Why is it that society feels that all baby girls must be slathered in pink and ruffles?! If you go to any baby store, it's easy as pie to find the baby girls' section. It's the one that looks like it got doused in Pepto Bismal. Nearly every article of clothing is covered in pink (and maybe a tad bit of purple) and has a heart, kitten, flower or something else totally girly all over it. Now, some of he boys' stuff isn't much better....dinosaurs or sports much? But the boys also get all the cool designs. Arrows, stars, skulls and guitars. They get cool colors like gray and black. It's like it's never entered a baby girl clothing brand to dabble into other hues of the rainbow. (Ok, so I'm pretty sure gray and black aren't in the rainbow.....stay with me).
I'm happy to see animal print is now available but it's never a cool print. It's like the designer is afraid that if they just make clothes with leopard print, no one will buy them. How would anyone know the baby was a girl? I dare say you put a bow or headband on her head. So they slap on some silly pink and now it's suitable for girls. And just a PSA: it IS possible to dress your daughter in too much leopard. Same with camoflague. When was the last time you saw cool camo in the baby girls' department? Apparently moms can't just add their own flair to a camo outfit and justify it....nope. They have to have PINK camo pants....which totally makes sense. Try hunting in those and let me know what you get.
You should see the confusion on the sales clerk's face when I'm perusing the boys' section of baby gap, holding my daughter. They assume I must be buying a gift. Nope. I just want a cool flannel shirt that isn't purple and pink. I wasn't a traditional green, blue and red plaid. Same with some jeans. I don't want back pockets in the shape of hearts. I want normal looking jeans. Harlow wears lots of black and gray and red and she does wear a little pink. I'm not saying that some pink isn't adorable and stylish. I just don't get why everything has to be that shade. Your newborn daughter doesn't have to be in black leather pants and a blazer, but you bet your ass if they made that, I would've bought it.
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