Writing on children's clothes, naff?

[TrueBlu]

'Mummy's little monster", "I love the flowers" "Number 1 babe" and "Roar roar!" ...

Am I being unreasonable to think it's a little bit naff? Pictures, great, but not keen on writing all over kids clothes.

[Katedotness1963]

I must be the naffest person on the planet! When my youngest was five he wore nothing but Spider-Man adorned clothes for an entire year, from underwear, jammies, socks, jeans, tee shirts, jumper, shorts, raincoat, backpack, gloves...you name it he wore it with Spider-Man on it. He was happy.

[Jenijena]

My son's wardrobe is about 90% Sainsburys clothes. Sure, there are slogan T shirts, but I've managed to never buy anything for him with words on it apart from a gruffalo dressing up costume thing. I do know that our local sainsburys stock different things though, depending on 'catchment' area.

anything with words his grandparents buy him: 'Daddy's little soldier', 'That's it, I'm calling granddad' make a swift detour to a charity shop

[KP86]

PS. My comment was directed at those who do judge, not those who choose my to dress that way but accept that others can if they'd like - live and let live, I say.

[BettyBi0]

Yanbu. What's with all the "I love my mummy" and "daddy's girl" type things? Bleugh!

[NerrSnerr]

I read all the threads on mumsnet before my daughter was born about pink and slogans and didn't really form an opinion. We were lucky that we got lots of hand me downs and were bought lots of clothes so we haven't had to buy much and others make the clothing choice (it has worked well as she has a range of styles, colours, slogans, not slogans etc). Turns out that she looks cute in whatever she wears because she is my child and would look lovely in a Tesco carrier bag.

[HackerFucker22]

I have loads of non slogan tops.

M&S do a 4 pack for like £12. Mothercare also do similar and I'm sure the supermarkets all do as well?

[thenewaveragebear1983]

It is annoying that boys clothes tend to centre around the idea that boys are noisy, messy, cheeky, fast and badly behaved. Haven't bought little girls clothes for a long time but if I recall, they are all about being beautiful, pretty, and obsessed with animals, shoes and cupcakes. Even if they don't have words on the Images tend to perpetuate these ideas. My DS is all of the above (noisy, messy, cheeky, fast and badly behaved ) but even so....

[KP86]

I must be super naff, as most of my DS's clothes have little slogans on them. I think he looks cute.

DH also likes to wear tshirts that have puns and obscure references to TV shows. He is often complemented on them.

As far as I'm concerned, dress for yourself, no one else. Nobody is forcing you to buy or wear such things so don't! There are plenty of options for plain clothes, not all of DS's have words or characters, choose those instead.

Take your judgement and snobbery elsewhere.

[dietcokeandwine]

I'm a total snob about kids clothes and cheerfully admit it and dismiss a lot of stuff as naff, including writing on clothes. Wouldn't judge anyone else for buying it, just wouldn't buy it myself.

My boys get t shirts, long sleeved tops and jumpers that are either plain, stripey or with one single appliquéd type picture on. Jeans or chino type trousers and shorts. Hoodies but only if plain and tasteful. The occasional checked or striped shirt for 'best'. Nothing with writing or numbers or slogans or logos or any of that shit. They can have character pants, socks, pyjamas, hats/gloves or swimming trunks if they want to, and I'll happily buy character type backpacks, wellies, umbrellas etc but not clothes. Categorically no track suits or football kit stuff unless actually doing sports.

(Admittedly my 11y is now challenging this a little and has got a couple of slogan type t shirts which of course he's allowed to wear but I'd never buy them through choice).

I buy almost exclusively from shops like H&M, Tescos, sainsburys or morrisons, marks and Spencer's if I get given discount vouchers or John Lewis/Next if in the sale. Can't comment on girls clothes as I only have boys but there are loads of lovely and inexpensive clothes available if you shop around.

[Plomino]

I'm not massively enthusiastic about sloganed clothes it's true . But it does make me smile that the most vociferous critic of this that I know , also happens to have things like 'Eat ' 'Bathe ' and ' Home is where the heart is ' and similar trite shite plastered all over their home instead .

[ThePebbleCollector]

YANBU to think it's naff, everyone can have an opinion.

My daughter went to nursery in her "my mummy loves me" T shirt today (I didn't buy it) I think we have about 3 slogan/writing clothes, the rest have nothing on and all ours come from primark/charity shop/ebay/gifts.

[FinallyFreeFromItAll]

YABU - its easy to buy non slogan, non picture, non character tops. ASDA have plenty in both the boys and girls ranges. I've never had a problem getting plain ones and they are usually cheaper than the slogan/ picture ones.

Personally I don't tend to like just slogans but I quite like picture ones with a bit of writing (although these are more expensive than the plain ones).

So both DS and DD have wardrobes full of ASDA clothes that are mostly plain, with just a few picture ones.

The only annoying thing is the frilly bum on the baby leggings in ASDA - I've gotten used to it now though. Also I like plain but bright coloured leggings, which seem to be really hard to get at certain times of the year.

[Oysterbabe]

I buy most of my baby clothes in Gap, they have lots of nice stuff.

[Oysterbabe]

Yanbu.
I particularly hate the hilarious offensive ones. I saw a babygrow that said "All Daddy Wanted Was a Blowjob"

[Kitsandkids]

My 2 boys are dressed almost exclusively from Primark and H&M and I don't think any of their clothes currently have writing on. Both of those shops often have nice stripey t shirts in varying colours and my boys have a lot of those. I also like picture ones when the pictures are nice.

Some tops with writing on I don't mind but I can't stand all of the 'I'm a little shit' type ones for boys. Girls never have ones proclaiming them as monsters/noisy/trouble etc, but there are so many like that for boys!

[EuropeanSpoon]

Agree about Boden boys stuff, my son has the rest of his life to dress like an off duty GP registrar. Next and H&M have loads that doesn't have writing (although we are 'common' by MN standards and my kids came out of the womb with their own taste so we have loads of character stuff).
I struggle a bit with my daughter, no problem with dresses but stuff for playing in that she likes can be hard to find - she is six and the 'little girl' stuff in a lot of shops is too babyish now.

[TrueBlu]

Love Zara. Primark has some good stuff too actually. I bought a pair of pj's for DS from The White Company and another pair, almost identical print, from Primark. Have lasted just as well!

[Jibberjabberjooo]

Zara is good for clothes. Lots of plain t shirts and surprisingly reasonable prices. Bit different too.

[Schwabischeweihnachtskanne]

monkeymamma I'm with you on Boden 100% - the boys stuff is really quite weird, very over priced for what it is, and the quality is just as bad as stuff at 1/3 of the price - the knees go through just as quickly as on cheap trousers, the seams split (if you have an active kid) - happens with cheap stuff too, but that is easier to accept! Some of the very small (toddler/ preschool) girl stuff is cute for special occasions...

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Yanbu, I really dislike slogan clothing.

[Timri]

There are lots of shops budget wise between h&m and mini boden. Unless you refuse to shop anywhere that sells clothes with writing on?!
Anyway, online shopping is your friend

[OhShutUpThomas]

Next always has some good plain stuff and it lasts AGES.

[cornishglos]

Tesco is terrible for it too.

[FairNotFair]

How could anyone object to this?

[GunShotResidue]

I buy everything a size in advance so I can choose stuff I like (DD's too young to choose) rather than what's in shops. I've got some nice plain tops from primark and supermarkets in really nice colours.