Well done Lidl Beautiful Gender Neutral baby Clothes

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Stunning range of organic cotton baby clothes in gender neutral colours
www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?id=936

I don't work for Lidl btw- or have a baby, but I thought they were lovely

Pink and blue can be "gender neutral" if you want them to be you know. Did you not get the memo that boys and girls can wear whatever they want these days, not just colours that don't inadvertently pass on any "messages"?

You think dresses are gender neutral?

No that was not what I said.

"Gender neutral" doesn't mean "gender neutral" It means ditching anything which otherwise would be an option for a girl.

If you truly believed in clothes being "gender neutral" you would put a boy in a pink dress.


you would put a boy in a pink dress

That's as gender neutral as dressing a Liverpool fan in a full Everton kit.

It means ditching anything which otherwise would be an option for a girl.

If a style of clothing is not also an option for a boy, then it is not gender neutral.

Lass - so you think a pink dress should be included because boys may want to wear such a " gender neutral " garment?

I think this is an option we already have.

I think the garments are lovely.

Ooh they're lovely. Dd was dressed in similar stuff from birth. Lots of soft greys too. More bright colours as she got older.

You are missing the point user . It's not particularly relevant to baby clothes but for older children "gender neutral " means clothes which are socially acceptable for boys and not pink. It's such a loaded term.

I wouldn't buy them because I hate beige, especially for young children. Sainsburys (or Tesco?) have a nice range in white and grey which I thought was much nicer.
If I was having a baby today I'd be looking for clothes in nice bright colours - red, orange, yellow, turquoise, lime green, etc.

lass- no I get the point- what are you looking for in girl baby clothing?

I prefer bright colours (can't beat the gender neutral but bright and colourful baby and toddler clothes here in the Nordic countries) but it is a fabulous change from their usual very gendered clothes when they have them.

noeffingidea
If I was having a baby today I'd be looking for clothes in nice bright colours - red, orange, yellow, turquoise, lime green, etc.

I understand your point, but these are organic cotton baby clothes.
These " nice bright colours " have a significant environmental impact.
These bright colours are derived from the petrochemical industry,

Usually 80% of the actual dye is unused at the end of the process and end up getting dumped in rivers and oceans.These dyes are toxic to aquatic life. The dying process uses a great deal of water.

I am not an environmental crusader, but I also like the idea of infants wearing pure soft clothes, not industrially processed to make them lime green.

Lidl are a German company and I have found that German baby clothes are far more neutral than what you find here. We have friends in Germany and when we visited we'd find lovely things for kids in all the colours of the rainbow.

Thanks for the heads up OP, I don't go to lidl as haven't got one nearby but made a special trip to get a cardy and shoes for my son today; they're beautiful. The shoes especially are wonderful, really cute and look handmade!

I would like mint green, bright green, red, soft yellow, bright yellow,

Not beige.

Lidl is German. Children's clothes are far less gendered in Germany anyway.

"Gender neutral"

As usual, "gender neutral" means " something that nobody would be embarrassed to dress a boy in. And oh, yes, it's fine for girls too"

Thank you for sharing!

DH is obsessed with all things organic, and we like neutral colours as well as brights, so we will be buying some of these. The price is fantastic! We don't want to buy all our baby clothes from expensive Scandi brands.

I'm not sure why there have been a few snarky comments about pink and blue, but then again I don't usually venture into the feminism section (despite being a feminist) so maybe I'm just not used to it.

I recently started a thread about feminist pregnancy and parenting if anyone here is interested.

bertrand- can you expand please?

I don't understand.