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I don't really know what to say. Is your mom not letting you go shopping or something? If so, that's total bullcrap, ecspecially if she's only buying for her and not looking out for you, her child (not trying to bad mouth her or anything.)
Anywho, don't listen to the kids at school who make fun of you. What I've learned is that people will always find something to talk about you for. If it's not your clothes, it's your shoes or your hair, even your teeth or how you talk. Kids at my school get their clothes talked and we wear a freaking uniform!
Your style is your own 
There's nothing wrong with thrift clothes or hand-me-downs. I majority of my clothes are from garage sells or used to belong to my mom, sister or cousin. And I'm saving up so I actually can go thrifting downtown.
I don't know if I'm helping any, but talk to your mom and tell her what's up. Maybe even save up a bit of your own money to buy your own stuff if that's the case.
In the end, style is all about confidence and piecing together what you feel good in. Own it 
I hope I've helped in some way.
from freedom, maintaining your pollution."--Lauryn Hill.
I like to make people feel good about themselves 'cause
I know how it feels to think so little of yourself. Even if I
didn't, I still believe everyone should know their self-worth.
Honestly you should be grateful for having any clothes at all. I have always worn hand me downs and stuff from thrift stores. I still do almost all my clothes shopping at the salvation army store. Also if you were getting an allowance why don't you save up your own money to spend on stupid brand name clothes? Kids are going to pick on you no matter what and honestly getting picked on for your clothes or being called a hippie isn't really that bad. I got picked on for crap like having a big head (I had hyrdocephalus when I was little) and things I can't physically ever change. Honestly I think clothes like Aeropostale and Hollister are stupid and ugly. It is just a way to say hey look I have a lot of money so I am going to waste it on stupid clothes that just have the name of the brand written really big across the whole thing. Also if you notice you will never see adults wearing that kind of crap just middle schoolers, high schoolers, and some college kids that are idiots and think they are better than everyone else. Mostly if you are still growing it is stupid to waste a lot of money on clothes you won't be able to wear for very long. I also doubt every kid in your grade is wearing aero or hollister crap so why don't you focus on making friends that aren't shallow materialistic jerks.
Sorry if I got a little too snippy or rude sometimes certain topics un knowingly set me off about other things on here. I'm not trying to be a jerk to you I am more just mad about brand name labels and materialistic jerks haha.
"It's getting darker, darker than a coal mine
I'm feeling broken, broken like the street lines
Cause all I need is temporary sunlight."
- WOTE
Well, not to sound rude, but your mom is just sounding unreasonable and...I don't even know another word, but goodness.
from freedom, maintaining your pollution."--Lauryn Hill.
I like to make people feel good about themselves 'cause
I know how it feels to think so little of yourself. Even if I
didn't, I still believe everyone should know their self-worth.
Instead of worrying about where your clothes come from, try focusing on using what you have to develop your own sense of style! I do my own shopping, and I find I get more for my money at second hand stores. Some of my favorite items of clothing came from thrift stores!
Besides, being a Hippie isn't that bad- they were free thinking, inclusive, and artistic.
Kids who want to bully you will find any reason to do it. They make fun of you for your clothes now, so you 'fix' your wardrobe, so they make fun of your hair, so you get a haircut, so they make fun of your music, so you listen to different music... Next thing you know, you lost yourself to make some d*ckheads at school like you. Worth it? I hope not.
Ignore their bullying and be yourself!
Love <3
How bout growing a pair and not giving a sh*t what other people think about your clothes.
I never had new clothes at school, I always got my clothes from hand me downs from my cousins and from thrift stores, because my parents didn't have a lot of money, and it was pointless to waste money on expensive trendy clothes when there was going to be a new trend to keep up with next week, or I was going to grow out of them.
You're Mom can buy new clothes for herself because she knows her sense of style probably isn't going to change in 2 seconds, or she's going to grow three inches over night.
I don't blame her for grounding you because you're being an ungrateful kid. It's not like she's neglecting you, it's not like she's not buying you anything, be grateful for what you have because there's probably some kids that you go to school with who don't even have the luxury of getting what you're taking for granted.
I'm currently 23 and I still do most of my shopping at thrift stores, it's just a better bargain and I honestly have other stuff I'd rather spend my money on.
Your peers are going to find any reason to pick on you, if you had brand new trendy clothes there still going to find something that they can make fun of you for because teenagers are a$$holes, that's just how the world works. In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter if your t-shirt is from Aeropostale or Good Will.
If you're peers don't like that you don't buy clothes from the mall that's their problem not yours.
So I suggest you apologize to your mother for not being grateful for what you've been given and save up your allowance if you absolutely have to have the exact same sweater from Hollister that everyone else has...because God forbid you be comfortable with being your own person.
I know I probably sound like a jerk right now, but when I was a teenager I had my entitled little princess moments too and I wish I had somebody to come up to me, smack me dead across the face and tell me to knock it off.
