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.

@TheFairyCaravan

I think it’s really sad that anyone (not saying you are) puts children’s clothes and aesthetic in the same sentence.

Don’t get me wrong I also go for comfort over aesthetic if I am slobbing in my front room. I have no problem with that. I just can’t bear the word “loungewear”. It’s just an utterly ridiculous way to try to give downmarket, casual clothing and poorly made clothes a veneer of fashion. Just cringe-worthy.

I was thinking no to long dresses/fancy dresses, and they sometimes don't pull them up enough and wee on them. But light above knee summer cotton dresses - absolutely.
Although I have to put cycling shorts under as mine has a habit of lifting hers up/laying on the floor and lifting her legs up, and I don't want the world to see her knickers 😂

Love Abercrombie Kids for older ones. Think it starts at age 5-6 and quite a lot of it is on Next. Not cheap cheap but compared to the branded sportswear a lot of tweens wear it isn’t bad and as their rate of growth slows down they get more wear out of it so I don’t mind spending a little bit more if it’s half decent quality.

I don’t agree with your use of the word “chavvy” but I get the sentiment.

I’ve found with DD there’s another shift around age 7/8 where it all starts to be a bit teenagerish with crop tops and cut outs

@Thepeopleversuswork when I always hear the word "loungewear" I know in modern terms it usually means trackies/pj bottoms/yoga pants and a t-shirt but I always like to think of it as a sort of rich lady of leisure 1920s style who finally had to freedom to abandon her corsets and layers of under garments and could finally relax in her home in loose comfortable clothes.
I love the idea of wafting around in loose floaty silk pyjamas with a matching loose dressing gown type thing. That to me is "proper" loungewear 😂

@Piggiesinblankets You lost me at chavvy.
I loathe this word. Look it up. So elitist and derogatory.
YABU lots of nice clothes to choose from. Joggers for boys and girls are practical. It completely depends on what they are doing playing outside or going out to a party or social event.

I picked the tops because OP said she was looking for clothes for 3 year-olds, but there are plenty of nice things in Next for 6 years and up, that’s my son’s age bracket and I agree that is well past the appliqué animals style. Bright coloured raglan sleeve t shirts, stripes etc.

Trousers she said no joggers. The chino style for young kids is usually pull-on and nice and soft, though hard to tell from a picture. Plenty of cargos too but I guessed those not her style either.

There is a Facebook selling group for second hand Boden and other slightly more expensive brands for boys, I used to get quite a lot on there.

@Needmorelego

😂

That would be a great use of the word.

As it is it just conjures up images of the parents in “Matilda”. Lots of sticky plastic clothing in leopard print with sequins, horrible tacky slogans which will be passe in a month, feathers and giant fluffy slippers.

Lets take back loungewear!

@Thepeopleversuswork bifurcates!

I had to google that........... never have I ever in all my almost 50 years (including a degree and a keen habit for reading non fiction on various topics) ever encountered that word before!

I'm just sticking with vinted OP

This is the group

Me too. I read a novel in which a character ended up living in France and she spoke of characters appearing in their 'peignoirs' in the afternoon. Peignoir is such a stylish word for a loose dressing gown type garment, and makes me think of those 1920's ladies in silk with a cigarette in a holder in one hand and a dry martini in the other. I SO want to be that sort of woman.

Make your own clothes. I did when mine were young when there were things I wanted but didn't exist in the shops.

Agree - I think this is just a question of taste because I absolutely hate Frugi/Blade and Rose and certainly don’t think they’re classy.

Can't say I ever really found this to be an issue. I mainly shopped in Next, which do lovely stuff.

@ObelixtheGaul

Peignoir is such a stylish word for a loose dressing gown type garment, and makes me think of those 1920's ladies in silk with a cigarette in a holder in one hand and a dry martini in the other. I SO want to be that sort of woman.

Yes: this is an aesthetic I could get behind. More peignoir! Complete with the cigarette holder. So stylish.

There’s no excuse in a world of low cost clothing for anyone ever to talk of loungewear. Let’s start a petition to get it banned in favour of peignoir.

Just go for the brands you like ie Boden but on Vinted instead. I also hate a lot of the next boys stuff - a lot seems to be gaming based 🤦‍♀️

Fair enough. I don't let mine watch tv so their interests stop at vehicles and animals really. So a cute little embroidered car or tiger is a winner. They still seem to know the tv characters from their little friends but not really an interest.

Burnt oranges 😂😂. As long as my children are (weather appropriate) clothed and vaguely clean I’m happy. Some parents have too much time on their hands

How old are they?

I agree a lot of it isn't nice for toddler boys (DS is 2.5yo) and I really don't like all the neon/slogan tees/minecraft and whatever else on a toddler's outfit. I used to like Sainsburys but not now that he's out of the baby section.

I buy a lot of DS's clothes from H&M, or occasionally Zara if I'm feeling particularly flush!

My 2 sons (6 and 18) will only wear joggers

@popplego totally agree, we have a 2 year old - why would he want to wear Minecraft. Although he has an older brother he doesn’t have a clue what that is! lol plus it’s not the nicest looking designs anyway!
it’s either character clothing, sludge clothing or horrible stripes.
I agree, I used to love Sainsbury’s (their baby stuff is usually lovely!) but hate almost everything now once you're past the baby section (apart from the odd random gem!)

I just try and keep my eyes peeled and shop as and when I find something I love rather in advance rather than waiting till he needs the next size and then I can’t find anything I like!

Polarn O Pyret are great for colourful children's clothes although joggers also feature fairly heavily. DDs favourite preschooler outfit was from here - a pair of lime green jeggings, a white polo shirt, navy spotty trousers braces and a purple bow tie.

As a teen she loves the dark academia aesthetic and is still dressed smart, lots of tweed waistcoats and blazers here .

Fred & Noah have lots of brightly coloured leggings for boys and girls. Tops are usually a mix of Next and Sainsbury's but mine do like characters!