# Source for cool baby clothes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048 "2010-12-13T22:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/1 "2010-12-13T22:58:42Z")
I love my in-laws, but they have a penchant for Ralph Lauren, Nautica, etc. They also have a penchant for shopping for the Dudeling (1.25 years), which is great, but it means that he’s often dressed as a … as a person who likes to dress in logo-encrusted ostentationwear. Other times he’s dressed in typical Carter-wear, lots of cute dinosaurs, etc. I’d like to put a couple cool outfits under the tree this year. Maybe something with cute little images of Cthulhu. Maybe something that reflects him being born to [Flashlight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JbUP-skb7E) or his Father’s days spent following the Grateful Dead around the country. Also, besides Café Press t-shirts or onesies, I’d love to find cool stores to poke around in—stores along the lines of Babywit or [Desigual](http://world.desigual.com/#/kids/) (but they don’t have baby clothes). So, Doper parents, aunts and uncles, what have you found? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/2 "2010-12-13T23:22:32Z")
I remember seeing a bunch of hippie street vendors on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, some of whom sold tie-dyed clothing, including tie-dyed infant clothing. I thought it was pretty funny, but I don’t know what you’d think of it. And I don’t know where you could get it online. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/3 "2010-12-14T00:08:10Z")
It’s not really _clothing_, but I got [this](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/1-3-years/c682/) for a nephew and it was a big hit with my brother and SIL. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/4 "2010-12-14T00:34:34Z")
Dharma Trading Co. is one of the best and biggest suppliers for tie-dyers and other fabric artists, and they have a “[Featured Artists](http://www.dharmatrading.com/featured/)” page with links. Their clothing blanks, including lots of [kids’ stuff](http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3283-AA.shtml), are generally incredibly well made and cheap. If you roll that way it’s fun to dye stuff yourself – I vat-dyed three batches (that is, three plain non-tied colors) of all sizes of things I bought from Dharma, eBay, and local thrift stores before my son was born. Kinda off-topic, but I also use a seam-ripper liberally on detachable ostentation, and various colors of Sharpies on embroidered ostentation – polo ponies in particular almost disappear that way. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/5 "2010-12-14T00:52:30Z")
Someone shared a link for [http://www.babywit.com/](http://www.babywit.com/) last year. I bookmarked it. I’ve also bought baby stuff from ThinkGeek (the very thing **SharkSandwich** suggested!) ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/6 "2010-12-14T01:02:36Z")
In mainstream brands (which I mostly experience secondhand), I think the nicer choices, in terms of avoiding both saccharine cuteness and faux-preppyism, are [Hanna Andersson](http://www.hannaandersson.com/) and [The Children’s Place](http://www.childrensplace.com/). They are also both very well made and can take much more laundry abuse (and presumably toddler abuse; my son’s not crawling yet, so I’m still guessing there) than Carter’s or Gerber’s, etc. They aren’t Chthulhu-cool, though, but perhaps you could [adapt](http://cgi.ebay.com/New-York-State-Police-SCUBA-Diver-patch-OCTOPUS-dive-/190437649637?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c56f7ece5) something? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/7 "2010-12-14T02:20:43Z")
[Crazy 8](http://www.crazy8.com/shop/asst_department.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302775071&bmUID=1292293200783) is like a cheaper Gymboree. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/8 "2010-12-14T03:34:49Z")
I was also going to suggest The Childrens’ Place. There stuff isn’t “cool” per se, but they have excellent basics without a lot of crap stuck on to them. The prices are really good, and the quality is good as well. Also, I don’t know if you’ve shopped Target’s baby department recently. Mixed in with the lame stuff they have some truly awesome items. I got my infant niece an AC/DC t-shirt there! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/9 "2010-12-14T09:32:32Z")
If you don’t mind shopping out of Australia there is [Rock Your Baby](http://www.rockyourbaby.com/shoponline.shtml). [Finns Finds](http://shop.finnsfinds.com/collections/baby-boy) is US based I think. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/10 "2010-12-14T09:49:18Z")
[www.etsy.com](http://www.etsy.com) [clothing] [children] There is so much great stuff there, I could drop a paycheck on every visit! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/11 "2010-12-14T10:36:13Z")
Some great suggestions–thanks! Great timing **TruCelt**. **Emmaliminal’s** Dharma Trading Co. link got me thinking of Etsy. I’d never shopped there before, just looked around a bit. It’s a treasure trove! Emmaliminal–I love a lot of the work there, but can’t seem to find my way to an artists’ page/store. Are the featured artists ([like this one](http://www.dharmatrading.com/autogen/featuredartists/html/462/)) showing off their skill or do they sell? Am I missing an obvious link? ETA: Ah, he doesn’t sell, but others do. Holy cow is Etsy great for this. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/12 "2010-12-14T11:43:19Z")
[Threadless](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threadless). Seriously. What is not to love about [this](http://www.threadless.com/catalog/type,babies/view,25). I like [Polarn O. Pyret](http://www.polarnopyretusa.com/) too for quirky prints. I did find you [this](http://www.band-tees.com/istar.asp?a=6&id=G_05200_172!ZIONR). ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/13 "2010-12-14T11:53:08Z")
What’s not to love about a store that lets you sort by “awesomeness”? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/14 "2010-12-14T12:50:48Z")
All my faves have been mentioned, another would be[Mini Boden](http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Mini-Boden-Clothing.html#nav). ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/15 "2010-12-14T13:53:32Z")
If you’re into metal then I give you [Metal Babies](http://www.metalbabies.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048/16 "2010-12-14T14:40:12Z")
A friend of mine works for [Psycho Baby](http://www.psychobabyonline.com/).