Boy likes to wear pink and likes girls things

[BillywigStings]

DS1 (3) is such a typical boy, full of energy and mischief, extremely loud and confident and loves rough play, dinosaurs, cars and sports. His favourite toys though are shopkins, noms, and anything unicorn related. I take him to Thai Boxing and Ballet, just because they are close to us and conveniently and invaluable to burning off his excess energy, though I know it’s an unusual combination. His favourite colour is pink.

Now he is older and opinionated I’m having trouble finding clothes he likes without straight out buying girls clothes. I don’t mind the pink, the unicorn/whatever imagery at all, just I object to the way the frills, bunched sleeves and feminine necklines look on a boy. It doesn’t suit him and I hate that it looks like I’ve just put him in hand me down clothes from his sister or something. At ballet we manage with his normal black leotard and shorts with a tutu skirt over the top and it looks okay, but it’s hard to adapt for his tastes usually and have it still look ok.

Can anyone recommend where I can get boys clothing which has more feminine colours and imagery? He really wants a Skye from paw patrol shirt, or a shopkins shirt as we saw some in Primark recently.

Also, recommendations for blogs/ sources of inspiration from parents with similar minded kids?

You could try educating yourself a bit more about “boys things” and “girls things “
My daughter was much more full of energy and mischief than her brother ( and still is ) - she isn’t a “typical boy” though .
She is 13 and captain of a football team but has more make up than me and spends most Saturday afternoons in Top shop clutching a skinny latte. She is amazing at climbing trees and loves getting muddy
My sons favourite tshirt is a pink Ralph Lauren Polo but he plays football and rugby, he would never cry in public but still loves to sit on my knee for cuddles age 10. He wouldn’t wear make up but has quite a few hair products
So which of those things are boys and which are girls?

Just buy him what is comfortable/practical and that he likes.
It is annoying that so much is 'gendered' these days. Even t shirts are cut with different shaped sleeves for boys and girls and there is no difference in the shape of the children at this age!
Try a continental shop, perhaps verbaudet or similar, for a different range of things. there may be something that you both like there.
Definitely avoid the UK supermarkets (esp asda) if you want stuff which isn't marked up as boys or girls. Good luck.

There's a company on ebay doing personalised shopkins shirts that you might want to have a look at: they have adult sizes too!

H and m have some good colour children's things, as does John Lewis. It gets harder as they get older, my 9 year old loves pink and it's getting harder to get him pink shirts!

“Traditionally” typical boy then. I think you know what I mean. Can you help me figure out how support my son’s choice in fashion and not get petty over the wording lol. I’d have hoped it was obvious from my post that I’m not trying to be discriminatory.

Can you give advice without the snark please? I do understand what you are saying though but I still don’t want to buy him lace and frills, as I don’t like it/it doesn’t suit him. If I had a daughter tbh I would feel the same, I don’t like frills and sequins and “traditionally” feminine, unless of course they wanted that particularly.

Thanks you andtheresaw and mailfuckoff that’s helpful

Look at Scandi brands which use the same cut and the full rainbow of colours.

Smafolk
Duns of Sweden
Maxomorra
Villervalla

I would've said Polarn O Pyret but they have been disappointing over the past 2 years.

H&M are usually quite good for brightly coloured, non-frilly t-shirts - in the girls' and boys' sections. They also have a sequinned dinosaur sweatshirt thingy which is pretty unisex looking.

I know what you mean, I wanted to find DS a pair of navy blue leggings and it was so hard to find a pair without frills or bows on them. (Next had some in the end).

Jojo Maman Bebe have reversible pink striped hoodies in their boys section on the website.

H&M basics are really good.

Disana?

https://mamaowl.net/collections/disana

https://www.heimoose.co.uk

Tootsa are good too.

https://www.tootsa.com

Ted Baker has very dapper boys clothes in age appropriate links, purples, light blue, bright colours etc. But it is extremely expensive. Why not get boys clothes in white and dye them pink?

It's very hard. I find HM, Zara kids and Little Bird are probably the best.

But I have also bought blue glittery plimsolls for my son from Debenhams which were really great. I'll see if I can find them for you.

M&S surprised me last year by having unisex t shirt shape (I know what you mean re: girls cut t shirts - annoying as hell as my ds likes pink/rainbows etc too, but a rounded t shirt hem, cap sleeves and the odd ruffle really make him stand out as wearing ‘girls’ clothes) with various designs on - ds has a grey t shirt with a pink/purple sequin dinosaur on - straight cut, no frilly sleeves etc.

H&M, as others have said. Uniqlo also have some good t shirt designs, although they do also have different cuts for boy/girl, so it’s not a given.

Definitely agree re scandi brands. Old season Smafolk and Maxomorra are my favourites.

Also on Facebook and etsy you can find wahm making amazing unisex kids clothes - mini medley, tutti frutti clothing, bubble & geek, rainbow baby are a few I've used personally but there are literally hundreds!

Little bird is also great for unisex clothes with lots of bright colours. For plain leggings in bright colours next is pretty good, or boots, and if they have frills or bows I cut them off

Bless he sounds so much like my son who at this age just wanted to wear princess dresses and do girl things.
He's 5 now and wanting to wear more "boyish" clothes.
I never made a deal of there being a girls or boys section and ordered most things online.
The girls sections in next and primark are fab for straight cut leggings in jazzy colours. As are Tesco. My ds will wear sparkly straight cut leggings with a camo top and things like that.
T shirts are harder so we tend to go jazzy on the bottom and boyish on the top and it kind of works

Sorry can't find them, but maybe it's just a. Seasonal thing as they were plimsolls. They were in the girls section of Bluezoo I think. Hopefully will come back in, as they were totally gender neutral in shape and style but with navy glitter.

Converse are also good for having glittery or fun colours that boys could wear as it's the same shape and style for both.

Definitely H&M. I've just had a quick look and they have a pink skye tshirt in the girls section at the minute and some really cool jeggings with unicorns on. Plus plenty of long sleeve tops in pink.

@fairylightseverywhere

Little Bird no longer do the full range of sizes. I think 3-4 is the biggest.

" DS1 (3) is such a typical boy "

see, it's not just the wording, it's the whole attitude behind it.

If I were you I would look in H and M, as well.

Lands End "girl" stuff seems to be pretty unisex in shape, or at least the tops are. I have bought DS1 several, and he's 11. I have also bought him "girl's" shorts in Morrisons. John Lewis, as others have said.

You can find bigger Little Bird second hand, on eBay etc. There are whispers that the bigger sizes will be coming back, keep your fingers crossed!

Growing up I liked “boys things”, dressing like a boy, in fact I kept saying I wanted to be a boy (because I thought these things only boys were supposed to be doing). Then I grew up and realised that boys and girls can do whatever they like to do and it was the very concept of “girls things” and “boys things” that confused me.
I changed around teenage hood, maybe because of peer pressure of being a girl I don’t know.

Either way, I wouldn’t worry

Oh and if he likes leggings Fred and Noah have unisex ones that are absolutely lovely. Some geometric but some of birds and horses etc.