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Clare11

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Have just popped into the 'pop up' shop in the old 'seweastdulwich'. What a disappointment.

Lots of lovely things for girls. Items with interesting bright fabrics, handmade feel etc.


But for boys? Tshirts. Hmmph.


Really tired of finding it impossible to get brightly patterned and interesting clothes for little boys. I do my best so that my two year looks like a toddler and not a 'mini man'


Is there anywhere to get great clothes for little boys? Think I will be dragging out he sewing machine and making my own!!

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crystal7

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I agree, really hard to find nice boy's stuff. I notice it especially as my eldest is a girl and has around double the amount of clothes her brother has (not sure if this is a good thing...)I really don't like the colours and the fact that the tops need to have either some sort of vehicle or a dinosaur on the front.


H&M are good, they don't have their ful range on line though- better to buy in store. Regent Street has a big kids department. John Lewis have some quite nice things sometimes. Agree with midivydale, Polarn O Pyret is fab. Lovely fabrics and prints and amazing quality plus many of their things are unisex which is useful if you have one of each. Very expensive though, even in the sales. I find a few bits in Gap too.


Don't get me started on boys shoes...

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snowboarder

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I like gap, Boden, sometimes some of the supermarket stuff. The little bird range in mothercare is cute and quite unisex. I always chose red/blue/green over sludgy brown colours. Boys shoes are the most boring things though - in clarks you look at the girls - pink/purple/silver...boys - brown or navy if you're lucky. Why no red? Orange? Green? Summer not so bad as a choice of crocs/doodles/converse but huh for winter boots!
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Norfolkvillas

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Totally agree re mainstream brand boys shoes. My fave brand for boys shoes is Pediped. They're American but Biff in Dulwich Village stock them.


My second baby is a girl, not yet in need of shoes, but it seems the offering from Clarks / Start Rite etc is just as hideous for girls, but in a different, more sickly, way...


And a second vote for Mini Boden for boys clothes

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Biff have some great boy's shoes, my 22 month old has just grown out of a pair of Pedipeds. Camper shoes are lovely too.


I forgot about Mini Boden, Joules is also good- in the sales!


Norfolkvillas I agree re Clarks shoes for girls, they have some nice winter boots though.

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Pickle

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Vertbaudet have some cool boys things, I stumbled across the website earlier this year and now buy most of my kids clothes from there. You tend to get bombarded with email offers, which is a nuisance, but there are some good deals to be had.
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Oh yes I quite like vertbaudet too - there's a gorgeous yellow duffle coat I've got my eye on for my 2 yr old! Re shoes - I seem to end up with boring clarks just because they're reasonable and more easily available. I adore camper but sooo expensive! I've also found the options seem to get increasingly boring as they get older - the black school shoe choice for my 4 year old literally almost all looked like men's shoes. Only one single nice-ish dinosaur themed school shoe!!
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mrs f

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Some really cool boys / kids clothes


Tootsamacginty

Indikidual

Theif & bandit available at Lilbeans online shop

Polarn o pyret

Ruff & huddle

The Bright Company for sleepware (although I would say that!)


Personally I'm a total convert to boys in leggings, they are really practical for active kids & great for potty training / independence. Plus they look cool & defo not an awful mini me look! For this reason we end up buying a fair amount of girls clothes- so few places do "boys" or even unisex leggings

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Tootsamaginty gets another vote here. Not cheap, but (other than dresses!) completely unisex so can be handed through siblings. A friend of mine, who had just had a boy after already havinga girl, cried when we bought her one of their jumpers as she was so happy to get something without a dinosaur or a digger on it.


I like this site, which has fairly regular sales, and sells a variety of brightly coloured good quality clothes:


Http://www.loveitloveitloveit.co.uk


I don't touch Clark's for shoes. My eldest is a girl and it's wall to wall pink and sequins. Emmanuelle Marshall at the ED Warehouse has great stuff for boys and girls.

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Chunksmum

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I have given up with high street shops unless online as the choice for under 2's is awful!


I do all of my sons shopping in Shoreditch or online, pop up on the east london line and there are some fab independent shops for children my favourite being Oh Baby London and The Purple Shop. Great colours and designs.

Shops online I love are: Alexa & Alexa, Ollie loves Alfie, Bobo Chooses, Kidsen, Little Fashion Gallery & Zara.


Love Polarn O.Pyret, honestly my 13mth old has a better wardrobe than me! I think there is more choice as they get older.

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mrs f

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Really Snowbaorder!? Ruff&Huddle is my friend's company! So glad you like them! She has just started a full collection of clothing, getting stocked in Selfridges amongst other places!!

And yes, I think our leggings look won't last forever although I'm happily embracing it for now ;-)

Just brought C some Theif and Bandit leggings, very cool, from Lil Beans online shop... lots of nice bits there

And couldn't agree more that either way it's desperate, all diggers and dinosaurs for boys and pink fairy crap for girls, that's why I love Tootsamaginty and Indikidual etc.

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