Sunday, October 18, 2015

Baby Fashion

I've written on several occasions that i find baby fashion to be severely lacking in style, especially for boys. I am so not into cars/trucks, monsters, robots, or stripes. Mostly, i bought a lot of forest critter prints, but i had to really hunt for them so i decided to link them here for helpful reference. Mind you, most of the brands below are pricey (the average item is ~$25-$40), but truth be told the mainstream stores tend to be pricey too. If you can find a good sale, you're golden. You can also find these brands on amazon and ebay, and googling for a shop with a sale never hurts.

*You'll probably notice that the vast majority of these brands are either organic or bamboo (sometimes both). While we do tend to buy organic in our house, that really isn't a criteria in our clothes. The bamboo is because i genuinely love the feel of it, the organic is because i found it an easier search engine filter that happened to bring up prints i liked.

Kickee Pants: bamboo baby clothes in adorable prints from critters to geometrics, and eye catching patterns, Formerly Kicky Pants. Bamboo rayon is super silky to the touch, which we love but one of my friend's hates, so maybe start out with one piece til you know how you feel about it. Some good deals on amazon.
This footie with hat in their "stone bunny" print was our coming home outfit

Kate Quinn Organics: Lots of great prints with animals, nature, and patterns. HELLO15 gets you 15% off, but they had an OCTOBERFLASH sale of 40% off when i discovered them. Some good deals on amazon too.

Winter Water Factory: American made organic cotton. SUPER cute prints, rather pricey.


Kyte Baby: More bamboo. There was less selection here, but i got some cute forest critters from them


Bestaroo: Bamboo- some excellent abstract patterns here.

Milkbarn Kids: Organic cotton muslin. Mostly little animals like foxes and hedgehogs. Formerly Zebi Baby

Nohi Kids: cute patterns. organic cotton

Aden & Anais: muslin. I actually love them for their swaddle blanket prints, but they also have a line of muslin baby clothes with simple patterns, mostly stars and hearts on white.


Hanna Anderson: organic cotton. More adult patterns with a kid twist.

Silkberry Baby: they have some animal and space prints i enjoy, but the colors are a little bright for my personal taste

Babysoy: I actually have purchased from the because i object to supporting the soy industry in any way (boo hiss Monsanto). Alphabet and nature patterns, again sometimes too colorful for my taste.

Burt's Bees: obviously they have a signature bee print (which i love) in addition to some simple but modern and fashionable clothes.


Koala Baby: This is the babies r us brand. They have the cutest little suits and grown up clothes for babies. Pricey for mainstream, but adorable


Janie & Jack: Their website never has much on it, but the stores carry adorable little adult clothes for infants.

Nature Baby: organic nature prints.


Rugged Butts: baby hipster clothes- like onesies with vests on them- boys only

Sweet Peanut: This brand is adorable, but i can only find it in stores like hipsterbaby and zulily

Mainstream: I found some great critter prints and adorable outerwear/sweaters at the mainstream places: Carters/OshKosh (mostly sleepers with critter prints and warm jumpsuits), Children's Place (some affordable onesies in unisex prints), OldNavy/BabyGap (sweaters and rompers) as well as some great sales, but i mostly had to physically visit the store to find things i liked.


Also of note: my favorite swaddle blankets were the ones i made myself. i bought 1 yard pieces of flannel from fabric.com and just sent them through my serger for the edges. I went for adult patterns in neutral colors, but they also have kid's patterns if you're looking for something less fashion and more fun. They're bigger than the average swaddle blanket, which made wrapping easy. They were also a decent weight and super soft for our little man. If you buy extra fabric, you could make matching burp cloths.





Some shops that carry these brands (and sometimes offer sales):

diapers.com
petalandpost.com
bestdressedtots.com
thelittleseedling.com
izzyandash.com

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