My children only wear Janie and Jack

[Anonymous]

Come on, guys, I don't think OP was trying to be snobby or showing off in any way.

Apparently, you skipped over the thread title, which clearly says what is important to OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm trying to guess whether the baby brand whores are white exurban strivers with unwittingly bad highlights OR a certain type of mom of color I know, closer in, who shop too much on credit. And lease.

That is really offensive. Over-generalize much?

[Anonymous]

This is a really dumb thread. Don't you all have something important to talk about?

[Anonymous]

Get out the popcorn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on, guys, I don't think OP was trying to be snobby or showing off in any way.

OP, I probably can't afford Janie and Jack (I usually shop at Target, and the like and I'm more of a quantity vs quality gal ), but I'm not surprised that there would be some great sales at times. If others comment, it's totally fine to say you got it on sale, though it isn't really their business.

I must say I was that girl too but once I discovered that I could get some money back for the clothing and that they'd look better and last longer I changed my mind. I went to Target to buy a few one pieces for my little man (he grew too fast so all the 0-3 clothing I had for him didn't last longer than 3 weeks) and could not find one single item I liked. The colors are just too crazy, those huge characters on the clothing, and not to mention the low quality. He's a spitter so we wash baby clothing too often. I want something that will last.

I also believe it's NOTB but it annoys me just a little bit when they stretch the convo beyond the "OH YOUR KIDDO'S HAT/SHIRT/PANTS/WHATEVER IS SO CUTE", you know? I don't want to cause a wrong impression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, people are so obnoxious for making comments on what your children wear in a "I can't believe you're spending so much money" kind of tone. They're jealous. Sad, but true.

I have a close friend whose kids pretty much only wear Janie and Jack. They always look ADORABLE, and I can't help but comment on how cute they look every time I see them! I love Janie and Jack's clothes. I don't have the money though to buy them on a regular basis. I splurge sometimes when something is really adorable, but otherwise I stay away.

I wouldn't explain away why you spend a lot of money on your kid's clothes. It's no one's business what you spend. You obviously have the money to do it if that's where you're shopping, and it sucks that you feel like you have to make excuses for having the money to shop there for your kids. If I were you, I would just say "thanks" when people compliment their clothing or how cute they look. That's it. No explanation of what you bought on sale, etc. People shouldn't have to explain away why they have money -- it's not something you should feel guilty about.

We usually go there 3x a year, that's it. I only buy sale and together with what they get as gifts we're set. It's not really that expensive. Hanna Anderson I buy from Costco - we paid $12 for the PJs that cost $30 at the store. And they're washed day after day and look exactly the same.

Jelly the Pug (another brand I love) and Tea we buy either from Nordstrom or Zulily kind of websites. In the end we spent less money if I went to Target and bought several of those Carter's outfits. And the line they make for Target is definitely a lower quality than what they have in their store.

Anyway, I guess we'll just have to suck it up. If the person has a nice attitude I don't feel bad sharing we got a deal. The problem is the people who come with judgement in their comments. Those are so annoying!

[Anonymous]

Wow, there's a whole world of children's clothing out there besides Carter's??

I look through J. Crew's children's clothing and shake my head at the prices people pay for that stuff. I'm clearly out of my league here.

[Anonymous]

You all buy your kids clothes? Am I supposed to be doing that? Maybe that's why everyone was staring as DC ran down the sidewalk yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Really? Janie and Jack? Meh, there stuff is ok and I guess I can understand with kids that young it's probably easier to just buy it all in one place.

The moms are commenting because they see your kid decked out head to toe in the matching outfits from the store and that your kids look like walking advertisements and think "who does that?". They are basically mocking you in a passive agressive way and taking a dig at you. They do not care how much it costs. They do not care if you have or don't have money. They don't think it's cute. They don't think you are cute. The best way to respond is not to respond at all as long as you are comfortable with your choices.

personally, there was a whole world of cute baby clothes out there so I bought from any store any brand when I thought something was cute, etc so I couldn't see sticking to all one store. But then again, I only had one baby to worry about and could take time to shop.

[Anonymous]

With the way our DD looks when we pick her up from daycare, I only buy her like 5 nice outfits for weekends. Might as well take my money and set it on fire. It would make as much sense as spending it on lots of clothes for her.

[Anonymous]

Janie and Jack is very bourgeois - as is spending a fortune (even when it's on "sale") on kids clothes and then talking about it and how much it costs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Janie and Jack is very bourgeois - as is spending a fortune (even when it's on "sale") on kids clothes and then talking about it and how much it costs.

I think it's less bourgeois and more "boogiee."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Janie and Jack is very bourgeois - as is spending a fortune (even when it's on "sale") on kids clothes and then talking about it and how much it costs.

I don't think paying $10 for an outfit is a fortune. And thinking you'll get money back when you sell it makes me wonder how much each of you spend on your kids' clothes.

Every time I go to the store to consign their stuff I come back with $80-100 that I spend on their clothes for the next season and we're good to go. I think I spent $100 when they were born and I keep getting it back with selling it and spending more or less the same $100 for the next season.

The only thing I really spend money on are shoes. Even those I try to get on sale but still it will be around $25 per pair. I can definitely sell it because some people don't mind buying used shoes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Janie and Jack is very bourgeois - as is spending a fortune (even when it's on "sale") on kids clothes and then talking about it and how much it costs.

I don't think paying $10 for an outfit is a fortune. And thinking you'll get money back when you sell it makes me wonder how much each of you spend on your kids' clothes.

Every time I go to the store to consign their stuff I come back with $80-100 that I spend on their clothes for the next season and we're good to go. I think I spent $100 when they were born and I keep getting it back with selling it and spending more or less the same $100 for the next season.

The only thing I really spend money on are shoes. Even those I try to get on sale but still it will be around $25 per pair. I can definitely sell it because some people don't mind buying used shoes.

This is what baffles me. Many people here have HHI over 200k; almost everyone is ready to pay $10 for two pounds of organic apples. But when it comes to children's clothing, $20 is all of a sudden a fortune?? I have HHI of about 200k and I can definitively afford an occasional, say, Burberry, for my child. I just don't get it. Janie and Jack is a mid-range clothing - there is definitively clothing out there that is several times more expensive. If I really liked something at J&J I wouldn't think twice about buying it. It's just that I don't like it that much; it's overdone, too much matchy-matchy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really? Janie and Jack? Meh, there stuff is ok and I guess I can understand with kids that young it's probably easier to just buy it all in one place.

The moms are commenting because they see your kid decked out head to toe in the matching outfits from the store and that your kids look like walking advertisements and think "who does that?". They are basically mocking you in a passive agressive way and taking a dig at you. They do not care how much it costs. They do not care if you have or don't have money. They don't think it's cute. They don't think you are cute. The best way to respond is not to respond at all as long as you are comfortable with your choices.

personally, there was a whole world of cute baby clothes out there so I bought from any store any brand when I thought something was cute, etc so I couldn't see sticking to all one store. But then again, I only had one baby to worry about and could take time to shop.

This. I would find it very. . .unimaginative?. . . to have my child only wear one line of clothing. That's kind of boring to me!!! That's like people who cannot decorate their house because they do not have good taste or a good sense of fashion, so they just buy the whole matching set of sofa-loveseat-chair-chair-end table-end table-coffeetable-coordinating lamps. I like mixing and matching high-what DD wears. . I don't really like matchy-matchy. So, yes, I suppose I would sort of secretly be wondering why a mom would stick to one line of clothing, for this same reason. I'd think she had more $$ than creativity, probably!