AIBU to think there is nothing wrong with Disney / character clothing?

[BunnytheFriendlyDragon]

Baby is 3 months old.

DH thinks Disney clothing is "chavvy?"

I think it's fine for babies / children

My DS is 2 and i still buy character clothing, he loves it and has one particular ‘hey duggee’ tshirt he always wants to wear!

@CorBlimeygg
Go in most rl shops they have a classy old school side and chav side ie. Giant logos one side, gorgeous knitted dresses only rl logo inside. Like most designer houses they know how to market x2.
I know the sort you mean!

Well, your DH could ask your baby what they would prefer wear.

Dress them how you want.

It's a matter of personal taste really isn't it. Personally I never liked character clothing but I wouldn't kick off about it.

Well I’m certainly not offended by Disney clothing, but it’s not something I’d choose to buy, or dress myself or family in. I don’t like brands/slogans all over things as personally I find them a bit tacky, but I wouldn’t judge a baby - I think most people realise that babies don’t go out and buy their own clothes!

I always thought I wouldn't want my children in character clothing (ha!), so when they were babies I managed to avoid it, but further down the line Thomas the Tank Engine became a big favourite in our house and wearing Thomas t-shirts made DS1 so happy. I didn't get to hand them down as DS2 refused to wear them😂 Now DS1 is 13 and likes Minecraft clothing. DS2 has a Roblox t-shirt and a couple of Minecraft ones (even though he doesn't like Minecraft) and there have been loads of eye searing Lego clothes.

I once saw a grown adult man wearing a child-sized Eeyore T-shirt. He was smoking a joint and staring at me...Anyway, it’s alright for babies and children. I got loads of Disney items for dc, I didn’t like them but after baby has pooped through 4 sleepsuits in a day and you’re behind on the laundry, you’re glad of any clean clothes.

I think it's tacky but...

• I got given Disney-branded clothes when my two were babies, thanked the giver and dressed the DC in the Tigger/whatever sleepsuit without another thought.
• I readily bought both DC whatever awful (IMO) character t-shirts they wanted when they were little. 3yo DD had to be wrestled out of her Frozen top, wailing loudly, because she didn't want to take it off for her bath.
• Both DC have a range of dressing up clothes, including Disney characters.

So I haven't let my personal taste in clothing affect them too much!

I don't really like kids character clothing. Some of it I don't mind and can be cute. I don't think it's tacky though, it's just not to my taste and I'm not a Disney fan.

@2lsinllama

Your DH would hate my entire house. There is probably a Disney item in every room. All of us have Disney branded clothing. If that makes me a chav then so be it. Am wearing socks with a Mickey Mouse embroidery as I type this!

Same here. Im trying to think of a room that doesn't have something Disney in it. I'm currently wearing Mickey Mouse socks and a Haunted Mansion hoodie and my DS has just come home from school and put his toy story slippers on. OP if it makes you happy to dress your child in Disney clothes and you like them they crack on.

I waited until the child was old enough to like a character and choose those clothes. Then it's nice because the child is delighted.

When it's a tiny baby it just looks like the adult is "really into Disney" which suggests... well, a bit of a lack of personality.

I think it’s adorable when children want to dress up as their favourite characters. I don’t like heavily branded clothing (Disney/ Paw Patrol, etc) though as I think it normalises the consumerism of brands at a young age before children are even aware it’s happen (it’s the parents ‘buying in’).

That set you just linked to is adorable! I need someone to have a baby so I can buy it them.

So it’s up to how you and DH feel - who feels more strongly?

Well I buy all his clothes and a dress him so generally I choose!

To be clear I am not massively into Disney so I have no issue just not buying any more if it bothers him and also given so many of you seem to think it's tacky. He doesn't have that much, just a few things I thought were cute, and he has been given some Disney / character items. I will still let him wear what he has of course.

Most often he wears things like this and DH says he likes how I dress him. It was just today as he had a Disney outfit on.

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So it is not that we massively disagree generally.

@Rannva That’s very rude. People like different things, no need to be so judgemental about it.

My 3 month old has some Disney stuff. Some was gifted but I bought some of it myself. She need clothes, the shop had clothes I liked that just happened to be Disney, so I bought them. People think too much about things.

I also have Disney jammies myself. I didn’t set out to buy them but they were the only set in the shop I liked suitable for breastfeeding.

I vaguely remember an AMA thread from someone who had nannied to the rich and famous and said that the dc wore character clothing like everyone else, just not for events or official photographs. So as long as you’re not selling your family photos to Hello, your dc are no more chavy than the poshest of the posh.

My sister (who lives in Cotswold commuter country) wouldn't let her DC wear any character clothing for that reason. My DC from the rough bit of the Thames Estuary would have been the odd ones out among their friends if they hadn't

I would dress my child in Disney or any other heavily commercial advertising clothing, but then I’m quite sure other people have opinions on what I dress my child in, so what comes around goes around.

@DoormatBob

He's a baby, not an accessory.

The clothes the OP linked to looked like pretty standard baby clothes to me, which just happened to have a Disney print on. You have to dress your baby in something. As long as it's clean and comfortable (and not completely inappropriate), I'm not sure that any baby clothes treat a child as an accessory more than others. All parents choose clothes for their children in line with their taste.

Personally Disney clothes for babies aren't my preference, but I don't think they're tacky, or have any thoughts really when my friends dress their babies in Disney clothing. Most people don't think too much about what other people's babies are wearing.

I kept mine in simple sleepsuits and rompers when he was a baby, I think it’s nicer and more comfortable. He’s nearly three now and loves stuff like Paw Patrol so I let him choose character clothes if he wants.

Yes baby is mostly in long sleeved vests and trouser / legging combos like the one linked and one piece sleep suits for night time.

He has been gifted a lot of clothing so I am trying to get use out of it.

I'm not keen on themed stuff as a general principle and particularly on children too young to have an opinion (see also: toddlers in band t shirts). That said my eldest is a teenager and all 3DC have worn character clothing at various times. DS was so into Hey Duggee that he only wore Sainsbury's Hey Duggee pyjamas (we had different sets) for a while. And the DDs love their HP pyjamas and sweatshirts. Some character stuff is horrible and plasticky, some is very well made (M&S and Boden both do HP clothing). The H&M set you linked to is reasonably cute and will be good to pass onto a younger sibling so go for it if you like it. It's far far better than themed bedroom decoration which is basically consumerism gone mad because of the built in obsolescence. A stripy duvet will do a child till they leave home, a Paw Patrol one not so much.

I think it depends what it is — I think that Disney illustrators were incredibly clever, and things that are the 'original' line drawing style I would happily buy. The more computer generated sort of look I probably wouldn't be as keen on.

But if you look at the last link you posted with the grey foxes, I don't think that's very different to this sort of thing (other than this is a colour).

@whatswithtodaytoday

I don't like it, but then I don't really like Disney so it holds very little appeal to me. I'm fine with my child wearing their preferred character clothes now he's old enough to fall in love with things.

That said, he had Harry Potter bibs when he was tiny and I loved them :D So I guess if I liked Disney I would think it was cute.

I'm the same, I don't like Disney clothes but that is more because I don't like Disney myself particularly (solidarity, @whatswithtodaytoday).

I'm less bothered about character clothing, DD had a lovely Duggie pyjama set and one of the secondhand bags I bought had some Peppa t shirts in. I can't explain why I view them differently!

Not a fan of any visible branding on clothing (adult or child) but would happily buy DD a Frozen (or whatever ) item of clothing if she asked for one herself (age 4).