Clothes for newborn girls that aren't baby pink

[soppypreggyloon]

I hate baby pink. I know it's irrational but it's icky. I'm having a dd in April and want to do some shopping for basics. They're all bloody baby pink.

Can anyone suggest somewhere to look for sleeps suits, cardi, jackets etc that are a bit more funky?

My DD (3) has only a couple of pink items in her wardrobe, because I don't like it either (or everything it represents, but I won't go into that here or I'll start ranting), and I have always tried to make sure her clothes are in a broad a range of colours as possible. Achieved this mostly by mixing non-pink girls clothes with boys clothes. The more 'designer' stuff often comes in better colours but sometimes they are as pink as the high street. Worth having a poke around on eBay for stuff.

I bought a few things from this eBay seller - she does brightly coloured baby clothes - for a friend a few weeks ago, and they seemed pretty good.

stores.ebay.co.uk/Beckys-Bowls-and-Bumps?_rdc=1

Hiya,
I too and having a girl and also hate all the pink things out there. I do like girly clothes but NOT pink!
I've found a few good things in Mamas and Papas and also baby Monsoon - lots of pretty non-pink clothes.

HTH!

i saw tesco normally has some nice greeny colour kind of things, not sure about sleepsuits but for babies outfits i really liked the look some of their things
i think h&m too

We love Frugi & Pumpkin Patch. Pumpkin Patch in particular have some lovely things that are def not pink! :)

SoppyPreggyLoon I started a similar thread, but about boys clothes, as I am expecting a little boy but hate all of the sludgy coloured, stereotypical boys clothes out there (diggers/ spaceships/ cars etc. You might want to check out my thread for some fab suggestions that people have made for bright funky clothes, I am defo going to be following some of them up.

Boden

Much as it pains me, I agree re: Boden... they do a fair amount of pink, but also lots of non-pink, non-fussy stuff. And the quality is really, really good, their children's clothes wash and wear better than any others I've had.

pashionkiss - yy to the annoying 3/5 packs! mothercare always guilty of word vomit on their vests. i mean fgs babies who wear vests cannot read!!

i forgot maybe, marks and spencer are work a look. some of thier little baby stuff is totally insipid pink but when they get a wee bit bigger their 'indigo' range has both bright and jolly and quite reasonably priced stuff. dd at under a year had some lovely sets of long sleeved tops and matching leggings that were blue, yellow and sort of pinky orange that i loved! they were girly and had tiny white flowers but not a hint of pink!

i also loved little baby shoes (plenty of non pink) from here - amazing quality for the price and people will srop you all the time to ask where to get them!

I had all white baby stuff for DD.

Now (she's 2) we have a real mix of colours for her. We do include some pink and it is pretty ubiquitous but we do try hard to find other colours. Her winter coat, for e.g. is a gorgeous khaki green Chippie cost with flowers embroidered on it and cute buttoms.

Agree with the person above who mentioned Boden, they have a great range for little girls. We also use Zara, Gap and H&M a lot for her.

Another option is to buy white clothes and dye them yourself. This works especially well with all-in-ones and onesies.

My sister did this for me when I was pregnant with DS and because we didn't know the sex they'll be used for this one coming too. She (and her DH) used fabric paint to personalise each one with a different picture. So cute and so original (though my DH wasn't to chuffed with the bio-hazard sign one).

She bought them from American Apparel as they are really good quality with costing a bomb.

Another vote for blue zoo at debenhams after my delivery today! I have also bought some nice things from Pumpkin Patch but not so funky or neon.

I didnt think of M and S for baby stuff at all so will have a look there.

Thanks for that ebay link as well,I love it!

Like someone else mentioned its not that I dont like pink but I like bright not borning sickly colours! I am debating some tie die if DH lets me after last time I nearly destroyed the bathroom

I would recommend next for you as my nearly 6yo dd is not a fan of girly pinky colours (although I love them ) but loves yellow, blue, anything bright and spotty or stripey.

Love love love vertbaudet/la redoute but their delivery times are awful - I used to work for them and can confirm that their stock comes from West Yorkshire and not France as they tell you!!

Are they free miraclebaby? If not, you have to pay a fee for advertising.

Yep I felt the same.
Went with H&M, Some JojoMamanbebe (discounted), [http://www.nordickids.co.uk/ Scandanavian clothing sites also discounted], JLewis has some nice stuff, tho bit expensive. and I went looking for unisex looking items. I still spend my days looking for less 'pink' stuff and dress dd (nearly 2) in a lot of boys trousers and lovely bold colored tops which you can find from Tesco, and Sainsburys and JLewis...but it gets easier I think when they get a bit older.

Also, if you're the tiniest good at sewing you can sew on little felt/fabric flowers or buttons on 'boys' colored clothes and they quickly look darling and 'girl.' (Plus then no one else will have the same outfit ever!)

sorry this is the scandanavian site linked properly

I second Polarn O Pyret, H&M, Gap, John Lewis and Vertbaudet.

H&M really good if you're on a budget. They do lovely little babygros and outfits that are all pretty unisex. Nice apple green and lemon yellow outfits. Vertbaudet do nice ones which are white with little animals on etc.

Don't be afraid to just shop in the boys section. When DD was a baby I used to get her really nice sleepsuits in M&S boys section. White with pale blue stars, polka dots, and stripes. Lovely.

Daffadown beat me to it.

Back to OP - I've always quite liked H&M for DD. But DD spent her first few weeks in plain white anyway.

Plus, Pumpkin Patch, Debenhams (although sometimes some of it can look a little, dare I say, 'chav')

Once she gets to 3 months, the girl's stuff in Next is always a good bet - I've had some lovely stuff from there.

Also, some of the organic websites have lovely stuff if a little pricey. Green Baby and Frugi are my current favourites.

I just saw some babygros (long & short sleeved 5 packs) in M&S today in bright primary colours so definitely worth checking M&S out.

Just bought some sleep suits from next- strawberry pattern and a bit funky. Also got hungry caterpillar hoody from sainsburys which is bright and fun.
Just been though ds' old stuff so found we actually have a fair but if neutral stuff to recycle. And I will be re using his teeny tiny blue/ brown stripey trackies from boots as they are so soft! I have covered kitchen in teeny clothes as I plough through the washing!

Next is baby pink for 90% of clothes for little ones. I agree it gets better as they get older- well till they hit the mini grown up bit!

Good thread, thank you OP! I also loathe baby pink, so some good tips here.

I can second the pink. DD is 9 weeks and still in Newborn and MiL bought these pink velvet dungarees and top from John Lewis [silly woman] and it looks vile on DD, she looks ill.

H&M has been really good for colours and Sainsburys were good for funky coloured sleepsuits and vests. Pumpkin Patch also have some lovely colours as well.

There's quite a lot out there once you start looking. I'd focus on white to begin and then all sorts of shops do either non-pink clothes or bright pink.

I like Next, Boots, John Lewis, Sainsbury's etc. It's all still girly without being icky as you describe it!

love this thread; dont even know what we are having yet but we really dont want clothing dictated by sex for all the ranty feminist reasons im always warbling on about!

Sorry if I replicate some answers - haven't had time to read whole thread.

Mothercare do nice reds and blues

H&M do ncie basics in bold colours

Sainsbury's boy clothes are actually often primary colours and nice

John Lewis do some nice stuff in unisex colours

I find babygros in Next are pretty unisex eg stripes or animals on white backgrounds

A friend of mine just bought them in white and dyed them.

And of course there are all the scandinavian expensive clothes