "I'm a star, and no one unworthy of me can dare to touch." Guess which one is more effectively intimidating to a teenage boy?)