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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is still young, so I'm still doing the choosing. [b] But is there any escape from the athletic clothes phase?  I really, really hate that look. [/b] I know, I know, so superficial of me.

But, really, has anyone escaped without major strife?  My own mom was really old school about clothing, and while I dress my child well, I don't have issues with untucked shirts or rumpled shorts (as long as they don't look like they've been wadded up).  I'm certainly not ironing cargo shorts.  Ha.

We do a lot of good quality basics that are easily mixed and matched -- mostly hanna, boden, ralph lauren and gap in red, blues, green and yellow.  No characters, the only random stuff tends to be tourist tees that get worn to camp or to the playground.

I receive a lot of compliments and a little bit of snark.  I do wonder at what age (on average) boys tend to really prefer the sporty stuff if that hasn't been a wardrobe staple all along?  (trying to prepare myself)[/quote]

Our taste sounds very similar and I'm wondering the same thing. I get a lot of compliments on how we dress our toddler/preschool boys. I avoid cargo shorts, athletic clothes, and flashy character clothes and shoes. I still shop Carters, Target, and Gap for simple, solid color basics and supplement from the brands you've mentioned (lots of consignment). I like primary colors and avoid black and neon. The irony is mom my hated frilly girl clothes and the styles of the 80s so she dressed me and my brother in classic clothes and I hated it...so I'm anticipating the need to find a middle ground between what I like on my kids and what they'll eventually insist on wearing. I don't like all the Under Armour and Nike I see on elementary aged boys! (I guess we all really do turn into our mothers eventually.)[/quote]

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