To think clothes become chavvy after age 2.

My daughter is 6 and from about 3 she really started to have her own personal taste in clothes and is very definite about it. She loves tracksuits with graffiti type writing, baggy jeans, combats, big hoodies and superheroes plus baseball caps and high tops. She won’t wear dresses/ leggings at all. I know you don’t have to go along with it, I choose to let her pick her own clothes because it’s important to her, but you might be surprised how young kids have their own ideas about what they want to wear and that might be very different from your taste. I think it’s good to allow them to have their own style if they want to. They grow up fast, some more than others. By the time mine was four, mine was telling me which things were “uncool” and that Peppa Pig is for babies.

Definitely check Sainsbury’s and Asda.

Chavy? Some might be more practical if playing in a forest than a Boden dress.

European brands are your solution - Vertbaudet in particular, la Redoute, Mango, Zara

I think clothes that age start to cater for what children themselves might like. By this age they might especially like certain cartoon characters for example. They like wacky patterns and colours rather than muted and tasteful stuff. Some parents like to let their children wear what the child likes, rather than what they like.
(Not me btw. Mine will be in JoJo dungarees until he’s 15)

Trackies are comfortable and practical for both little boys and girls though. They can move easily in them and the fabric is soft. Plus, if they go to nursery/childminder then their clothes routinely get trashed, so you may as well go with cheap trackies?!

What would you like instead of joggers? Jeans, leggings, chinos? All available from most shops in full length or short variations.

Next has cute shirts and polo shirts if you want a collar. Fat face have a sale on now you could advance buy for next year and hope you get the sizes right to keep it affordable.

I've found now that my ds is 3 it's all spiderman and othersuper hero tracksuits. He's 3 and not in to any of that yet. I agree with you op, it just seems all very samey. With my dd I found there was a lot more variety.

I don't have a boy but I've not had any issues finding clothes I like for my daughter. She wears dresses, usually with cycling shorts underneath, never joggers. I'm not sure where the idea that they are restrictive or difficult to move in comes from. She can climb, jump, swing from the monkey bars and down the fireman's pole on the playground in a dress just as well as any kid in trousers- in fact, she's more confident than most others her own age.

My kids lived in frugi and similar brands when they were little, but even my youngest at 3 likes to choose his own clothes and those styles aren't something they'd really pick. Agree some of the clothes you see, especially for boys, are awful, but you can get so nice joggers (my 5 year old has gone out today in polka dot joggers from morrisons, they look a more quirky than chavvy.) Agree with PPs that practicality is a large part of it with kids over 2 - toilet training and dress themselves is a lot easier if dungarees aren't involved!

I agree, it's definitely harder to find and they sell out in sizes quickly. I have found H&M and Sainsburys both have good option but need to order online.

It might have changed but I used to like Tu (Sainsburys) and H&M for cheap but nice kids clothes (less slogans and superheroes).

Some of these are pretty expensive though!

I have found nice things in Sainsbury's and sometimes M&S although my kids have always been dressed mostly in hand downs but I still need to buy joggers as knees get gutted, I try to buy plain ones. In summer they love wearing "cycling" shorts from supermarket and t-shirts. Keep looking, I think it is not that bad until about age 10

I agree it gets much more gendered and ‘grown up’ which is awful. I tend to get the nice brands like Frugi but on Vinted.

Some of the boys options are dreadful.

I mainly buy in sales, but like H&M and Zara for more affordable stuff.

Boden annoys me the most. The girls clothes are amazing and the boys clothes are… so dull.

I'm not keen on joggers etc for children, it's just personal taste, but I've always been able to find other comfortable options for dd. There's plenty of options out there.

Yanbu. Girl aged 8 clothes are awful...the struggle is real

I’ve not noticed a change really. Frugi, maxmorra, mini rodini, etc were great when young. H&M and P&P are brilliant for basics in a range of colours for preschool and have a similar vibe. Arket is also good. I’ve also found Sainsbury’s pretty good, mine has a pair of leggings that he should have grown out of 2yrs ago according to the label, but still fit well and the quality has been great - not a bobble or fading in sight!

PRACTICALITY, nothing else. Wait until your 3-under-3 become 3-over-6, you'll be singing a different tune altogether.

How judgey of you calling clothes that you don't like chavvy!!

This. Jeans aren’t the most comfortable things to wear as an adult, never mind for a 3 year old.

I loved the tracksuit bottom type of bottoms for my DS as they were comfortable.

OP, if you don’t like tracksuit bottoms because you think they’re tacky/chavy, what else would you like to see?

I have nfi what you are talking about.

Joggers? Nope.

You are looking in the wrong places. Plenty of shops do stuff that isn't 'chavvy'.

Try H&M and Zara. Zara has loads of nice dresses for girls. H&M has all sorts of chinos, chino shorts, polos etc. for boys and it’s so cheap! But I do rate tracksuit bottoms for newly potty trained toddlers- you do want to them to take themselves when they need to go and they’re not going to manage hitching up tights and wrestling themselves out of dungarees! Next do some good navy slim fit joggers that don’t look too sporty so bulk bought those for aged 2-3!

I love your aesthetic- I bet you have great taste and those shops are great - I try buy the same colours! However, two things - my kids toilet trained very early and it is unfair to have them in clothes they can’t easily get on and off themselves so farewell to buttons/dungarees/pinafores for a bit. Its really important to me that my girl especially has freedom of movement and can climb, jump, swing etc as easily as boys - so I offer more shorts and leggings although she does love a pretty dress and often chooses them in colours I love. my son loves bright colours and I think it’s important he gets to choose for himself so he is often in garish colours - I won’t superimpose my ideas on him, as long as they are 100% cotton he gets a lot of freedom to pick. Apparently he feels more special in bright colours so who am I to interfere! For me it’s about how they feel and move is key. But I would never put my kids on social media so photos are for us and loved ones.