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Clothes for 11-year-old: kids' sizes don't fit, neither do adults!
Jeans for big 8-year-old
Clothes for Big Pre-Teen Girl
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Clothes for 11-year-old: kids' sizes don't fit, neither do adults!

June 2008

We have reached a bit of a fashion crises and I am looking for suggestions. Target and Old Navy's children's sections are no longer of interest to my 11 year old but the adult clothes are still too big, especially when it comes to pants. Are there any inexpensive places to shop for tweens??? Fashion hungry

Try size 1 and 3 in the jr.sizes. My older daughter was able to find these sizes at Ross and TJ Max. They were similar to size 10/12 kids, but you might have to hem pants. My other daughter had the opposite problem. When she had outgrown kids size 16, jr. dept. clothes didn't fit the same (they are cut very narrow). so she tried misses sizes. The cut was different enough that it fit well. Good Luck! Jenny

Try the girl's section at JCPenny's. They have regular, slim and ''plus'' for girls 7-14. The selection is limited to current styles, so they only have whatever is ''in,'' but they are affordable and will last long enough for your kid to outgrown them... --Mom of a tweener too

I had the same problem with my daughter. She's 13 now and we shop in the junior's section for her. When she was 11 and 12 though, we either settled for paying a little more at high style kid's clothing stores like justice, limited too, and Macy's; or were lucky to find their clothes on sale at great places like TJ maxx and Ross. Good luck! Marilynn

Jeans for big 8-year-old

July 2001

I'm looking for jeans for my 8-1/2 year old. She is at the top of then weight range so slim pants don't do it. Usually pants either fit in the waist & are much too long or vice versa. Anyone have success in finding jeans & other pants that are designed for the non-slim child in mind? Thanks! Rebecca

Landsend.com (catalogue-very customer service oriented) has jeans with elastic waists and "plus" sizes for girls. They have "plus" sizes in other pants styles as well. Tavie

Rebecca asked about resources for pants for children at the top of their weight-range. We have had some luck with Old Navy, which carries "Extra Loose Jeans" in many children's sizes and with the Gap which features jeans with an elastic waist and a "husky child" category. My daughter likes the Old Navy kind best because their jeans are light weight and feel more comfortable. Another resource worth checking out is the Land's End kids catalog which offers a greater variety of sizes in some of their styles. Laura

Land's End Kids has Girl's Plus sizes in jeans and lots of other pants styles....go to: www.landsend.com/kids to check it out. They are great with quick shipping & cust. svc. Hope that helps Laura

Clothes for Big Pre-Teen Girl

July 1999

Does anyone have ideas of stores and/or catalogs to buy stylish young teen style clothing for a girl with a thick waist? We went shopping yesterday and nothing she liked fit. My daughter essentially has no waist although she is not heavy. She has always worn elastic waist pants and shorts, leggings, or men's jeans and has not cared, but now she wants girl's bell bottoms with embroidered flowers on the legs and clothes that fit at the waist. We tried some women's clothes since she is tall, but the proportions were wrong for a young girl. I don't want her to be unhappy about her natural body shape, but fashion is working against me.

I read about the magazine dEliAs (their choice of capitalization not mine) in a long article in the New Yorker and ordered a catalog for a young cousin. I've looked at a few and they're pretty fun for the 10-16 age set I think. Modelled on a pre-teen version of Vogue, with lots of chatter and quasi-advice columns, they have a range of baggy, hip, clothes that might work. Their on-line store is at www.delias.com and you can order a catalog from that site. Good luck!

You might look at the Lands' End Childrens catalog. They have what looks to be attractive and fairly fashionable stuff, which might be more generously cut. You can call them with your daughter's measurements; their phone staff is very helpful. As a former "late bloomer", I can sympathize. Wendy

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