Anyone know where I can find knickerbockers for little boys?

[mitfordsisters]

I quite often put ds (10 months) in track suit bottoms as they are comfy for wearing with a cloth nappy and have elasticated waists. I just can't bear 'man trousers' for babies; you know in stiff fabrics, straight up and down cut, with buttons and zips - so restrictive.

Anyway, do any of you style mums know where I can find corduroy or velvet bloomers for those 'smarter' occasions? I know it's old fashioned but I heart them...

Not velvet or corduroy, but would these do? Click on the "more pictures" link for a better idea. They do some lovely velvet or terry towelling trousers too. I just posted another thread about their special offers and I think I saw those striped trousers there too in other colours - if so they're about half the price.

Try here

Love those stripy bottoms My2Monkeys, and deckhalls - he would look like one of the von Trapp children - not necessarily a bad thing...

I am really Liz Hurley in disguise

you'll be wearing a kaftan and bikini today then?

Shhh - everyone copies me dontcha know

I don't like tots in manly trousers either. I buy shorts that are for 6-12 months bigger than the tot. So for my 18 month old I buy age 2-3 shorts (I have heavy denim, soft navy moleskin, chestnut cord, white cotton). I put navy, brown or green thick tights underneath and he looks marvellous.

Some in La Redoute

Swedes, you are talking my language - sounds scrummy - I'll look for shorts. Like those redoute ones too - they have good designs don't they, that label, though never ventured.

someone linked this site the other day

Rachel Riley?? I had a gorgeous Rachel Riley wool and silk bonnet for DD when she was a baby...

LOL at that Tulip & Nettle website - it looks like the young Bullingdon club.

sooper aren't they

I think you'll find them in 1901.

break into liz hurley's mansion and riffle through il Damien's wardrobe.

sorted

Ohhhhhhh... Tulip and Nettle is heaven. It's probably just as well the DCs would now refuse to wear such things, or I would be bankrupt. They're precisely the kinds of things they had when they were babies/toddlers...

i loved the clothes on tulip and nettle

Yes, some of T & N clothes are lovely. But it is a bit Bullingdon Club especially if they sit next to another small boy wearing wearing Thomas The Tank track suit at pre-school. Or 'If Mum Says No I Ask Nan' logo t-shirt.

And doesn't a full T&N ensemble look a bit like the mother is trying far too hard? A pair of oversized shorts teamed with a pair of girl's navy tights gives you a similar look but it's more effortless rake than Bullingdon twit.

what is the bullingdon club?

Or 'here comes trouble' Swedes.

I can't believe how fussy I am about ds's clothes. So many boys clothes are horrid. My mum and I were shopping for him on Saturday and I kept saying, 'no, he wouldn't like them' 'no he wouldn't wear that'

He is 7 mths old.

Bullingdon Club

etsy she can also source the perfect colours/pattern so you get exactly the material you want.