We followed the instructions in the school email to a uniform shop in a very tiny local mall: Al Raha Mall. It has no covered parking & the food court only takes cash. It's a VERY tiny, not very crowded, mall. So it was really easy to find Zaks, the school uniform Mecca.
The store is divided up by the various schools. We quickly caught the eye of a young lady in a Zaks T-Shirt that said, "Did you find everything?" & she became our personal shopper. Her name was Leigh.
Leigh really knew her stuff, thank goodness! The sizes are pretty much by age for the shirts, but by waist (in inches) for the trousers/skirts. She was able to size up the kids pretty quickly.
Devin's trousers have to be altered, & he's missing the striped tie & black shoes in this picture.... But you get the idea.
Madeline liked the skirts over the trousers, but even the smallest skirt was too big. Leigh is on the right. She's measuring how much to both shorten & take up the waist to make this the correct size. Madeline will also wear a neck tie & black shoes to complete the uniform.
Olivia gets to wear skorts. (Aren't those chicken legs cute?!) And instead of a neck tie, she'll have a bow tie. Add in little black Lady Lanes & that completes her uniform.
I bought 3 full uniforms for each child. In addition, each kid had to have a physical fitness uniform (t-shirt & shorts w/ the school logo) & a PE bag.
By time we had all the bits & pieces... right down to the correct shades of approved socks... Well, let's just say my CC flexed it's muscles today. Yikes!!!
When all the alterations come back (my kids are just too short & too skinny to buy off the rack), I'll take a fully decked out group photo. This might just give Devin the time he needs to have his daddy teach him how to tie a necktie. Madeline can wear a clip on, but Devin's not going to get to cheat!
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