Fed up with tiny boy clothes section, in the drabbest colours possible, in stores.

[Olympiathequeen]

Half the size of the girls clothes section and almost exclusively in blue, black and grey.

Girls clothes mostly the inevitable pink, but also plenty of bright primary colours.

The the drab colours that pee me off the most.

Boys 3 and 8. Ok so older boys are more conservative, but 3 year old doesn't notice whether he has clothes on or not, so I could have a lovely red or yellow jumper or shirt and pick him out in a crowd!

Am I alone in this?

There does seem to be a real dearth of nice, bright, fun clothes for that age group, particularly in the more affordable stores. Doesn't even really need to be be boys/girls at that age.

Zara and H&M are what you need!

I despair at boys clothing, everything is blue, grey or brown. It's so boring.

I am really selective where i buy clothes for my boys. They're the same ages as yours. I buy bright colours and quality ite,s as I don't tend to buy a huge amount. But what I do buy, I buy well.

For the youngest, shop in John Lewis (their own brand), a bit in Boots, a bit in jojo maman Bebe, but I buy the majority of his things in the 0-4 years section in Frugi. They sell mainly online but John Lewis has some of their things. I also buy a bit in White Company. But I've just bought his winter coat in m and s, it is bright red, with a thinsulate lining, I think it was £32. It's great quality and nice and bright.

For the eldest, I buy him trousers in m and s as he likes the comfort of them, tops in the boys section of Frugi again, and zippers in bright colours from tesco or John Lewis.

Take a look at those brands. Have you also looked at Hatley for raincoats and pyjamas?

Yes colours in Sainsburys bit drab at the mo..this is boys' baby section

thetattoodhand I've tried the girls section but its clearly cut for girls, extra darting on the shoulders, little bows or daisies, heart shaped buttons.
Believe me I've tried that one.

Better than the girls' section though- girls must be lauded for being small, cute and silent before they're even old enough to understand the gender stereotyping.

My son has decided he looks like a traffic light today. Bright red tesco trousers a bright blue and white striped top from asda with his bright green north face coat and bright blue clarks trainers. I think he looked lovely but has just come downstairs after getting changed into navy joggers and a grey fleece!!!!

These are examples of what I have bought my Boys in the last few months:

www.cambridgebaby.co.uk/catalog/0-2-yrs/cloth-nappy-clothing/trousers/merino-trousers-or-leggins-by-disana?cPath=186_110& - bright comfortable leggings 0-6 years

www.minirodini.com/en/shop/kids_clothes/badger-leggings-offwhite?color=12292&currency=gbp&force-country=GB&gclid=Cj0KEQjwnKzABRDy2pb7nPSazdsBEiQAI4lZQKNwBBGKmhtPMwQ_Z4I9ZtXXZfYAIRx9Yj79_5l1WloaAorL8P8HAQ - these cool badger leggings

I tend to then buy just plain long sleeve tshirts and a few woollen jumpers. They have maybe 5-6 pairs of leggings/ trousers each, 2-3 jumpers or cardigans, so it I prefer buying slightly better quality. They both wear so around 3 years use between Them then can pass on so I think it good use.

Mama owl
The little white company
Jack wolfskin
Fub
Joha
Cyrillus

Oh I buy most basics like tshirts and socks and whatever from lindex

www.lindex.com/m/eu/kids/

Relatively cheap, and good quality

Frugi, piccalilly and boden are very bright but also v expensive especially at that age when they grow so quick and poo and puke on everything! However there are loads of pre loved sites on Facebook where you can pick up bargains. I buy and sell on these, they are great.

I absolutely would not dress my boy in girls clothes! What a ridiculous idea. My 2 yo already know the difference between boys and girls clothes!

And my 4yo already knows that the 'difference' between boys' and girls' clothes is a marketing ploy and that people should be able to shop from whichever aisles of the shop they prefer.

... Maybe that's just proof I broke his masculinity by sometimes dressing him in girls' clothes when he was too small to have any say in the matter.

I agree. I have one of each and despair of the Dickensian palette allotted to boys and the sea of pink and cupcakes for girls. However, over the summer i ordered some excellent stuff for both of them from Mountain Warehouse. Pleasingly DS picked out some v.jazzy polo shirts he looks great in. Also got some nice stuff in the Salt Rock sale.

Oh and Vertbaudet, Gap and H&M have been good too.

See I find the sea of pink in the girls' sections depressing. DD wears a lot of "boys'" clothes as a result. When they are little I can't see why on earth they need to wear anything other than unisex clothes. Right now DD is wearing red trousers and an excellent dinosaur hoodie. Try Jojo Maman Bebe and Joules for nice colours.

Loveitloveitloveit sell bright and colourful clothes online (not cheap but good quality and often organic/ethically produced).
There's also Toby Tiger. Ebay is good for brands like Frugi that are quite pricey new.

God yes, every shop has a huge girls selection.

I love Ted Baker at Debenhams for colour, especially the turquoise and purple combo's.

H&M is great for linen trousers £10.

Zara is'nt too bad, that's where I found the last cardigan I wanted, trying to find those for boys is difficult.

Vertbaudet is'nt as good as it used to be, too much beige and brown.

TKMaxx is a bit hit and miss but I have had some Ben Sherman tops and t shirts in funky colours starting at £5.99.

Prossecopuppy
There is no sea of pink for girls clothes.its a MN myth. I look for it in every shop and it doesnt exist.

German brands can be good for this. Jako-o - expensive (and bloody stupid name) but good quality, bright basics.

Tchibo can be good too. Their current boys' stuff is quite blue but at least with some bright accents. I've had some lovely stuff from there for my dses over the years. They periodically do great zip-through fleeces - ds1 has one in bright blue with a yellow trim and ds2 has one in red with an orange trim.

I don't like Vertbaudet's range of tops/T-shirts for boys much but they do great trousers and coats in all sorts of colours, incl brights. Ds2 has bright red trousers from there atm, and a bright green coat.

DSes aged 3 and 6 are currently wearing bright red jeans from M&S. H&M used to do lovely bright clothes but they are all horrible this year. Vertbaudet is alright, I hate most of P.op, too samey. Tu is usually good quality for the price.

I tried to find a red t-shirt last Saturday that didn't have a skull on for my 6 year old and the only place we found in the whole of Bluewater was Mothercare. Thought we'd outgrown that place.

Ds2 does love a good digger motif though.

Boys clothes are mostly so dull. I want bright red, yellows and greens with ducks and animals on and the like.

Can I find any any among the crappy blues, beiges and greys? Nope.

There are some great Facebook pages of very clever mums who make clothes using all kinds of different patterned jersey fabric. They aren't too expensive and hold their value second hand. This was my son yesterday in his brights!

My 5 yr old son lives in Canterbury & his rugby club gear, but if I can get him out of it I shop in John Lewis for him. Although his Canterbury stuff comes in very bright colours as well as the normal blues/greens.

Boots and Mountain Warehouse, OP. Mountain Warehouse does brights for little and big boys. And girls.

I've got DS 10 some lovely checked shirts from primark in bright colours

a marketing ploy and that people should be able to shop from whichever aisles of the shop they prefer.

I am sure DH would look lovely in a pink mini skirt but he's too narrow minded to wear one to go to work on Monday.

I don't know where you shop, but I am just back from our local shopping center and you could find colours everywhere. Even Next had red, yellow, orange tops and trousers for boys. It's exactly the sort of things I wouldn't buy, but they are everywhere. Finding boys trousers that are not skinny however is nearly impossible. They look ridiculous.

powershowerforanhour I am not keen on the design, but red and turquoise are hardly what I would call drab.