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Best place for unisex baby clothes?

24 replies

letitpea · 24/01/2015 16:01

I have been browsing the local shops in the smallish town where I live, literally everything is pink blue or white!!

Where can I find new baby clothes, that are not pink or blue and will be nice for either sex? I'm just into the second trimester but want to buy a couple of things.

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DanyStormborn · 24/01/2015 16:07

Next have lovely unisex babygrows and some vests.

Mothercare has some nice things.

Pumpkin Patch (online only) has some nice stuff in brighter colours.

Sainsburys have a small amount of white and grey babygrows and vests.

GAP has some nice but expensive things.

The White Company has plain but expensive items.

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StrangeGlue · 24/01/2015 16:08

Ha I read that as 'un-sexy'!

I second next

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fraggle84 · 24/01/2015 16:16

Boots do some lovely ones

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letitpea · 24/01/2015 16:49

Thanks, I think I need to venture further afield. Have looked in Next, Boots, M & S, debenhams, Sainsbury.....nothing much in any of them, possibly because they are small branches.

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sianihedgehog · 24/01/2015 16:51

H&M have some good stuff that's not all pink/blue. have a look online, you can order online if you're not near a shop. :)

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Swanny84 · 24/01/2015 17:30

I got a cute I love mummy and daddy one in mothercare. They usually have built in scratch mitts too which are fab, also got a few bits from morrisons, asda and toys r us

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Artandco · 24/01/2015 17:41

Tbh I found the best was online.

What I did what buy all plain white babygrows ( can then wash all together easily and cheap), then spend more on nice cardigans/ hats/ booties/ blankets.

  • h and m
  • Cambridge baby
  • lana bambini
  • polarn o pyret ( some stuff)
  • merino kids

-joha
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DilysDerwent · 24/01/2015 18:56

I like H&M best for unisex - lots of bright colours. John Lewis also have nice sets of 3 sleepsuits, many of which are in green, yellow, orange etc. I do get sick of just blue blue blue for DS.

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DanyStormborn · 24/01/2015 19:03

Yeah second Boots and H&M.

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minipie · 24/01/2015 19:11

Slightly more expensive but Jojomaman have some lovely unisex baby clothes. Very good quality (which matters if you want it to do two or more babies!)

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Cornberry · 24/01/2015 20:21

Not cheap but Boden have lovely stuff

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SK28 · 24/01/2015 23:24

Polarn O. Pyret and Vertbaudet are two websites I found some good unisex things on, and I've also bought from Next and H&M as people have suggested above. Tesco too. I'm 'team yellow' and baby's wardrobe includes green, orange, grey, white, and bright patterns - I've not found it too tricky to buy an interesting range of unisex stuff. Having said that, I've bought some blue stuff (mostly navy blue rather than baby blue) as I'm happy putting a girl in some blue. But I've avoided pink :)

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SK28 · 24/01/2015 23:25

Polarn O. Pyret and Vertbaudet are two websites I found some good unisex things on, and I've also bought from Next and H&M as people have suggested above. Tesco too. I'm 'team yellow' and baby's wardrobe includes green, orange, grey, white, and bright patterns - I've not found it too tricky to buy an interesting range of unisex stuff. Having said that, I've bought some blue stuff (mostly navy blue rather than baby blue) as I'm happy putting a girl in some blue. But I've avoided pink :)

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ourglass · 25/01/2015 07:47

Jojo Maman Bebe have lovely unisex stuff. We didn't find out the sex of our second child so I bought lots of unisex stuff from there.

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ToAvoidConversation · 25/01/2015 14:15

Lots in Asda if you have a bigger Asda near you. Most unisex things I've seen are white or similar but you could just get the basics and then see what happens after.

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littlelime · 25/01/2015 14:26

h and m have some lovely grows on three for two. some that they currently have are red, navy, white, mustard, black, asortment of stripes, dark purple with stars, they also have two packs of sleepers in tiger print and some with stripes as well abd plain white and a few others. also have sets the a grow with an animal on and matching trousers.

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littlelime · 25/01/2015 14:28

also asga have some nice packs of sleepers with multicoloured hit air balloons, and grows with stars and moons. Also a pack with trees that are nice

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Momzilla82 · 25/01/2015 14:35

Mamas and Papas

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NovemberRainbow · 25/01/2015 14:39

Boden
JoJo Maman BeBe
Boots
Next
Gap
John Lewis

All online, never much instore.

I have some lovely sleepsuits with little ducks and one with elephants on from JoJo £16 each, I found them on ebay for £2. They still look brand new and wash fantastically.

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letitpea · 25/01/2015 15:29

Fabulous thank you!! I am making a note and will look online. I really like the idea of browsing in store but seems unlikely where i am.

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feesh · 25/01/2015 15:35

I had boy girl twins, so ALL my baby stuff was unisex until they got a bit older. I got nearly all of it from Next, Mothercare and H&M. The Mothercare stuff was dreadful quality though (poppers not lining up with each other etc) but I was very, very pleased with the Next stuff.

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Rhoda77 · 25/01/2015 15:36

John Lewis have lots of items in other colours. I too despair of all girls clothes being in pink. Message to the high street from me - some imagination please!

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Artandco · 25/01/2015 17:57

Also I would recommend buying unisex for certain items as they grow also, even if you want girly/ boyish for most. The amount of people I know with a girl first bought everything pink, then 18 months later had a boy. Then continued buying pink everything so can pass little down.

Things like Wellington boots, snowsuit, winter coat, raincoat, pjamas etc can be expensive to replace in different colour/ style if still good quality. So navy/ yellow/ red are much better choices that pink glitter or dinosaur prints.

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