Why are boys clothes so rubbish ?!?

DS is in age 6-7

His wardrobe has always been a mix of

Nutmeg by Morrisons - best Supermarket clothes by far
Kite Clothing - wait for a sale
Toby Tiger - wait for a sale
Boden - wait for a sale
Frugi - wait for a sale
H&M bits
Next bits

When under 4 I had a fair amount from JoJo maman (July sales!) and Blade and Rose

M&S have been disappointing in both design and quality

Kite clothing is lovely for boys - it’s a bit expensive but they very often have sales.

We’ve always found colourful clothes. My son is 8 and likes bright stuff. He also likes football and will often choose the brightly coloured away/ third or goalie shirt for his team. He’s currently in a bright pink Man City goalie kit.

Bobo Chooses (in sale) is good stuff.

Buy online. For young kids, there are loads of lovely options.

https://www.scandibugs.co.uk/collections/scandibugs-own-label
https://www.polarnopyret.com/en/uk
https://www.lindex.com/uk/search?hl=en&query=moomin

It's a shame that a lot of European brands don't ship to the UK anymore, but there are still options.

I have one of each who are the same height and I find nice boys clothes much easier to find. There’s a lot of tat in the girls section. Generally I buy whatever would work for both kids from both sections and if I love something I buy it in several sizes.

Frugi and Boden. I'm finding clothes really disappointing for both my kids at the minute. My 3 year old boy doesn't know what sodding Minecraft is and my 7 year old girl doesn't need to be dressed like a tiny influencer.

I have a 4 year old DS and 1 year old DD. So far, my experience is that under 2, I often prefer the boys clothes to the girls, especially in supermarkets. The girls are overly frilly and in a horrible shade of pink while the boys are cute and comfy in lovely pastel greens, blues and yellows.

Then after 2 things drop rapidly off a cliff for boys and by 4 you’re stuck with Spider-Man T-shirts and black stuff with grafitti patterns 🙄

Unfortunately, my son would actually prefer to wear Spider-Man T-shirts, so maybe that’s why. But it does mean dressing him is no longer fun for me, but he’s great in other ways!

As others have said, Next online has the most choice, and there are some good bits of both hidden in there.

When he’s a bit older, look at Jacadi Paris. Available in Uk. Agree - go with classic clothing that costs a bit more. JL usually have a decent selection.

Nutmeg on vinted... surprisingly cute. My baby boy is long and outgrew baby stuff lengthwise and then it was a big leap style wise from the cute baby stuff to the toddler stuff

I’ve got lovely jumpers from John Lewis, a fluorescent yellow one and a red cable one with small zip at neck.

Tu has some nice bits sometimes. EBay is excellent for clothes. Or vinted.

I love little boys clothing and dislike girls clothing and that is as a mum of 2 girls and 2 granddaughters. Luckily I have a grandson too and find lots of lovely clothes for him!

Forgot one - Hatley! Canadian brand but they ship to the UK. John Lewis also has a limited selection, usually of their waterproof layers.

Lindex has lovely clothes for boys and girls.
I got my son a long sleeve top covered in cute cartoon Dalmatian’s for age 5.

Boden, joules, frugi, verbaudet, kite are good for toddlers. Crew is good when they are slightly older (my DS is 8) and I also hunt through vinted listings for Ralph Lauren. There's a Cornish brand called Lighthouse who are great for tops and raincoats. John Lewis usually good for basics in bright colours. I gave up on the supermarket offerings years ago, the boys' clothes are awful.

Dunnes online has great clothes for boys. Very reasonable aswell

You can put him in girls clothes too… I saw someone do an instagram video of “girls clothes I bought my toddler boy in Next” and there was lots of cute jumpers in pastel colours, striped trousers etc that were perfectly unisex but just in the girl section.

ETA it was caitlinandleahh if you want to find the video.

It’s awful. I complained once in Sainsbury’s when the only boys stuff was covered in minions. There hadn’t been a film release for years and I hate yellow!

Tesco had gorgeous little dresses with dinosaurs on them a couple of years ago.

I liked Zara for my boy when he was under six. And Vinted!

Depends on on your style but I find my 2 ye old sons most colourful clothes on Frugi, Next, Little Green Radicals, Verbaudet (for nice European pastels and natural shades).

They are expensive but Frugi have lovely bright clothes for boys (and girls), they get a lot of use in our house! Keep an eye out for their sales...

OMG thank you so much to PPs who've recommended Vertbaudet - I've just been on there and seen reversible sequin t-shirts in the boys' range! DS is going to be so excited.

Likewise, we are moving from 8yo and it’s gone from neutral boring colours to truly dire, clothes with Minecraft. (DS doesn’t play.)

Girls like dinosaurs too but not in some dull mustardy-grey colour.

But the manufacturers clearly think it's what parents want.