Re: This is a little late but what is/was with the young girls and SHORT shorts?

Posted by Sparrow

Posted by lilqtny

Posted by FirstMate

Posted by BargainMama

Posted by BriBri2u

Ehh I don't buy the "can't find shorts that aren't short in stores" argument.

I have seen girls with proper length shorts on.

I don't buy it either. There are plenty of places that sell age appropriate clothing. Sadly, many of the parents dress just like the kids though.

I was so embarrassed for most of the girls at my son's chorus concert last year. They had tiny black mini skirts on, they couldn't even walk without having to hold onto them so they wouldn't ride up. Not sure why the chorus teacher didn't tell them they can't sing in the concert if they weren't dressed appropriately.

My child will be wearing Matilda Jane style ruffles until she is 16

I just want to share my 2 cents. I have a 13 year old SD so I'm all too familiar with the ridiculously short shorts and the arguing over it. I have to admit finding length appropriate shorts for her is no easy task, especially at this age when labels are paramount to everything. Can you find longer shorts? Yes. In Sears. Kohls. JC Penney. Can you find them in the stores that these kids are so desperate to wear to fit in (i.e. Hollister, A&F, AE, etc.)? Not a chance. It's hard because you want your kid to feel like he/she fits in and isn't wearing something embarassing to them but the stores themselves make it very difficult to balance the cool factor with the appropriate factor. I'm pretty lucky in that she isn't a total label whore yet but I see it coming down the pike. And I recall being like that myself. Ironically, all I wanted to wear was B.U.M. Equipment. Quite the opposite!

Thank you. THis is what I was trying to express. I do NOT knwo any 16 year olds that want to wear the "frumpy" length.

Not for nothing, I think there is definitely a happy medium between hoochie mamma shorts/skirts and old lady frumpy. I don't think you have to have your ass cheeks about to pop out to look current, but I guess I could be wrong. How hard is it to say "Ok, we can get some tops and jeans at Abercrombie but we'll buy more substantial shorts in another store"? It seems like parents either don't care and use the 'stores only sell stripper shorts' excuse. What happened to telling your child what is and isn't appropriate?

I am also disgusted that Justice sells shorts with the pockets showing! That is such a trashy look and now they put it on little girls?

Re: This is a little late but what is/was with the young girls and SHORT shorts?

Posted by Mrs213

Posted by Sparrow

Posted by lilqtny

Posted by FirstMate

Posted by BargainMama

Posted by BriBri2u

Ehh I don't buy the "can't find shorts that aren't short in stores" argument.

I have seen girls with proper length shorts on.

I don't buy it either. There are plenty of places that sell age appropriate clothing. Sadly, many of the parents dress just like the kids though.

I was so embarrassed for most of the girls at my son's chorus concert last year. They had tiny black mini skirts on, they couldn't even walk without having to hold onto them so they wouldn't ride up. Not sure why the chorus teacher didn't tell them they can't sing in the concert if they weren't dressed appropriately.

My child will be wearing Matilda Jane style ruffles until she is 16

I just want to share my 2 cents. I have a 13 year old SD so I'm all too familiar with the ridiculously short shorts and the arguing over it. I have to admit finding length appropriate shorts for her is no easy task, especially at this age when labels are paramount to everything. Can you find longer shorts? Yes. In Sears. Kohls. JC Penney. Can you find them in the stores that these kids are so desperate to wear to fit in (i.e. Hollister, A&F, AE, etc.)? Not a chance. It's hard because you want your kid to feel like he/she fits in and isn't wearing something embarassing to them but the stores themselves make it very difficult to balance the cool factor with the appropriate factor. I'm pretty lucky in that she isn't a total label whore yet but I see it coming down the pike. And I recall being like that myself. Ironically, all I wanted to wear was B.U.M. Equipment. Quite the opposite!

Thank you. THis is what I was trying to express. I do NOT knwo any 16 year olds that want to wear the "frumpy" length.

Not for nothing, I think there is definitely a happy medium between hoochie mamma shorts/skirts and old lady frumpy. I don't think you have to have your ass cheeks about to pop out to look current, but I guess I could be wrong. How hard is it to say "Ok, we can get some tops and jeans at Abercrombie but we'll buy more substantial shorts in another store"? It seems like parents either don't care and use the 'stores only sell stripper shorts' excuse. What happened to telling your child what is and isn't appropriate?

I am also disgusted that Justice sells shorts with the pockets showing! That is such a trashy look and now they put it on little girls?

Re: This is a little late but what is/was with the young girls and SHORT shorts?

I bought a skirt by MUDD for my 6 year old daughter. I couldn't believe how short this skirt was. It went back to the store. WTF is wrong with these companies????

Re: This is a little late but what is/was with the young girls and SHORT shorts?

People will justify anything if it suits them.

I know someone who is tiny and says because of that, she can only buy the really expensive jeans and shorts, since they are the only ones "that fit her"........like $150-$300 a pair expensive.

I don't get it. Especially because her + her SO are in debt up to their eyeballs.

I have also heard her say that the stores I shop at (Target, Old Navy, etc.) are "too cheap looking" for her taste.

I think too there's a happy medium.

I follow a fashion blog where someone is like a size 0 and she always dresses appropriately, on the cheap end of things since she too is in a lower-paying profession like myself.

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This is a little late but what is/was with the young girls and SHORT shorts?

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