Sad Beige Trend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We went with a pale blue nursery with blues, purples, and pink bedding and artwork for our baby girls, but I didn't curate the colors of the toys we received and bought for them. Toys shouldn't have to match a child's bedroom or the color of the house. Put them away in a basket or cabinet if you don't want them out all the time, but it's sad to limit the colors that your child plays with purely to satisfy your own personal "aesthetic".

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just read an article about how "Sad Beige" has become a trend in parenting in the past few years. What it didn't explain was how exactly this came to be. I've always been a lover of colors, especially for babies and children. My two kids both had very colorful toys, nurseries and clothing when they were babies, and I couldn't imagine having them exposed to only muted tones and colors.

Is this really just an Instagram thing, or does it have other roots? Generally just curious about this trend, as I could have imagined this when I was a new mom 10 years ago. For those out there who have followed this trend, is there a reason you decided to?

You cannot be serious! What a truly ludicrous thing to waste time on.

[Anonymous]

It’s the quiet luxury thing, apparently navy white and beige are the only colors rich people wear.

[Anonymous]

No this is a trauma response to boomers and their obsession with turning the houses we grew up in into a Trading Spaces episode.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read an article about how "Sad Beige" has become a trend in parenting in the past few years. What it didn't explain was how exactly this came to be. I've always been a lover of colors, especially for babies and children. My two kids both had very colorful toys, nurseries and clothing when they were babies, and I couldn't imagine having them exposed to only muted tones and colors.

Is this really just an Instagram thing, or does it have other roots? Generally just curious about this trend, as I could have imagined this when I was a new mom 10 years ago. For those out there who have followed this trend, is there a reason you decided to?

You cannot be serious! What a truly ludicrous thing to waste time on.

The OP seems very serious, and this question is perfectly appropriate for a parenting forum. Why are you responding to this thread if it’s so “ludicrous”?

[Anonymous]

I love the sad beige account!

[Anonymous]

The Montessori themed stuff is often pretty plain and has come back into vogue as well.

That said, I think it's probably just another way of expressing generational backlash against the garish, cluttered color schemes of the 80's and 90's that many of the parents grew up in.

At the end of the day, hindsight being 20/20 and all - the time goes by so quickly you'll hardly remember what color toys you bought as the kids outgrow them so quickly.

[Anonymous]

The sad beige trend makes me feel kind of wistful because it underscores how fast time goes by. The trend wasn't a thing yet when my elementary-aged kids were born which seems like it happened yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The market hasn't spoken, sweetie, influencers have spoken.

Save the "sweetie" for your granddaughter.

The market has spoken. There's a difference between aspirational looks and actual sales.

Aspirational looks make it to Pinterest. When people actually buy, then manufacturers make more and more of the trendy product, and drive the trend in retail stores.

Sad beige isn't coming only from Mormon influencers. For example, I consider gray nurseries part of this trend and Pottery Barn Kids was all over that. PBK is a major trendsetter in suburban nurseries, and that kind of company has their own market-scanning designers.

Expensive uncolored wooden European and American toys are classics, and have been popular with wealthy IYKYK types since the 1960s. I've been to the Maple Landmark wooden toy factory in Middlebury, Vermont. Have you? That kind of stuff is pushed in the few high end toy stores that still exist, right along with the Steiff teddy bears.

Here's a teacher with a fun article. She mentions the growth in popularity of beige as going back to the 1960s. And an interior design trend starting before the kid product trend. When your whole space is decked out in minimalist neutrals, it looks even worse to dump a whole bunch of primary-colored plastic into the space. Nobody with eyes needs to follow influencers to notice that.

https://piccalio.com/blogs/grow/the-science-behind-the-sad-beige-moms-debate#:~:text=The%20Origin%20of%20%22Sad%20Beige%20Moms%22,-The%20origin%20of&text=Many%20people%20call%20them%20out,at%20the%20beige%20mom%20aesthetic.

My God—she took a factory tour! Step back everyone, a real expert has arrived

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The market hasn't spoken, sweetie, influencers have spoken.

Save the "sweetie" for your granddaughter.

The market has spoken. There's a difference between aspirational looks and actual sales.

Aspirational looks make it to Pinterest. When people actually buy, then manufacturers make more and more of the trendy product, and drive the trend in retail stores.

Sad beige isn't coming only from Mormon influencers. For example, I consider gray nurseries part of this trend and Pottery Barn Kids was all over that. PBK is a major trendsetter in suburban nurseries, and that kind of company has their own market-scanning designers.

Expensive uncolored wooden European and American toys are classics, and have been popular with wealthy IYKYK types since the 1960s. I've been to the Maple Landmark wooden toy factory in Middlebury, Vermont. Have you? That kind of stuff is pushed in the few high end toy stores that still exist, right along with the Steiff teddy bears.

Here's a teacher with a fun article. She mentions the growth in popularity of beige as going back to the 1960s. And an interior design trend starting before the kid product trend. When your whole space is decked out in minimalist neutrals, it looks even worse to dump a whole bunch of primary-colored plastic into the space. Nobody with eyes needs to follow influencers to notice that.

https://piccalio.com/blogs/grow/the-science-behind-the-sad-beige-moms-debate#:~:text=The%20Origin%20of%20%22Sad%20Beige%20Moms%22,-The%20origin%20of&text=Many%20people%20call%20them%20out,at%20the%20beige%20mom%20aesthetic.

My God—she took a factory tour! Step back everyone, a real expert has arrived

I don't take being called sweetie lightly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The market hasn't spoken, sweetie, influencers have spoken.

Save the "sweetie" for your granddaughter.

The market has spoken. There's a difference between aspirational looks and actual sales.

Aspirational looks make it to Pinterest. When people actually buy, then manufacturers make more and more of the trendy product, and drive the trend in retail stores.

Sad beige isn't coming only from Mormon influencers. For example, I consider gray nurseries part of this trend and Pottery Barn Kids was all over that. PBK is a major trendsetter in suburban nurseries, and that kind of company has their own market-scanning designers.

Expensive uncolored wooden European and American toys are classics, and have been popular with wealthy IYKYK types since the 1960s. I've been to the Maple Landmark wooden toy factory in Middlebury, Vermont. Have you? That kind of stuff is pushed in the few high end toy stores that still exist, right along with the Steiff teddy bears.

Here's a teacher with a fun article. She mentions the growth in popularity of beige as going back to the 1960s. And an interior design trend starting before the kid product trend. When your whole space is decked out in minimalist neutrals, it looks even worse to dump a whole bunch of primary-colored plastic into the space. Nobody with eyes needs to follow influencers to notice that.

https://piccalio.com/blogs/grow/the-science-behind-the-sad-beige-moms-debate#:~:text=The%20Origin%20of%20%22Sad%20Beige%20Moms%22,-The%20origin%20of&text=Many%20people%20call%20them%20out,at%20the%20beige%20mom%20aesthetic.

My God—she took a factory tour! Step back everyone, a real expert has arrived

I don't take being called sweetie lightly.

Get a life, sweetie!!