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Originally Posted by asrai
I get my daughter's name brand clothes mainly as hand me downs from my sister in law who gets them from her mother in law who works at the salvation army. And then anything else we need (harldey ever) I can find really nice clothes for her at Value Village. I get my own clothes there too. I'm not the most trendy person, but I don't dress in rags. It takes more time to shop this way becuase you have to look for the good stuff for a whille. Espcially since your kids are school age, but it can be done.
Or find/start a clothing swap.
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Another- perhaps less frugal option is to buy all the kids' clothing during off season sales. I don't know what brands of clothes your kids like, but I hit the Gap and Old Navy for the off season sales and find fabulous deals. I buy clothes one size up from what the boys are wearing and when new clothing is needed I "shop" my storage bins of brand new sale priced clothes. I used to do this at Winner's too and stock up on high end clothing (Tommy, Polo) very cheaply. I got some gorgeous clothes, but we no longer bother with those high end items since the kids grow out of them so incredibly fast. Plus, we've moved into an era where we think it's stupid to spend $60 on a Tommy tee shirt- but that's a personal thing.