In thinking clothing shops always seem to have a nicer range for girls than for boys?

[Frasersmum123]

I have spent this morning searching for some summer clothes for DS2 who is 2 and I cant find anything I like, but I can find masses of stuff for DD.

All the boys clothes seem to have skulls and skateboards, or 'cheeky monkey' (yuck)

Yanbu. There was a good thread about crappy boys clothes the other month. I'm desperate for nice combats for my ds, no skulls or camo prints, just browny coloured and slightly baggy. Boden are the only place that makes them just right, but they're £25 , which I don't want to spend on a 2yr old. Sainsburys have done a good copy but they seem to have sold out, I only managed to get 2 pairs.

On line shops that are lovely and seem to be popular (but pricey-ish) are thehedgepig, rainbowkids and kidsshouldbekids, all mentioned in the thread last month.

There is certainly a greater amount of stuff for girls. WOuldn't say it was nicer or a greater range, just the same theme (pink) repeated over and over and over.
I don't see why you can't have unisex clothes for children, but in cheaper high street shops it seems that if they dare to step away from the pink/ blue or sludge colour stereotype they must all have other gender markers on them - flower shaped buttons or embroidery for girls, skater dude graffiti style slogans for boys. I was trying to buy trousers for DD (17 months in Sainsbury's) and loads of them were shaped to flatter adult female curves. For their 9months+ range.