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To ask … where sells nice clothes for little boys?

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butonlyone · 08/05/2024 16:17

When DS was a baby and younger toddler I went high end: JoJo, Boden, Fat Face even, to get nice clothes that weren’t covered in dinosaurs.

He is now 3 and I’m struggling a bit. Supermarkets are dominated by black, grey and khaki or garish colours and dinosaurs still prevail. (DS has no real interest in them.)

Wondering where I might not have looked as I could do with updating his summer wardrobe. I don’t want him to look like a girl but just not dull stuff or ugly stuff!

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butonlyone · 08/05/2024 21:57

MikeBaldwin · 08/05/2024 21:54

rainbows and hearts and florals. I’m really not going to dress DS in those things. It isn’t something I ever see in RL.It just makes people look like they really secretly wanted a girl to be honest.

You referred to colours and patterns.

My son wears pink, rainbow colours, and florals. This is because he likes them, not because I want him to be a girl. Or he wants to be a girl. Or anything at all to do with girls.

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Mike, you’ve underlined rainbows and hearts and florals

They aren’t colours. But why are we arguing about this? If people want to dress their little boys in dresses covered in hearts, go for it. I won’t be, and neither will most people.

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MikeBaldwin · 08/05/2024 21:57

butonlyone · 08/05/2024 21:55

@HAF1119 - I don’t think I do prefer stereotypically boys clothes. But outside of MN, a little boy in a dress or in floral patterned leggings and tops is somewhat unusual, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume someone routinely dressing a boy as a girl actually is showing that they wanted a girl.

But it is a shame a very light thread has taken a heavy turn.

I am not dressing my son in girls dresses. That doesn’t mean I rigidly adhere to gender stereotypes, it just means I’m not dressing my son in girls dresses!

don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume someone routinely dressing a boy as a girl actually is showing that they wanted a girl.

It is both unreasonable and stupid.

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butonlyone · 08/05/2024 21:58

Right, so you carry on doing it, not a problem.

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PurpleRobe · 08/05/2024 21:59

Scandi/ Swedish brands like polarnopyret

MikeBaldwin · 08/05/2024 22:01

butonlyone · 08/05/2024 21:57

Mike, you’ve underlined rainbows and hearts and florals

They aren’t colours. But why are we arguing about this? If people want to dress their little boys in dresses covered in hearts, go for it. I won’t be, and neither will most people.

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Rainbow colours are colours. Flowers come in a variety of colours, as do hearts.

So, its patterns that have specific sex assignment is it? If I allow my son to wear a PLAIN ‘girl colour’ tshirt I don’t want him to be a girl, but if I allow him to wear a pink tshirt with a FLOWER on it, it’s because I want him to be a girl?

Honestly, no wonder there is so much gender bollocks going on.

Skykidsspy · 08/05/2024 22:01

I like boots

bryceQ · 08/05/2024 22:05

I love zara for my son

Ioverslept · 08/05/2024 22:08

Not cheap either but Frugi and Kite

KrankyKracken · 08/05/2024 22:09

Got my DS some nice stuff from Mountain Warehouse. Some dinosaurs but other stuff to, and not too pricey.

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butonlyone · 08/05/2024 22:15

Difference between ‘allow’ and ‘buy for’ Mike.

If DS asked me for a dress with rainbows on that would be one thing. But just casually buying one - no. And putting the ‘gender bollocks’ at my door because I’m not buying clothes from the girls section for my son? Then that’s most people. Because I’m thinking of nursery, the groups we go to, swimming lessons, children I see out and about and I haven’t seen any little boys in little dresses or in T shirts with flowers on or similar. I’m sorry but I just haven’t.

Your son chooses clothes from the girls section. Fine.

If you chose clothes from the girls section for him - yes, I’d think you wanted a girl. I don’t think that’s an unreasonable assumption but I evidently do not live somewhere where boys turn up for nursery in sundresses!

Thanks for suggestions, some lovely ones to look at.

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TheFormidableMrsC · 08/05/2024 22:17

I bought all my son's stuff in H&M, Zara and Next. Also Primark and Matalan. I had a 13 year gap between him and my daughter so it was a learning curve with boy stuff!

ifellintoarabbithole · 08/05/2024 22:20

I got some t-shirts with gorgeous designs from Marine Conservation Society for my whale loving boy! And also the BBC Earth store. I tend to look up various Charity sites as his interests change, and raises money for the charity too which is a bonus. Doesn't help your hunt for plain-ish clothes though I'm afraid.

cfdaaeffssfg · 08/05/2024 22:24

I think from what you've described we probably have similar taste in clothes. I've got three boys and my eldest is now in age 4-5 and my god I'm struggling. The supermarkets depress me so much. Always find something beautiful for my niece but rarely anything for my own children.

I think I like a classic style for him without being too formal? It's tricky to find stuff without it costing a fortune. I often think perhaps I need to just open my own bloody shop only selling boy clothes 😆

I've been buying basics for him from Next and H&M and then scouring Vinted for stuff from Jojo and The White Company. Some Frugi too if it's stuff I like.

My boys are tractor obsessed so I do end up buying anything with a tractor on though 😅

mintich · 08/05/2024 22:24

M&S sell nice boys clothes

OatFlatWhiteForMe · 08/05/2024 22:40

I posted pictures after your initial post before you mentioned not really wanting blue either.

How about posting a few pictures of things you like@butonlyone?

Mini Boden have a few nicer bright items.
Ralph Lauren kids and Tommy Hilfiger can be good for colour.
Mayoral too.

mummy2oneandtwo · 08/05/2024 22:45

Zara, Mango, Next and H&M are our go to brands

marmiteoneverything · 08/05/2024 22:45

MultiplaLight · 08/05/2024 20:37

Little green radicals - not the cheapest but nice splashes of colour.

TU at sainsburys

Fatface can be good, but small range.

At 6, Jojo is too small, he's not a baby.

Too young you mean, surely?

(I appreciate that he’s not 6, but clothes are either too small or they’re not. It doesn’t really matter how old you are!)

Hedgeoffressian · 08/05/2024 22:47

M&S, John Lewis, Boden, Joules

ThankGodForDancingFruit · 08/05/2024 22:54

Little Green Radicals has some gorgeous bits, they also have an outlet section and you get 10% discount if you sign up to their mailing list - on every order.

Another vote for Frugi, Next, M&S.

Hobsons123 · 08/05/2024 23:02

I've just today ordered my 3 year old ds quite a few bits from Zara online. As a mother of 3 boys, the lack of nice boys clothes drives me mad. Retailers are really missing a trick.

Littlemisscapable · 08/05/2024 23:20

Yep 3 boys later it's a case of looking around ....buying nice bits when you see them and planning ahead a bit. My eldest boy is 12 and the clothes haven't improved much since then but if you look hard you can find lovely stuff. Its def easier with girls... Enjoy it though before they just want to wear NIKE 24/7 😂

cfdaaeffssfg · 09/05/2024 06:01

Forgot to add I've seen some nice stuff in John Lewis this week. Stuff with embroidered oranges on, not just the usual navy and dinosaur boys stuff. It only went up to age 3-4 though.

MultiplaLight · 09/05/2024 06:08

marmiteoneverything · 08/05/2024 22:45

Too young you mean, surely?

(I appreciate that he’s not 6, but clothes are either too small or they’re not. It doesn’t really matter how old you are!)

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Thanks language police hope you feel better for that.