Why are boys clothes so rubbish ?!?

There are some unisex gems in the girls section. I have these, these, and these for my son and he’s still dressed as a little boy.

If you’re on TikTok or Instagram there’s an account called Lucie Toddler Boy Fashion and she shares so many great pieces, and mostly high street. I also like brands like Organic Zoo, Bobo Choses, Mini Rodini and brands like that but only on Vinted! I have a search saved with dozen or so brands I love and don’t buy new because of cost. I love dressing my little boy and his clothes genuinely delight me. I’m (im)patiently waiting for him to grow into his 12-18 month clothes which are waiting for him in his wardrobe. We’ve had about six months in 9-12 months.

YANBU, I found this too!

My favourite brands for boys clothes are Boden, Little Green Radicals, Frugi, Trotters and Little Prince London. They all do really lovely, good quality clothes with sweet prints and designs for boys. They can be expensive but they're also on Vinted all the time for a fraction of the price.

I also like H&M as a high street option.

Next often have some nice t-shirts and sweatshirts if you trawl through online. Kite in the sale or secondhand. We've had some nice bits from Morrisons and Sainsbury's as well, but that's been quite hit or miss.

Definitely H&M, I had some lovely t shirt and shorts sets from M&S in jolly colours, and Verbaudet.
Then suddenly they're 14 and will only wear black everything 🙄 🤣

High street stores do it on purpose IMO, so that parents with both boy & girl aren't able to do hand-me-downs. Overall, that increases clothes sales. If you look at girls' clothes you find that even the ones that look like they could be unisex will have a small heart or flower motif somewhere. And it's also why boys' clothes so frequently have motifs involving skulls or sharp-toothed creatures, etc

What does that mean if you don’t actually like the clothes in the boys section though?

Honestly their are some lovely very affordable clothes for boys, just not many in UK chain stores and supermarkets . The French supermarkets sell great clothes with similar prices to Sainsbury's and Tesco.

@Runnersknee Depends on the kind of style you like to be honest ☺️ Everyone’s style is so different! Can you post a couple of outfits or items you think are nice and maybe people can give suggestions of similar ☺️

I’ve always enjoyed hunting for little boys clothes more than girls clothes. It’s more rewarding when you find something you love. Zara is generally my favourite, then Gap, sometimes Boden, Next, H&M, Uniqlo. Polarno Pyret is brightly coloured if you find a lot of brands dingy and unisex (and lasts and lasts if you have multiple children to hand down to)

Well nothing stopping you from buying bits from the “girls” section is there?

I mean if I go onto next right now their boys section has about 20% more total items than girls. The issue is just that you don’t like them, but no one’s going to love the whole girl section either.

My oldest dc was kitted with H&M. Back in 1989!!
Still my preferred place for dc's stuff.
I think the boys stuff is fab.
Ds is 11 and still loves their clothes. He is skinny and they do the elasticated waist bottoms!

Honestly 15 years ago I had this issue, there is loads more out there now for that age. Most supermarkets, H&M, Primark, MAtataln etc sell colourful bits for younger boys.

For cute try brands like little bird, frugi, maxomorra, villervalla

All more pricey to buy new but widely available on vinted and more cutesy/colourful than high street :)

Try French brands, they have the best clothing for style, comfort, solid colors and functional

This is very true my cousins wife is French and they live there
We met their 3 little grandsons recently, and they were all dressed very smartly, the one year old had a lovely little pair of brown leather shoes on .

You need to go higher end for nicer boys clothes unfortunately - Jojo Maman Bebe, Trotters, Mini Boden.

John Lewis and M&S do more colourful clothes for younger boys but you have to search the websites and the offering once past 8 or so from them is poor.

I have a 6yo boy and a 3yo girl and couldnt agree more OP! All the cute, colourful boys' clothes are from the more expensive brands - Frugi, Boden, Toby Tiger, Jools Oliver etc. And when they’re little and going to outgrow it all so quickly I'm loathe to spend £100s every few months!
I tend to look on Vinted for European brands, which tend to be more unisex IME. Or search (on either new or second hand shopping sites) for specific patterns, e.g. safari themed, ocean themed etc, which are often more colourful. Next also often has boys t-shirts in that are black with big abstract colourful patterns on them. From the supermarkets I sometimes used to buy joggers and jumpers from the girls' section if they weren't obviously frilly - think tie-dye patterns.
But agree with the PP who said it sadly does get worse as they get older. I really struggle now to find anything for DS that isn't grey or khaki, covered in Marvel characters, or have an obnoxious/inane slogan on the front.
Mind you, the girls' selection is often just as heavily gendered; you can't move for pink and lilac unicorns and glitter. It's all very frustrating if you just want nice, colourful, comfortable clothing that doesn't play into all sorts of problematic stereotypes.

I buy from Frugi and Little Green Radicals in the sales

Have a look at Zara , they have some lovely clothes and I found the sweatshirts really nicely but rather than the big standard shape.

Monoprix in France have the most beautiful childrens clothes. I dont know if they ship to other countries.