To think clothes become chavvy after age 2.

The posh people dress from Vinted or the dressing up box!

Those Liittle Prince London clothes are about the "chavviest" (not a word I like) clothes I've seen for ages! Don't know quite how to explain without sounding judgey (honestly, I'm not). From the people I know who choose this style, I know only certain groups choose to dress in this way. And it's definitely not the posh people.

Try jojo maman Bebe in the next online sale, I’m with you I’m sick of red tractors and orange dinosaurs! How about some mint green? I have a ds with very red hair and lots of bright colours don’t suit him.

I found loads of good stuff in charity shops and at nct second-hand sales.

Exactly. And I really don't like the idea of having an "aesthetic" or colour scheme for little kids - far too much attention on appearances. Cotton, practical and not ridiculously clashing will do me.

I have a DD aged 8 but in 9-10 clothes...now that really is a horror show! She still wants to dress quite 'young', but most things we find wouldn't look out of place in a nightclub. She likes Boden and Monsoon clothing. When she was little we bought a lot from Jojo Maman Bebe.

DS is 5 and I've found plenty of nice stuff for him in Gap, Zara and H&M. I wait for the sales and stockpile. I've also got nice, plain basics from Primark.

I also stalk the sales and second hand sites for expensive brands like Jacadi, Stella McCartney and Mini Rodini.

I'm not a massive fan of clothes from Next so I just...don't shop there.

I still found cute clothes for my boy up to age 7/8, found that was the cut off. You just need to shop around more. Now I just keep everything plain and colourful like this https://www.marksandspencer.com/cotton-rich-plain-sweatshirt-2-8-yrs-/p/clp60698116?color=GREEN#intid=pid_pg1pip45g2r8c2%7Cprodflag_3%20for%202

I have never put my boys in jeans/chinos though - to me, I find dressing them like mini adults “chavvy”, if you really want to use that term. I put them in a t-shirt or jumper like above, patterned leggings or dark navy joggers.

I don’t have any objection to clothes with characters on in principle it’s just that by definition it massively limits the scope of what children will like.

If your kid is into Peppa Pig or Marvel it’s all good but lots of kids don’t. It’s just needlessly restrictive.

I don't want to dress my small children in pastels and burnt orange. I like bright colours on them.

I remember being a child and loving a certain cartoon and being absolutely overjoyed to have a t-shirt with that on it. I don't understand people who are vehemently opposed to character clothes and would rather their children wear plain shirts in pastel shades. I mean it's not a big deal either way so you do you but would it really kill you for your child who loves Pokémon to wear a shirt with Pikachu on?

my experience with blade n rose was that it didn’t wash well and looked cheap after 1-2 wears. Didn’t even bother with fruugi for DD, It all seemed to be bright rainbow type stuff, never has it seamed classy to me. Boden was good but dresses were always massive on DD. M&S do nice, non chavy stuff, so do a lot of places if you put effort in to look around.

Once my children were old enough to have an opinion I'd buy what I think they'd like (as long as weather appropriate etc). When they were little it was usually bright colours, Peppa pig, Thomas, Fireman Sam etc. My eldest is 10 and wears sports wear most of the time as it's comfortable. My youngest is 7 and likes t shirts with sonic, joggers and zip up hoodies.

They'll wear something smarter for a party but day to day they can choose (or if I buy it I go for what I think they'd want to wear). It's them who wears it so why shouldn't they decide their own style?

Fred & Noah have lots of brightly coloured leggings for boys and girls. Tops are usually a mix of Next and Sainsbury's but mine do like characters!

Polarn O Pyret are great for colourful children's clothes although joggers also feature fairly heavily. DDs favourite preschooler outfit was from here - a pair of lime green jeggings, a white polo shirt, navy spotty trousers braces and a purple bow tie.

As a teen she loves the dark academia aesthetic and is still dressed smart, lots of tweed waistcoats and blazers here .

@popplego totally agree, we have a 2 year old - why would he want to wear Minecraft. Although he has an older brother he doesn’t have a clue what that is! lol plus it’s not the nicest looking designs anyway!
it’s either character clothing, sludge clothing or horrible stripes.
I agree, I used to love Sainsbury’s (their baby stuff is usually lovely!) but hate almost everything now once you're past the baby section (apart from the odd random gem!)

I just try and keep my eyes peeled and shop as and when I find something I love rather in advance rather than waiting till he needs the next size and then I can’t find anything I like!

My 2 sons (6 and 18) will only wear joggers

I agree a lot of it isn't nice for toddler boys (DS is 2.5yo) and I really don't like all the neon/slogan tees/minecraft and whatever else on a toddler's outfit. I used to like Sainsburys but not now that he's out of the baby section.

I buy a lot of DS's clothes from H&M, or occasionally Zara if I'm feeling particularly flush!

How old are they?

Burnt oranges 😂😂. As long as my children are (weather appropriate) clothed and vaguely clean I’m happy. Some parents have too much time on their hands

Fair enough. I don't let mine watch tv so their interests stop at vehicles and animals really. So a cute little embroidered car or tiger is a winner. They still seem to know the tv characters from their little friends but not really an interest.

Just go for the brands you like ie Boden but on Vinted instead. I also hate a lot of the next boys stuff - a lot seems to be gaming based 🤦‍♀️

@ObelixtheGaul

Peignoir is such a stylish word for a loose dressing gown type garment, and makes me think of those 1920's ladies in silk with a cigarette in a holder in one hand and a dry martini in the other. I SO want to be that sort of woman.

Yes: this is an aesthetic I could get behind. More peignoir! Complete with the cigarette holder. So stylish.

There’s no excuse in a world of low cost clothing for anyone ever to talk of loungewear. Let’s start a petition to get it banned in favour of peignoir.

Can't say I ever really found this to be an issue. I mainly shopped in Next, which do lovely stuff.

Agree - I think this is just a question of taste because I absolutely hate Frugi/Blade and Rose and certainly don’t think they’re classy.