To think clothes become chavvy after age 2.

[Piggiesinblankets]

I loved looking for clothes for the children up to 18-24 months. After this, instead of the nice pastels, flowers, bears etc it becomes tracksuit bottoms for boys with slogans or garish patterns. It all looks cheap and nasty. Even a lot of the Next stuff is particularly bad for little boys.

I love the Boden/ Frugi / Blade & Rose stuff but most of that is not an affordable day to day option with 3 under 3 ( Vinted and sale shopping aside).

I like my children to be nicely dressed, not in awful tracksuit type outfits. I don't understand why at least up to 5 they don't have more of the baby / toddler designs. More pretty pinafore and soft colours for girls and dungarees, bears, blues, browns and burnt oranges for boys etc.

My dd wears "flouncy dresses" and I agree with the poster who said they never affect movement. IMO that whole argument is made by parents who don't want their dds to wear dresses and try to find a justification shrug

Dresses are the easiest for me and so far dd loves them. She particularly likes those with tulle skirts. She wears all sorts though - leggings and shorts and skirts and dungarees.
I have noticed the garishness of choices for boys aged 4-10. Really not my taste but hardly a serious problem.

@Chocolateorange22

As an adult do you wear lounge wear?

I would rather go to work naked than wear “loungewear”.

Misses the point massively but what a horrible expression.

I don't have any objection in principle to joggers - we lean more towards leggings, but largely because my 2.5 year old DS is lanky and if joggers are tied tight enough to stay up inevitably they're too slow to come down when he needs the toilet.

I do agree that you have to work a lot harder to find clothes that aren't navy or grey or covered in cartoon characters - there are plenty out there, including in the supermarkets, but it requires a bit more of a selective eye!

Claybear on Vinted is my go-to.

Oh how I miss Gymboree! They had great colourful clothes for boys. Gap kids too, and loved Monsoon but my son aged out as big for his age (and could only afford the sales). Boden are good quality but again must shop the sales.

Why?

I buy mostly from m&s ...plain things....and then jazz up a bit with the odd Frugi etc. I'm with you though. I don't like men in tracksuits when they aren't exercising so I apply the same to kids... although some nice coloured plain joggers and kiddy t shirt look fine for every day.

It's the cartoon characters that are awful !

My kid isn't a walking advertisement

I feel you! For boys, I think Zara has a lot of nice trousers that are comfy without being tracksuits. Next sometimes have similar but there is often a rogue slogan somewhere. Lots of stuff on Vinted if you’re prepared to trawl. I think they sit in between the extremes of Little Lord Fauntleroy and Acid Teletubby in terms of kids clothing.

I thought that before I had DC, but nothing makes mine happier than a top with Spidey or Elsa. It's not so much that they're advertising the brand as them expressing their interests. As long as the clothes are practical I'm fine with it.

What’s wrong with joggers? So comfy, practical and wash well. Chavvy is a very inappropriate term to use you know.

Jumper with a bear on in Next. I wouldn’t buy it because it would be a PITA to get the stains out and I could make it for less than half of the price.

I didn't find this at all.

Perhaps it is just the shops you are looking in? Where are you looking?

My kid has never had a pair of joggers or a slogan tee on and they are 7! But tbh, I mainly shopped in more expensive places. What is your price point?

I find you can get great Konges Slojd, Liewood, Little Cotton Clothes etc in the sale. They hold their resale value too.

You should try buying for an 11 year old (girl) who still likes young stuff.

God if you’ve got boys wait until they’re 8+! So depressing! No colour, it’s all black, grey and khaki. My 9 year old does have some colourful joggers but I don’t want his friends to think he’s weird for being colourful! He doesn’t have a problem with it yet. His friends are 80% always in sports kits, 15% in jeans and t-shirts (DS in that category although I do like him to be in joggers for comfort!) and 5% still in Mini Boden vibes.

My go-to of Lindex was even depressing last time I looked. They’re usually brilliant for boys colourful clothes.

Girls can wear blues and burnt orange too.

I dislike logos, characters and matching tracksuit sets but I’ve always found plenty of plain block coloured things in Next for my son (now 8). Eg raglan sleeve tops. Can you give some examples of what you think they have that isn’t suitable for little boys?

https://www.next.co.uk/style/st772471/n40086#n40086

https://www.next.co.uk/style/su222083/642808#642808

https://www.next.co.uk/style/st159464/n40208#n40208

https://www.next.co.uk/style/st648916/668988#668988

https://www.next.co.uk/style/st648916/404481#404481

The dress drops into the potty

@Fluufer

Its just really naff. The word “lounge” is bad enough. “Loungewear” sounds like a feeble attempt to dignify an aesthetic that is cheap, unattractive and replete with horrible man made, smelly fibres in disposable styles.

An aesthetic for Katie Price and her hangers-on.

I mostly buy from Vinted because it's not worth buying new for nursery, but I haven't really noticed this. There are some pretty garish things out there, but I haven't had problems getting nice neutral leggings and t-shirts for my eldest son. I tend to buy handmade knitwear from eBay/local craft markets though because it's hard to find decent quality jumpers.

Buy the brands you like off Vinted, OP. Have got loads of Mini Boden, Jojo etc off there for reasonable prices.

I find children's clothes in supermarkets are fine until about aged 10, then you can't get anything for boys unless you want the bank robber look. I like joggers for boys but bright colours. I've compromised with dark and dreary joggers from asda and bright t shirts from fruit of the loom on ebay. Also I find that men's clothes are often nicer than older boys clothes and xs men's is the same size as 11-12 boys. The thing I most struggle with is pants. I have a 10 year old and a 13 year old who prefer briefs to boxers. Surely that's fairly common but I can only get boxers in their sizes.

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When I’m sitting in my front room watching the telly or reading a book, I’m going for comfort not an aesthetic, and I think it’s really sad that anyone (not saying you are) puts children’s clothes and aesthetic in the same sentence.

Super cute tops! I would never put my kids in those trousers though, they look so uncomfortable! And the tops far too babyish after age 6 or so sadly. There definitely comes a point where boys clothes are very very tricky!!