"Capsule" wardrobe for 1-2 year old

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I'm very lucky to have a seamstress as a SIL and she has offered to make a "capsule wardrobe" for my PFB by the time he is 12 months (in May) to last through for the year (so, all seasons).

What styles and types of clothes have people found useful/essential for dressing 1-2 year olds in? I'm looking for advice on the practicalities and function/form rather than aesthetics, if that makes sense. Like zips versus poppers, relative ease when dressing a mobile child, what types of clothes are best for messy play etc.

I'm sorry but I see no point in having a capsule wardrobe made for a rapidly growing child. They need easy to clean, comfortable, hard wearing clothes that you can chuck with few regrets when they are too small or have passed their best.

It’s about you and the baby, your ease when changing and his comfort
So IMO
Soft cotton clothes,elasticated waist, poppers on vests.pull On t shirts , hoodies etc
Mix of colours eg navy,red etc good for trousers,joggers.
Hard wearing fabrics

oh, i think my term was misleading. I meant in the sense of keeping it fairly limited to a few pieces of clothing, not that they would be haute couture fashioned from pony hide and taffeta.

I'm talking about t-shirts, dungarees, jersey onesies etc. It's just that someone is keen to make those for us because she enjoys doing so and could personalise them a bit.

Is this seamstress good? If so dungarees with poppers all the way up the legs are good. And baby grows, some with short arms some with long. Trousers with ribbed jersey on the waistband are easy to get on and off.

Thanks, red. That's the sort of thing it's really useful to know.

(Yes, she makes clothes for a living so she'd definitely be up to that)

Wow how lucky are you. As the shirts are cheap and easy to get hold off I'd get her to make things like dungarees with poppers all the way down the legs as well as trousers similarly with popper and adjustable waists as the more mobile they get they tend to slim down. With shorts I wouldn't worry about poppers but would get adjustable waists still.
I'd go for jersey and chino material as soft enough, easy to clean and comfortable. I'd love to have had this so I could get lots and lots of dungarees made on some amazing fabrics.

With the rate babies grow within a year, it might be hard to have a small set of clothes for that period and not expect to need to buy bigger ones. I think staples like baby grows and elasticated clothing will aid comfortable movement, we all know how active babies can get after all!

However, it might be nice if you had something more special for occasions, for my niece and nephew I got them some baby gifts in the form of a baby grow with their names on them. Alternatively, you could get your seamstress to make something bespoke that could turn in to a hand-me-down family heirloom!

www.able-labels.co.uk/personalised-baby-gifts/
www.babycenter.com/0_baby-clothes-for-the-first-six-weeks_519.bc

When my DSs were that age, I was constantly on the lookout for lined dungarees with poppers all the way down the legs. Lined, for warmth. I preferred cord (wouldn't have bought denim). I accept that I was quite fussy! M&S and John Lewis used to come up trumps. So something like this but maybe not in such a bright yellow. I loved dungarees as they stayed in place, and you can adjust them on the shoulder and roll them up on the leg, so get lots of wear out of them.

I would also say to buy things that mix and match. I have always liked red for my DSs, so lots of Breton type navy/red, red/white.