Unisex clothing struggles????

[Pob64]

Hi all
Not sure if this is allowed but I was wondering if anyone experienced difficulty buying unisex clothing? I have created a survey in the hope of supporting those who want to raise their child gender neutral or just those not fussed either way . If you could take 5 mins to fill in the survey that would be amazing! Everyone's opinion is welcome
www.surveymonkey.com/r/YJWZXMY
Thanks

My dc are all adult now, but how is it difficult to buy t-shirts, jumpers, sweatshirts, dungarees, trousers, PJs, vests etc that fit either sex ?
My dc1 is a ds and dc 2 and 3 are dds but there have been loads of clothes they've passed down over the years (plus ds had some stuff from girls that had been passed down to us).
I don't get "raising your child gender neutral" but they don't have to be defined by wearing particular colour / patterns of clothing.

For what purpose are you doing this survey, just general interest, looking to start a business......

Personally I am not raising a gender neutral child but have always dressed my daughter in whatever clothes we and she like. Be that a dress or blue jeans and a plain T-shirt. I think there's a wide range of clothes that aren't specifically gendered.

Whole range of unisex baby stuff here at Sainsbury's

tuclothing.sainsburys.co.uk/c/baby/baby-unisex-clothes?INITD=GNav-BBW-ShopAllUnisexs

You might want to make the survey link clicky OP. You need square brackets round the link, it tells you how somewhere on the site.

All clothes are unisex. Clothes don’t have a sex or a gender. Anyone can wear any clothing they wish.

I answered your survey, though I'm
Not sure what you'll be able to deduce from the answers to the questions you've asked.

There's enough unisex stuff for the under 4s but there's much less for older children. Boy stuff is especially bad with yuck colours and agressive dinosaurs.

I haven't done your questionnaire, but if you are looking for where there is a gap in the market there is an issue with where to find unisex clothes. There are lots and lots of unisex brands out there which have a high level of churn due to not having the budget to be adequately visible. There are also plenty of things on the high street if you're prepared to shop around. Once my DD got to about 4 I pretty much let her choose what she wanted me to buy for her, as long as it was weather-appropriate.

Lots of women go on mat leave/are made redundant, start making childrenswear of the kind they "can't find", get really successful for a couple of years when they can bung a bit of start up money into photography and advertising, then sales dwindle away once their own and their peer group's children have outgrown their clothes, or the influencers they worked with move on to something else, then more of the same companies come on the scene and rinse and repeat. There's also a bit of confusion out there at the moment around gender and sex stereotypes (mild understatement) which is drawing brands into a narrative they have no wish to be a part of, to paraphrase Taylor Swift. Which then adds to the churn, and an impression that there's very little out there for parents who don't want to colour-code their kids. There are still plenty of people who are bought into the pink/blue divide and demand drives the market, after all.

I find outdoors shops are better for bright children's clothes that are not pink/ blue.

DS sometimes ends up with "girls" garments because he likes soft, fluffy fabrics and unseasonable shorts. There is definitely a skimpier, shorter cut on "girls" clothes. No one has ever commented that a navy blue hoodie has a pink zip though.

My main arguement against dull, sludgy "boys" colours is that they are perfect for blending in with the surroundings in dull weather/ dark evenings and therefore appaling for road safety.

The reality is that once they get to school, children are more swayed by their peers and interests than parental ideology in clothing.

Hi thanks so much everyone for the insight. I was trying to establish if this was truly an issue or not and wheter there was a forum for this. Admittley online there appears to be lots of options it only seems to be in store that it seems a little difficult but suspect this will change over time. There were some really amazing responses that even changed my perspective always good to ask others. Thanks all amazing responses x

I have a son and a daughter, and always preferred “brights” to “blue with cars on” and “pink with frills”. It was never a problem to find simple, bright pretty much gender neutral clothes. H&M are excellent and I could always find something in Next, John Lewis and Sainsbury’s. This is without even delving into the higher end online brands like Frugi, Toby Tiger and NAS.

Even now, my 8 year old DD largely wears coloured joggers (H&M, Sainsbury’s, Gap) and t shirts from anywhere.