The Best and Worst School Clothing Brands 2024-2025

High-quality clothing for schoolchildren must meet several requirements:

1. Strength.
2. Hygroscopicity.
3. Breathability.
4. Pleasant appearance (no pilling, no fading or shrinkage).

In 2021, Roskachestvo checked brands that produce school uniforms and found that many of them offer low-quality products that children will not be comfortable in. Here list of worst and best school clothing brands 2021, whose clothes should not be bought for children for school.

The Worst School Clothing Brands of 2021

9. Silver Spoon

The first, but not the only brand, which was found to have three low-quality school uniform items at once. These are blouses for girls, jackets and trousers for boys. All of them are made in Belarus.

• The Silver Spoon School Blouse is very wrinkly, does not provide good temperature regulation, and does not have full size markings.

• The boys' school jacket quickly forms pellets, the fabric does not "breathe", and its composition does not correspond to what the manufacturer indicated (62.7% polyester, 33.3% viscose and 4% polyurethane instead of the promised 70% polyester, 29% viscose and 1% elastane). In addition, there was no felt on the collar - a fabric that gives the necessary shape and volume.

• Boys' pants are painted with low-quality dye (not resistant to organic solvents), they do not "breathe" well and cannot absorb and retain moisture.

8. Gulliver

A popular brand of children's clothing in Russia received a "C" for the quality of sundresses for girls, shirts and trousers for boys.

• The fabric of the sundress does not retain moisture well, it will remain on the child's skin, which can cause irritation and skin infection.

• The boys' shirt tested by Roskachestvo experts does not "breathe", and instead of the declared 80% cotton and 20% polyester, the fabric consists of 60% cotton and 40% polyester.

• The trousers do not “breathe” well, they do not have a seat to prevent the fabric from wearing out between the legs, the dye is poor and the fabric is prone to pilling.

7. Valenti Kids

Roskachestvo recognized sundresses for girls, jackets and trousers for boys as low-quality products of this brand.

The problems with these school clothing items are the same as with most of their “fellow sufferers” - low hygroscopicity, inaccurate labeling, lack of a lei, and “non-breathable” fabric.

The examined boys' jacket also had sewing defects, as well as high pilling of the fabric (in other words, it easily forms pellets).

6. Class and K

Children's jackets for boys of this brand do not provide proper thermoregulation, so the child's skin will not "breathe" in them. In addition, the manufacturer indicated incorrect data on the composition of the upper fabric:

• It is stated that it contains 60% polyester, 35% viscose and 5% lycra.
• In fact, it is 67.2% polyester, 25.2% viscose and 7.6% polyurethane.

Roskachestvo also did not like the shirts for boys from Klass i K. Due to the low hygroscopicity of the fabric, the child's skin will remain moist - an ideal environment for the growth of fungus.

Another product with a low rating is the boys' trousers. They have no lei, the fabric is almost not breathable, is not resistant to organic dyes, and its hygroscopicity is "zero".

Another common defect of low-quality school uniforms is incorrect labeling. Instead of 55% polyester and 45% viscose, the fabric of the upper part of the trousers contains 90% polyester and 10% viscose.

5. Katasonov

Blouses for girls under the Katasonov brand are sewn qualitatively and neatly. However, due to their low hygroscopicity, the child's skin will be damp. In addition, the manufacturer gives incorrect information about the fabric from which the blouses are sewn. Instead of the real 33.8% cotton and 66.2% polyester, the marking indicates 60% cotton and 40% polyester.

Boys' shirts (2016 study) also failed the labeling test - they do not contain 80% cotton, but only 40%. In addition, they do not absorb or wick away moisture well, and can irritate the child's skin.

Boys' shirts (2021) have the same disadvantages, plus the fabric may shrink after washing.

4. Noble People

The last of the brands for which Roskachestvo identified three unsafe products. The following school uniform items were found to be of poor quality at Noble People:

1. Trousers for boys – no lei, low hygroscopicity, do not “breathe” well, dye does not withstand organic solvents.
2. Shirts for boys (research from 2016) – the composition of the product did not match that declared by the manufacturer (there was only 26% cotton instead of 40%), the fabric “does not breathe”, does not absorb or wick away moisture.
3. Boys' shirts (fresh research 2021) - no thermoregulation, low tear load.

3. Orby School

The top three worst Russian brands of school clothing are opened by a company that fails in four categories at once:

1. blouses for girls,
2. boys jackets,
3. shirts for boys,
4. trousers for boys.

Roskachestvo experts found that the boys' shirt (made in China, like other samples tested) had a low tear load, the fabric quickly began to pill, and it could quickly wear out and shrink after washing.

The labeling of the girl's blouse stated an incorrect fabric composition - 70% cotton, 27% polyester and 3% elastane, instead of the actual 95.8% cotton and 4.2% polyurethane.

Inaccurate labeling was found on trousers and a jacket for boys. In addition, these items of clothing do not "breathe" well, which means the child's skin will be damp, which can lead to fungal infections and increased body temperature.

2. Cleverly

Another brand that failed the school clothing tests in four categories:

1. Blouses for girls - the fabric wrinkles a lot, does not allow air to pass through well, the toxicity index is higher than the permissible limit, there is no information about the size and marking of the product.
2. Sundresses for girls – low hygroscopicity, unreliable fabric composition, and too many polyester fibers (43.7 %), which violates the requirements of the Technical Regulations (no more than 5%).
3. Shirts for boys - the fabric shrinks after washing, pellets form on it, “does not breathe” and consists of 75.4% cotton + viscose and 24.6% polyester, and not 69% cotton, 29% polyester and 12% viscose, as the manufacturer claims.
4. Trousers for boys - no lei, dye is unstable to organic solvents, composition of the upper fabric does not correspond to the marking, low hygroscopicity.

1. "Rainbow Children"

The brand was voted worst in four school clothing categories:

1. Blouses for girls - the fabric shrinks after washing and can wear out quickly, there is an excess of the toxicity index, the outer hem is too wide.
2. Sundresses for girls - the outer fabric shrinks after washing, the lining has poor hygroscopic properties.
3. Shirts for boys - instead of 80 percent cotton content, its content does not exceed 35%. In addition, the fabric does not absorb and remove moisture well.
4. Trousers for boys - poor hygroscopicity, no lei, a "greenhouse" effect is created, and the actual composition of the fabric does not correspond to that declared in the marking. Instead of 50% wool and 50% polyester, the fabric of the product consists of 65% polyester and 35% wool. And the composition of the lining (100% polyester) is not declared at all.

The best brands of school clothing in 2021 according to Roskachestvo

1. Van Cliff — the best shirts for boys (research was conducted in 2016 and 2021).
2. Our form – produces high-quality sundresses, jackets and trousers for boys.
3. Olmi - Roskachestvo experts praised this brand for its well-tailored and safe for children's health sundresses, jackets and trousers for boys.
4. Leader-Bargaining - excellent sundresses for girls and trousers for boys.
5. Peplos – offers some of the best school sundresses for girls (Peplos and D-402-9 Peplos).
6. Start - this brand can boast of good children's shirts, trousers, sarafans and jackets. But its blouses are of low quality, their rating was zeroed by Roskachestvo.