To be envious of the US for having this website?

[Blutterflies]

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May not be to everyone’s taste but I’m desperate for something like this.
It’s exactly what I need for my children.
I’m hoping someone will come along and tell me that a UK version of this has been hiding in plain sight my whole parenting life.

Is it just plain coloured kids clothes? Maybe try beeboobuzz.co.uk/ (not as extensive a range sadly!)

@Blutterflies I found this the other day! I've been desperately trying to find some sustainable shops for my DS who is 9. So many of the baby and toddler shops like frugi and that do sustainable clothes don't go up that high in age.

Kite are very good and used GOTs cotton and h&m do a lot of similar looking clothes in their conscious range.

It’s nothing special @User478 but I find it so hard just finding plain, comfortable, good quality clothes for my children. Especially boys. It would be so nice to have a site like this where I can buy 4 or 5 plain items to create a decent wardrobe that all goes together. Most affordable shops have slogans and patterns etc
@Feelingconfused2020 it’s wonderful isn’t it?
If this was available in the uk it would take the stress out of shopping for clothes for my children.

I think if I bought clothes like this then I could pass them down through my children. It’s the affordability as well, I cannot justify £18-30 for a T-shirt, especially as I have 3 children who are active and play hard. I want them to be able to get them muddy without me crying over it

My DC are older but I used to shop online from a lovely UK brand with a really similar vibe ... I’m trying to find it now for you but I can’t :/

I’m sure it was called something like Rainbow Babies, but this was before the big rise in use of that term in a context of children born after a baby loss — so all the Google hits I’m getting are understandably about that now.

I find H&M have some similar stuff to this. Also Maxomorra basics, Polarn O Pyret - not cheap but then neither is this stuff from what I saw when I had a quick look, and you can buy clearance :)

@SinkGirl I live for the clearance sections
I’ll check out the other suggestions.

I discovered that M&S do solid colour bright t-shirts for kids in the uniform range - £3.50, 11 different solid colours. I bought a couple for each of the DCs, along with some long sleeve 3 for 2 tops which are also plain (so 3 tops for £14 which I think is pretty good value!). You have to look online though - my local M&S only seems to stock the stuff that has loud graphics and logos for kids, whereas online there's lots of nice solid colours and basics. Look for names like "pure cotton striped top" or "unisex pure cotton t-shirt".

Fruit of the loom do plain solid colour t shirts, you can order from Amazon and they are only about £2.50 each, they are nice thick cotton and wash really well

I’d love a site like that, I prefer kids clothes without slogans or characters, and that can be hard to find. So far I’ve found Zara, H&M and Lindex to be okay, but even then you have to search for stuff that suits.

The UK does this better but you need to know where to go - and it’s often high street shop. Joules, Jojo Maman Bebe, Amazon, H&M, Zara, M&S, even some Primark, Asda and Sainsburys stores do organic cotton / sustainable / recycled clothes.

That does look fantastic, and no 'boys' and 'girls' nonsense, just nice, bright clothes that look great quality. I love how simple the site is too, I'd love a uk version of this!

ive actually emailed these a few times and asked when they will ship to the uk, because i love all their stuff too. I got a reply saying no plans for that yet.. I follow them on Instagram just to rub salt in the wound too. All looks comfy and bright doesn't it

We used to have American Apparel in the U.K. and that was fantastic for this sort of stuff and the material was lovely. I miss it so much.

You can find a lot of nice baby/kid clothing without characters and slogans on amazon. I shop there for my baby all the time.

Uniqlo usually have a good selection of plain coloured clothing

I’m no good at Amazon. It scares me off when I type something in and I get 5000 items. Maybe I’m amazoning wrong?
Everyone I know get really good stuff in there I just get confused and sidetracked.

It’s one of the best websites I’ve seen for kids clothes.

Try Cribstar, OP. Or some of the other small businesses that do children's clothing once you follow one on Instagram you start seeing a lot

Looks like Primark

They stole my idea, I was just thinking how nice it would be to be able to buy clothes in yellow for my child.

I love the stuff on there. I've got two boys and a girl close in age so there is a lot of handing down of stuff, and this would make that a lot easier.

I really hate the 'boys' and 'girls' mentality in most British retailers, a lot won't even let you view 'all children's clothes' at once on their websites, it broken down by gender every time.

Girls stuff is twee and pink with stupid frills round the neck half the time and boys is all tractors and fire engines. Joules and Jo Jo have some nice stuff but it's pricey.

Why not try and make your own? You could batch dye different white clothing for your children so you could cover all ages at once and do different loads in the different colours. White vests, baby grows, t-shirts, leggings, sweat shirts are all fairly easy to come across, fruit of the loom is cheap and long lasting (also do their range of long sleeve and short sleeve t-shirts in rainbow colours already).

I used to buy plain cotton clothing for my DC when I lived in the UK, but I can't remember where from now. I have a feeling that it was a Dutch or German company.

@mistermagpie

I love the stuff on there. I've got two boys and a girl close in age so there is a lot of handing down of stuff, and this would make that a lot easier.

I really hate the 'boys' and 'girls' mentality in most British retailers, a lot won't even let you view 'all children's clothes' at once on their websites, it broken down by gender every time.

Girls stuff is twee and pink with stupid frills round the neck half the time and boys is all tractors and fire engines. Joules and Jo Jo have some nice stuff but it's pricey.

Same here. Two girls and two boys. Handing stuff down would be ideal, I manage sometimes but usually it’s ready for the bin when grown out of. I completely agree with you about the boy/ girl thing. Especially for children under 10. Why does a navy long sleeved T-shirt have to be for boys, I find this most frustrating for baby clothes. Many friends I know like to have gender specific clothes for their babies so people know what sex the baby is. I don’t care if strangers don’t know the sex of my baby 🤷🏽‍♀️ Having said that, it is improving and shops like next do offer some lovely neutral clothes.