“SEXY” CLOTHING FOR CHILDREN TO BE BAN

Minister for Children in Ireland Frances Fitzgerald said retail bosses had begun demanding “increased standards” from clothing designers due to growing concern over the sexualisation of children.

Frances Fitzgerald,TD, the Minister for Children. Photo: Tom Burke

Ms Fitzgerald has revealed that 11 major retailers have agreed to comply with the ‘Responsible Retailing of Childrenswear’ guidelines.
Dunnes Stores has become the latest retailer to agree to the guidelines — which ban the sale of sexually suggestive clothing, slogans and imagery.
The list of signatories includes Arnotts, Brown Thomas, Clerys, Debenhams and House of Fraser.
Marks & Spencer, Next, Penneys, Tesco and TK Maxx have also signed up to the guidelines.
In an interview with the Irish Independent, Ms Fitzgerald said it was a positive step that more retailers had signed up.
“It’s the one thing I find. People stop me on the street — parents and grannies — and they say ‘delighted you took a stand on that’,” she said.
“I think it reached a tipping point where many parents were saying: ‘I actually find it hard to find what I consider appropriate clothing for young children’.
NIALL O’CONNOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Source: Independent.ie