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Clothes for Pre-teen Girls

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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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