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So ... why *are* all baby clothes pink or blue? It seems to me there should be a market for brights and neutrals, between people who don't like pink and people who don't find out what they're having until the birth and want to shop in advance. Are those people just not numerous enough to bother serving them?
There are neutrals, but it's in the more utilitarian separates. Jeans are neutral. Solid color shirts are neutral (Julia looked great in red, and so did Ben--all three kids look great in blue). It is when you get into outfit-land that the clothing is more sex specific. My children are all fairly fair, so I did like pastels on them. Julia had so much pink (from people) that if I still had all her infant clothing, I'd be tempted to have a face off with Aimee and Emeline. Pink looked great on Julia though, so it was fine by me.
So ... why *are* all baby clothes pink or blue?
My theory? Baby clothes manufacturers want to make money. If most baby clothes are androgynous, they wouldn't sell as many clothes, because it'd be that much easier to borrow from friends or re-use what you had for a previous baby.
If someone were hypothetically putting together a box of tiny baby clothes to loan to a hypothetical friend whose baby will be almost exactly a year younger, is a Sharpie on the tags a good way of marking them, or will that run in the wash and create black, inky mess?
Sharpies will not create a mess, but I find that when marking costumes, the sharpie usually washes out. this may have more to do with actor sweat than the laundrey, and I doubt babies sweat as much as actors.
The laundrey markers are called Rub-a-dub, but I am having a hard time finding them (they seem to no longer carry them at wal-mart, target, or CVS)
To me, dying baby clothes is right up there with making my own baby food as "nice ideal, but if I expected myself to do it, I wouldn't, and it's not worth the guilt."
You were clearly not raised by my mother, the mad dyer. Don't like the green throw? Put it in the washer with a bunch of red Rit dye. The woman has probably tea-stained more things than the entire lineup on HGTV. I'm so used to the idea that I routinely throw black dye in with fading black jeans.
Those things that are not pink or blue are pastel yellow or pale green.
We ventured into Pottery Barn Kids yesterday. I'm scared of it. It's like Easter exploded in there.
The woman has probably tea-stained more things than the entire lineup on HGTV. I'm so used to the idea that I routinely throw black dye in with fading black jeans.Hee. I think I read somewhere that when Marilyn Monroe married Joe D, she tinted her veil with coffee.
We ventured into Pottery Barn Kids yesterday. I'm scared of it. It's like Easter exploded in there.
Assuming the answer is not "like Easter exploded in there," what does PTB's room look like, Plei? I remember you were having a hard time finding space for the crib -- how did that work out?
We ventured into Pottery Barn Kids yesterday. I'm scared of it. It's like Easter exploded in there.
Sadly, Banana Republic (for adults) looks the same damned way. I hate "spring fashion."
So ... why *are* all baby clothes pink or blue?
I once got scolded by a complete stranger. He complimented me on my baby son. I thanked him and said "She's actually my daughter, though." He said, with great indignation, "She's not wearing PINK!"
She was wearing brilliant purple, which I would have considered gender-neutral. I do have to admit, however, that we never put any of her pink ruffly hand-me-downs on our son, so there are limits to our support for androgyny in infancy.