To Feel Absolutely IRATE At The Lack Of Non-Pink Girls Clothes

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Argh!!!!!

I felt fairly annoyed with gender specific clothes for DS. Now I have DD it makes me want to scream. She's not a fucking princess. She's hopefully going to be a strong independent woman.

Any tips for stores selling non pink non crap girls clothes would be MOST welcome :)

I think next are pretty good! I tend to buy bundles of clothes off eBay. Loads of lovely next clothes! Can't really remember the last time my DD WORE PINK!

Seriously?! Where do you shop - the pink only stockist?! Loads and loads of non-pink clothes out there - Boots, Next, Sainsburys, M&S .... The list goes on. And on. (Bit like people moaning about pink clothes for girls I guess!!)

Of bigger concern should be that they made pink Lego "for girls". Lego is Lego. Shouldn't matter what colour it is. I'd be more mad about that than clothes tbh.

Argh smallsofthamish don't start me off on another one! This pink crap is insidious.

DD1 loves pink and sparkly. However she also likes mucking out her pony and being in a muddy field with a very muddy pony and isn't afraid to get dirty. I would say shes strong and independent just because of what she does.

DD2: Likes Blue. and Fireman Sam. And trotted off to pre school today in her favourite fireman sam tshirt, jeans and trainers. and no one batted an eye lid.

Because at the end of the day, clothes are clothes. As long as they are practical does it matter what colour they are?

I hate pink clothes with a vengeance!!! Sainsburies and next are generally the place to go

I totally agree my little girl is now 2 and loves pink but that's her choice we made sure to have every colour of clothing and toys it really irritates me that all girls are suppose to be princesses!! Also hate that only boys have ghost busters, star wars, band t-shirts etc.

What annoys me is 2year old DS loves Peppa but all boys Peppa stuff has on George on it, not Peppa. Why can't boys like Peppa?! Might just have to buy him a pink Peppa tshirt and put up with everyone asking if he is a girl.

There are plenty of clothes out there that aren't pink, Next, H&M, Boots, John Lewis, Tesco, in fact any shops that stock girls clothes. I like a bit of pink, but most of my daughters clothes (age 3) aren't pink.

How have I missed this thread till now?

I used to bung my small DDs into boys' clothes of a fairly neutral type. I didn't want my mud-wallowing toddlers in pale pink shoes... And I could usually find clothes I liked, but it could be a bloody struggle sometimes.

I used to crave a range of jolly gender-neutral kids clothes. I was planning more DC and wanted to be sure I could pass things down through the family, and in any case I didn't see why I had to fight past lace and pink to find the DDs clothes.

I love the Jools Oliver range at Mothercare - I think it is called Little Bird - lots of rainbows, yellows, and just lovely bright primary colours. But I agree that there is a lot of vile 'girly' stuff out there too. I don't mind a bit of pink here and there but some of the text on clothes seems really inappropriate and written for adults and not children...

AndThis we have the problem in reverse! DD loves George. I just buy her the boys stuff with George on!

Do. Not. Get. Me. Started. On. Pink. Lego.

I was in Morrison today looking at their 'nutmeg' kids clothes. There were quite a few things if say were 'gender neutral'. But they were all in the boys section!

You are Not unreasonable At All, my youngest daughter has never worn a dress in her life, as a toddler & for a few years she liked her brothers hand me downs, she HATES "Girly Colours" pink, mauve, pastels, she likes dark green, grey, black, deep purple, navy blue, she can't stand girls shorts , she does not want anything more than half way up her leg, short shorts are not on. If I brought home something with frills or lace on it she would probably strangle me with it. It is getting harder to dress her because she will not wear 98% of what is sold for girls. I think she would be happy to dress out of an army disposal store.

On the other side, I went to the HV few weeks ago with my DD and she was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a yellow cardigan with pink flashes here and there and the HV said 'hello little fellow!'

Cyrillus, Bonpoint, Jacadi, Catimini, Petit Bateau are all French brands, which mainly do classic girls styles. Cyrillus and Bonpoint do very classic dresses indeed. I live in France and would be willing to post items out to any of you or help you purchase from a French website.

Zombie thread, Charlotte.

How do people not see the MASSIVE WARNING when they post?

I am a strong independent woman and I am wearing a pale pink jumper today! I don't mind pink clothes for my daughter, she doesn't have much pink in her wardrobe though and I do prefer her in blue because I think it really compliments her. However, I don't have a problem with pink or being a princess if she wants to dress up as one during role play. It really isn't something I get worked up about as she's only 5!

Now I have DD it makes me want to scream. She's not a fucking princess. She's hopefully going to be a strong independent woman

What a bizarre statement. So, presumably, if you do like pink clothes and you're female, you can't be a strong independent woman?
I'm strong and independent.

looks down at own pink skirt

I have a dd and ds. Dd loves pink and blue. Ds loves green. So that what I generally look for.

Tbh the anti pink for girls brigade, are just as bad as the 'girls must wear pink'.

My fave t shirt for dd was a grey one that said 'run dmc' from h&m.

People really need to stop making such a big deal about this. It isn't helping.

There are so many places you can get non pink or blue clothing. So Yabu.

Hmmmm - seems Charlotte decided to resurrect a few threads today (although to be fair she doesn't openly appear to be selling anything as such)

I went into pink overload with DD and now she is 9 months she barely gas anything pink. Took me a few months to realise I don't like pink much.

Ffs I am on the app and it doesn't warn you about zombie threads.