Camoflage print for baby boys - tasteful or not?

[happycampers]

A friend has bought DS (8mo)a fleece snowsuit in a camoflage print. But then I wondered whether this could border on chavvy. It is very soft and muted in colour, so perhaps is OK? Can't find it online to link to. Both friend and I now in a quandry - could we be dooming cute DS (and ourselves by association) to a label of chavvy-ness?! I'm used to girly things so am now in a flap. If I keep it do I need to get him hair gel and a Greggs dummy to match?

In our defence, we are both usually fairly stylish and dress our DCs 'nicely' - usual mix of Gap, Boden, supermarket stuff, Boots brands etc. Hhmmmmm, waddya think?

and did you know that pre khaki/camoflage that many armies wore red because it "hid" the blood from injured troops!

Interesting QoQ, but the fact that most people DO see it as military renders it inappropriate for children IMO.

Message withdrawn

DS has some camoflage shorts from Boden. I think of them more as the kind of thing he might wear if he were birdwatching to be honest.

"camouflage"

So this is a present? How kind of your friend to give you it. Put it on your child and say thankyou. What is your problem???

And a definition of a chav is someone who doesn't have any idea themself what they like and has to ask others then just follow the trend.

Indeed get a life.

PS I hope your friend doesn't read this tripe. I'd be very upset.

Not chavvy - whatever that means - but won't let my boy wear anything militaristic or with anything aggressive on it. I also won't let my girl wear trousers with "cute" written across the bottom or t shirts with the playboy bunny on them.

Cant see anything wrong with camoflage stuff myself. Dd has a pair of camo trousers nad so do I.GReat for playing hide and seek and being 'esplorers in the jungle' and lots of other games. I think its a bit sad that people look at camoflage and cant see beyond the first thought of army rather than explorer or birdwatcher. Its a bit like looking at a kid in a cute leather flying jacket (liek dss had) and saying he must be imitating Biggles of the RFC rather than Lindburgh or someone like that. Limited thinking IMO

Camo does depend on the context - if it's head to toe 'real' camo with boots and gold jewellry, coupled with a grade 2 haircut then it screams 'my dad is a clueless chav who thinks i'll grow up gay if i don't look hard'
on the other hand, nothing wrong with a bit of subtle camo - Boden do it!
Lisa X

Thanks for articulating that much better than I did Jamila.
Interesting that the 'ch' term seem to have a slightly different meaning where I live compared to some of the definitions here. This term and camouflage clothing seem very polarising. Thanks for all the great opinions.

gymgirl - my attempt to canvass opinions was real, with 2 DDs not really thought about this before. My reaction has surprised me a bit too as I'm very clear on what DDs wear eg no playboy range for example. But much of what I wrote was tongue in cheek, should have put a wink in. It's not a gift but yes, a very kind thought from a good friend. We've discussed this too and has it has sparked further discussions for her also. Going shopping for a life today

A chav is someone who needs to ask someone else whether they should like something and has so little clue about their own tastes as to be a mindless follower of a fashion. Familiar?

OK!!! Enough is enough!

Best wishes

I like baby boys to look like ...well... babies - so lots of pale colours here and he looks so grown up in jeans and dungarees - prefer him in joggers and tops!

But that is only my opinion! One woman on the school run still dresses her LO in babygrows - he is nearly 7 months - her choice but I think of them as pj's!

I quite like camouflage stuff - DS had camouflage trousers and an army tshirt from his godmother's then boyf - it looked cute

Not fussed by camouflage - DH runs around in it half the time after all - but I don't like it for babies. It's too harsh.

Yeuk