Clothing for girls

[LadyOdd]

What are your favorite female/girl emporing,positive clothing? I just bought bedtime stories for rebel girls and I really want to get more positive clothing for my DD.

Or gender neutral clothing that you think is good, any particular brands that are well known it?

I find it best to think of clothing as functional. I focus on the weather when helping my dds pick out clothing.

Isn't gender neutral clothing just dressing more masculine??

Firstly anything she can run, jump, play in is a must. I buy lots of things from charity shops, from both the girls and boys bits.
I love little green radicals, frugi- but mostly their boys stuff.
I like h&m for stripes and colourful clothing, I don't usually buy anything with writing on, but did have a babygrow with 'feminist on, that was printed for her.
Love a dinosaur / space print dress if we are going down the dress route. Can get these from etsy.

Clothes and especially footwear that do not hamper them from being active. I'm so fed up of being in a park and seeing small girls in frilly dresses and ballet pumps sitting watching their brothers clamber over the play equipment.
I used to volunteer in my children's school and we had an unexpected visit from a GB athlete (a relative of one of the admin staff) It wasn't a PE day (so none of the children had trainers/ pumps in school) but all the children who had suitable footwear on were allowed out onto the field to do some athletics with the visitor. The teacher let all the boys take part but about half the girls were made to just watch because the teacher was worried they'd fall and hurt themselves. The children were in Year 1.

Anything that doesn't restrict them in any way.

Like PP have said I don't think there is enough recognition of how a lot of young girls' clothing slows them down.

My toddler DD lives in leggings and t shirts and weather appropriate footwear for stamping in puddles/soil.

A relative the same age as DD is always dressed in long flowery dresses, socks with bows on and patent shoes that they constantly trip up over. I always feel really sorry for them when they are trying to join in with rampaging round like DD but can't because of their clothing.

I've been accused of treating DD like a boy but when I query why they think jumping in puddles, digging in soil or trying to get up as much speed as possible on a pink trike are solely activities for boys they can never really answer.

The socialisation of girls to play nicely starts very very young doesn't it sadly.

Isn't gender neutral clothing just dressing more masculine??

No

My oh family bombarded me with pink frilly clothing almost a year worth (I asked them not too but they thought it was a great joke) My friend got some adorable dinosaur leggings for my DD from peacocks which were reduced in their boy section...why even have sections like that for babies?

I agree with the slowing down all the damn dresses she has hinders her crawling she’s 9 mnths it’s rediculas why is the attitude towards girls that their dolls

I have two daughters, I tend to dress the smallest in lomg romper suits or leggings-top, so she can move about best. The older is 4 and likes skirts and dresses but still likes to be able to climb and run (which she can do fine). I personally like Lottie and Lysh, Frugi, Boden and Vertbaudet for prints, I am seeing Next online doing better for prints though, I saw a good space top recently. It is definitely easier to get superheroes, dinosaurs, pirates and space on 'girl' clothing. Kite and other Scandi brands are pretty good too.

At 9 months I'd choose fabrics that stimulate their senses, so look for colours and patterns, and fabrics that are pleasant to touch.
They also have to be practical; hard wearing, not restrictive, easy to get on and off. And machine washable.

I have to admit I do like Scandi brands a lot, I’m thinking of getting a few rompers,dungarees and jogging bottoms she has some very cute ones which I call boo pants as they have ghosts on and some Dino roarasaures ones with skateboarding dinosaurs (boys section peacocks) I’ll check those out violet!

Does anyone know of any brands that do emporing clothing?

I got some great slogan type t-shirts from Zulilly a while ago but it always varies what they've got in their offers and they take an age to come - we've got a few things like "forget princess I want to be a scientist" and similar to counteract the whole "smile and be pretty" shite that dominates girl-marketed clothing.

DD1 has a beloved dinosaur t-shirt from Next (there'll be hell on when she outgrows it) that, even though it comes from the girls section, has managed to avoid the dinosaurs being given fluttery eyelashes and bows on their heads.

Now mine are older they often wear dresses of their own choosing (godsend for after swimming lessons in the summer months to just fling a cotton dress over them and be 99% done) but still spend a lot of time in jeans, legggings, shorts (these can be the real pain to get decent length shorts for girls) and the like - and even their sandals are a type where they can run and climb easily in.

I've never really sought out pretty baby pink stuff (it shows the muck and DD2 was a refluxer extraordinaire!) but had a fair bit bought that I got wear out of - always gone for bright colours with my kids. DD1 now is quite a pink sparkly person, if it's got a unicorn on more the better - but that's her choice and if she's asked to think about if what she's chosen is a sensible choice for what she's going to be doing, she'll tend to think again and revise it somewhat. DD2 - if it's got a superhero on (even though she's utterly oblivious of what superhero's who) or dinosaurs she's so there - she's always been very single minded in what she does and doesn't like.

What are emporing clothes?

I'm assuming the OP means empowering?

Probably pretty meaningless unless the child in question can actually make sense of what's on them though. Until then good quality comfortable basics are all any child really needs, male or female.

I'm not too bothered about the fact there is 'girls clothes' and 'boys clothes' in terms of their cut but what I do object to is not being able to find anything in darker colours for girls and everything having frills and tassels and sparkly bits on it whilst the boys clothes remain fairly classic.

I love fred and Noah for gender neutral but colourful and functional clothing, also H&M, frugi and the jools Oliver range at mothercare- fred and Noah is definitely a favourite tho, their leggings are hard wearing, last for ages and have a great resale value

I am careful in my decisions of what my children wear. But I include them too. Their baby pictures are full of black babygros ( I know, I somehow thought that was cool) but as my daughters grew they took genuine delight in colour, sparkle, pink etc. I did realise that dressing them in boys clothes, dark colours or unisex clothes wasn’t really empowering for them. It was dampening them down, I thought. So I’m totally transformed in the issue. Now it’s bright girlie colours and prints. Also comfy and never restricting. Pink comfortable runner, flowery heavy leggings, pretty t shirts. They are always allowed to ruin them with dirt or tree climbing. I do love scandi brands, P.O.P. being a favourite. I like good quality brands, I buy in the sales. I do avoid any dodgy slogans or short skirts, but unbelievably their wardrobes are very pink heavy.

Sorry about my dyslexia it seems to Outwit spell check lol I’ll have a look at those brands, I wanted to get some positive clothing for my niece 8 for her birthday. Slanetyler is it wrong that I think black baby grows sound cool too? My Dhs baby photos are filled with him wearing white...sounds nightmarish

What’s positive clothing?

My DD (pre schooler) now will only wear dresses and skirts
Unlike me who only wears trousers and owns one dress
I don't find that simple dresses are a hindrance at all. Most of hers are cotton ones e.g. like the 3 for 2 H and M ones. It's a hindrance if they are wearing stuff that they aren't allowed to get dirty I think. I do draw the line at flouncy, fussy dresses as she is a very messy and active child

I did wonder if you meant empowering OP but not sure how children or babies can be empowered by clothing

I think the idea behind STEM based clothing patterns is supposed to be empowering as people might start a conversation about that topic with the child rather than 'don't you look pretty in that dress'. Slogans for a non reader whether it's 'princess' or 'femininist' is for the parents, not the child. Although the child may be acted differently towards based on the slogan, I suppose.

Empowering is more for my niece although nothing wrong with starting them young though, it may help change people’s attitudes

If you want to empower girls, don't make it about their clothing.