Can you remember playing a part in your nativity play at school? I have vague recollections of being trussed up in an old bed sheet and having a tinsel-covered coat hanger strapped to my head to imitate a halo. Ah, the good old days.
According to reports from department store Debenhams, it seems that the homemade costumes of yesteryear aren’t, well, as fashionable as they used to be.
‘Manger chic’ is the latest craze among parents, with some shelling out as much as £150 on their child’s school play costume!
Ed Watson, a spokesman from Debenhams, has suggested that parents simply don’t have the time or the necessary skills to create an outfit for their child, so throwing money at it is the next best thing.
What do you think about the ‘manger chic’ phenonmenon? Have you bought your child a costly outfit for their school play, or do you think it’s a waste of money? Tell us here.
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December 6, 2009 at 8:59 pm
A very yesteryear outfit for our poor boy, some cow looking fluffy fabric made into a large top!! Cost £3.80. Think he will remember the day we made it forever as he played crawling around the floor covered in cow fabric with his little sister pretending to do rodeo!! Not very nativity like i know. XX I think money can be used elsewhere for us this year.