Jo jo bows.....

My gorgeous DGD's with matching Jo Jo bows.....

Awww.... these photos are so cute ..... keep them coming....???

That's lovely Elegran.

I loved that dress! It got too short and rather tight, so my mother gave it away. I was furious!

Is that you Elegran? so cute!

I have photos very like that one, shysal Big floppy bows were the norm!

I wore one to school! I am on the right next to the teacher. My mother used to make my clothes and often made a bow to match my dress. I used to make 'scrunchies' to match my girls' clothes.

My 2 love them. They spend their pocket money on them (only £2-£3 each). I look across the play yard and sometimes see the bow coming before my (very tiny for her age) DGD . Mind you they are always in school colours of light grey or white.

Can't see a problem at all.

I thought 'bobby' socks were just white ankle socks, very American.

We just called luminous socks 'luminous socks' - green, orange, pink, girls wore them and also Teddy boys wore a men's version.

Those luminous socks were called Bobby socks. Originated in USA, like many fads.

Never heard of them, but then I am a dinosaur. .

They seem to be confined to certain areas of the UK though I expect they'll spread!!

Very heated discussion about these on Mumsnet! Apparently the craze results from a tv show called Dance Mums. I don't think they're suitable for school especially as the most coveted ones are so expensive.

Wot Bluebelle says.

I think they re awful personally but if that's what they like then fair play but obviously NOT ok in school, get a classroom of them and you wouldn't see the board for ribbon
It's just a craze but at £8 to £12 for a blooming bow the worlds gone mad

I remember someone wearing luminous socks with white stilettos janea about that time
Her sister went to my school, was very prim and proper and was very embarrassed to be seen with her sister in her socks and stilettos.

Maybe the ban is to protect the sensitivities of girls with short hair [ wink]

Does anyone remember luminous socks being banned circa 1958?
I desperately wanted some but was not allowed.
They came in luminous pink, luminous green and luminous yellow.
They were rumoured to be radioactive but as it was about the time of the disastrous fire at Windscale, aka Sellafield, perhaps people's anxieties were heightened.

Far from being a 'new craze', I just think they look so old fashioned but each to their own I guess

Love the picture Alima

I hated my school uniform but always conformed.

I think my younger DD has always been a non-conformist - she would have worn one of these to school and argued her case too!

As long as they have some sparkle Luckygirl ... ?

Ha ha Jalima - Jo jo bows at dawn I think ?

The photo that Alima posted made me think though..... when I was at school - I was always the odd one out because my parents couldn't fund any of the latest styles - even my socks were green because they were cheaper than white ones.... I pretty much made sure that my own DC 'fitted in' when they were at school....

But maybe this explains my 'laid back' attitude to my DGD's and their bows ?

Bows in school colours sound great fun!

I had never heard of deely boppers either.

I do know of some children who go to school in plimsolls though

(ducks for cover again tonight)

I'm sure there must be plenty of opportunities for wearing them outside school.

A bow in the school colours - fine!
I must be a prim and proper Grandma

I have never heard of these bows but when I clicked the link I realised that I walk past a picture of one every day. The attached shows a photo of my Mum taken around 100 years ago. That is one heck of a ribbon in her hair, sadly I have no idea what colour it was.