to be fed up with dull boys clothes?

[goldilocksandmylittlebear]

Its so frustrating walking into shops full of bright, lovely girls clothes only to find the boys range........limited and dull!

Why can't boys have bright colours too?

I have found a few great ranges but its costs a bomb!

'Me Too' is great and Molo.

Anyone else having the same problem?

I dunno if I am allowed to spam myself, but I have started making children's clothes 'cos I was fed up of all the standard designs.. In doing so it's surprising how many mothers request spiders and robots for boys! So I suppose the high street are catering to the needs of the majority.

My gallery can be found "here"

I dress my youngest in lots of "boys" clothes because I despair of all the muted pinks... but it varies, I like the fact there seem to be more designs for girls but then I really don't like all the fairies and princess stuff!

I seem to be the only person in the world who doesn't want to dress my 3 year old girl in pink!
When I asked in Mothercare - did they have anything other than pink - they showed great excitment with a "red" T shirt (oooh!)
Do all little girls have to look like air head fairy dolls?
Bring in other colours please!

Sorry - no time to read the whole thread - has anyone mentioned eBay? We get all our children's clothes secondhand at a fraction of the price - just search for eg "boys clothing rainbow" and se what turns up!

Pumpkin Patch do have some nice colours other than pink and lilac for girls - lovely turquoises and greens etc.
My DS looks fabulous in red, orange, aqua colours - anything, in fact - but this season it does seem harder to find. I don't mind brown trousers because they go nicely with all the above bright colours... but my major bugbear (apart from the negative slogans you always get on boys' T-shirts as previously mentioned) is that most stuff is TV or film character specific. I WILL NOT have him (aged 2.5) going round like a walking advertising hoarding!

April see my links below for those sort of colours.

WHY do clothing manufacturers think my toddler should be dressed like a boy-soldier? Camoin these times of terrible war in the world is just obscene!

Similarly, why all the bloody skulls on everything? Gross.

Don't even get me started on slogans....

My 3 boys are dressed in 2nd hand clothes from Boden, Gap, Ralph Lauren and Monsoon etc -all from eBay. The best part is you can re-sell them again on eBay because the quality's so good they don't lose shape or fade much. Therefore FREE CLOTHES! (nearly)

i want to dress ds in what an adult man can wear in a bigger size. i dont like the babyish ones at all.

I too find it difficult to get bright colourful clothes for my 2 year old.

Some Boden/Monsoon are OK, but tend to be too baggy on my slim little boy. Some gap stuff is OK. When I lived in the states, I also liked Hanna Andersson - the stuff wore really well and kept its resale value on ebay. I like KSB kids for basic tops and I've picked up the odd piece from Spain.
I'll check out the other places mentioned as he's just had a growth spurt.

My baby boy is 6 months and all of his clothes are bright. Polarn O. Pyret is the best! Pricey but they have fantastic sales. Also Boots have the odd gem. I refuse to raise one of those men that only wear black, brown and navy blue!

mrskingred - loads of bright colourful things on the links i posted below

Ditto www.guycollection.co.uk - very well-made, practical yet bright and smart. Specially like this season's bright red winter hoodie and the bright blue rugby shirts - looks fab on my DS (5).

Thanks for the tip about rainbow babies Auntie!

www.susumama.com

for the vertical stripe rainbow trousers - get your boy into these before he's old enough to say no!

H&M have fantastic boys clothes and they abit cheaper than next also Baby Gap have great clothes

Lozzy72, you're not alone about the pink. I can direct you to a Facebook group all about it, and other issues.

I do think boys' clothes are awful, but I can't agree with OP that the girls' clothes are lovely. They suck. They're pink, fluffy, sequinned, branded, and cut in overly adult/flirty styles....

The Molly & Jack range at in Boots and online is gorgeous for girls AND boys. Like Monsoon but occasionally have buy one get one half price or similar offers on so can work out quite reasonable.

Hve to say I hate baby girl's clothes - pink tat all of it. I see the girl's section in shops and it's a sea of pink. Whereas for my DS I have some gorgeous outfits in lovely bold colours.

Mini Boden!!!

Love it

Is it okay to dye clothes for newborns? Does the dye affect their sensitive skin? I can't seem to find a good choice of basic, plain vests and trousers in a choice of colours anywhere.

skye baby

There's a sale on in www.thehedgepig.co.uk at the moment. Same stuff as Nordic Kids, but sale things are half the price. Ida T, Molo, Katvig, etc.

Ebay also have a few shops selling sale stock, I think, judging by the prices, for Plastisock and Brights and Stripes and so on.

Link.

I agree, I find Boden, John Lewis and Zara have nice bright boys clothes but unfortunately I have to spend quite a bit on clothes for my DS to get good stuff where as DD has lovely stuff from Asda and tesco's

Lozzy72

My DD won't wear pink. I have found that M&S, particularly their autograph range has lots of other colours and GAP often do nice non pink clothes too. I have also bought her lots of red in ASDA of all places.

YANBU - its not a fair split - most shops have tonnes of clothes for girls and a poxy section for boys. Shame really.

Would anyone get these or these for a boy?