Uniform Mom: Rainbow Shops

Thursday, August 18, 2016

French Toast Two Tab Scooter and Polo from Rainbow Shops

Recently I introduced Rainbow Shops as a re-seller of French Toast and Lee brand school uniform items. They gifted me some items to try for purposes of this review. I selected several French Toast brand items for my daughter that we haven't reviewed here previously.

The first item is the French Toast girls two-tab scooter. This item is a uniform staple offered by many brands. The French Toast scooter is made of 100% machine washable polyester so no ironing is not needed. Yeah, score one for Mom. It has an adjustable waist. I've learned the hard way that an adjustable waist is much preferred to an elastic waist. It had pleats on the front side of the skirt and solid fabric on the back. The details is the 2 silver buckles on the left hip. The closure is on the side with knit shorts built in. The side zipper might be too much for the youngest girls, but works fine for those well beyond the potty training years with strong manual dexterity skills. Th length of the skirt hits above the knee. French Toast offers this skirt in 6 colors and Rainbow Shops offers the most popular options black, navy and khaki in girls sizes 2T all the way through girls size 14. It retails for $12.99 and can be found 25% off via Rainbow Shops.

The next item we tried is the girls long sleeve interlock knit polo shirt. This is a classic uniform wardrobe staple. The temperatures are warm now during back to school season, but temperatures will drop soon enough. You'll want to snag at least one or two long sleeve polos early in the season while they are easy to find. The French Toast interlock polo is available in 6 colors at Rainbow Shops and in sizes ranging from toddler through girls plus size 18-20. The sleeves on this polo are hemmed but not banded. Right now the sleeves are too long on my daughter, and you might be able to notice in this picture, we simply folded up the sleeve. The collar and placket are standard, but the subtle flower shaped buttons offer a cute feminine detail. I've found that the French Toast polos wash up easily and hold their shape. My daughter is required to wear white tops so I bleach out any stains to keep it looking fresh through the school year. It retails for $11.99 but is currently on sale for 25% off, or $8.99 which is right in the Uniform Mom target price range sweet spot for polo shirts. Got boys? Here's the link to the boys long sleeve French Toast polo instead.

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Monday, August 8, 2016

Retail Round Up: Rainbow Shops

Until recently, I had never heard of Rainbow Shops. I learned that they are a international retailer and reseller for French Toast and Lee brand school uniforms. I checked out their website and saw that they carry low priced fashion items for women, plus size, kids, and baby including accessories and shoes. Then I saw one of their physical locations near a local outlet store here in Virginia. When I looked up their locations online, I was surprised to find 16 more locations within a 10 miles from my house. In fact, they have 1100 locations in the US and territories. I did some further research and stopped in a location near me just yesterday to check out their inventory in person. Note that not all locations carry the kids collections, so check the website for details.

When I shopped their website, I found it easy to use. They make it simple to shop for school uniforms with a menu right on the site's primary navigation. You can easily filter on gender, brand, size or price. They carry French Toast brand uniforms in preschool (4 - 6x) and children's sizes (7 - 20H) and Lee brand for young women. All uniform items come in basic colors of navy, black and khaki, except the polos which are offered in many color choices.

For girls they stock the French Toast brand Bermuda shorts, adjustable waist pants, stretch skinny twill pants, a short sleeve polo top, a short and long sleeve version of the peter pan blouse, the two tab scooter, the below the knee pleated skirt, and the V-neck pleated jumper.

For young women, they stock the Lee brand Bermuda shorts, short sleeve polo, a 5 pocket school uniform pants, and a skinny leg chinos.

For boys, they stock the short sleeve and the long sleeve polo, the flat front adjustable waist shorts, the adjustable waist straight leg twill pants, the adjustable waist pleated double knee pants, a short sleeve and the long sleeve oxford shirt, a sweater vest and the cardigan sweater.

When you shop online, you get free shipping if your order is over $50 in the continental US. They take returns of unused items in their original condition at their physical locations or via mail using the return shipping label that is provided with web orders.

We'll be publishing reviews for the French Toast items they sent us to try that I've never reviewed before. I also found a few casual clothing items for my daughter that she loves. The high low striped dress with the racer back and the hoodie is super cute as a beach cover up or with sandals for running errands. So, I also encourage you to browse around at the non-uniform clothing items and accessories on their website. Their prices are great. The uniform items seem to always be on sale for a great price. If you sign up for Rainbow Shops' e-mail newsletters, you'll receive a 10% discount off your next purchase!