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The reason I don’t sell children’s clothes on ebay anymore.
I used to make and sell little girl’s clothes. Just simple little dresses and tops. Pretty, but suitable for playtime.
Then, the “Boutique Brigade” showed up. Originally, “Boutique” clothes, were the high priced designer things. Mostly imported from Europe. Unique styles, but still wearable.
Now, atleast on ebay, “Boutique” means “any handmade creation from the mind of someone with too much time, and fabric on their hands.”
Some are pretty. Some look like a kid could move around enough in them to play.
But, most are just … unique.
That first one is NOT a halter IMO, it’s a tunic. The one you titled “Lounge Singer Look” wouldn’t be bad for a “let’s pretend” or “dress up” wardrobe. I wouldn’t dress a child in it normally though. The rest of those, are horrid! What gets me, is the trend now of also getting expensive jewelry for toddlers too, did you notice one of those sites offered a “matching bracelet” made of glass beads in a hideous (IMO) color combination? She even uses sterling silver spacers on a “baby” bracelet! Gah! At least she gives a common sense warning, not to leave the children unattended. I just don’t get the idea of putting expensive, NICE jewelry on children who are only going to outgrow it, and probably break it. Why not get them pretty, but plastic jewelry, and save the nice stuff for when they are old enough to be able to take care while wearing it?
For the last entry, you get a half-strangled yell of “OH MY GOD!” as I scrolled down past the interesting color choices to the bottom half. :eek:
If I were forced to wear them, I’d have a total tantrum. Did that when I was about four and my parents tried to make me wear fuzzy black socks to go to the zoo because we were out of clean white socks. :rolleyes:
The first one would be perfect as a summer dress once you sewed up the back and got rid of the jeans, the lounge singer looked kinda cute but not as an everyday thing (and what’s with ‘Bella’ down the front of it?’ And that poor girl’s hair!) The rest made me want to run screaming from the room.
Frilly and girly is fine, but that’s just a bit much. Of course some people take the frilly even further…
Okay, the last one, the “fruit punch” thingy is really cute as a sundress if you ditch the stupid little capris underneath. Because it’s just too many ruffles.
The first one-CUTE little summer dress, if you closed the back, or else made it over a plain white dress as a cute little pinafore. But NOT with jeans.
But the “lounge” dress? Eeeew. I guess it’s supposed to be a “dress up” outfit with your child’s name on it. But it’s UGLY. You could probably have a nicer “play” dress from an old nightgown, or something from the Salvation Army.
You guys missed the scariest part about that first auction…
Bids: 16
Final bid: $75.99 Reserve Not Yet Met ($US 39.99 starting bid)
Holy moley! What a ripoff! 16 people bid on that monstrosity, offering at least $40 apiece, someone was willing to pay $75, and the seller still wanted more.
Man, if there are enough people out there willing to pay that much money for tasteless sewing, you’d think the title of this thread would be The reason I started selling children’s clothes on ebay!
You think that bit of child’s clothing looks funny, try looking at this:
Damn, I can’t find it. But believe you me, there is a picture out there of Hemingway wearing a dress, as was the style for children his age.
I remember girls’ clothes from the ‘80s. Makes me glad that Mom bought most of my clothes in the boys’ department. Where else were you going to find a Snoopy t-shirt and a matching Snoopy belt?
I will never understand the wearing of pants underneath a knee length dress/pinnafore type garment. It just seems hot and, well, redundant. Pants OR a dress…not both.
That said, the first one would be cute as a dress (sewn up, of course). The jeans would be cute with a little t-shirt or something.
I don’t really like any of the rest of the items. And some of the items in the slide show are downright hideous.
I don’t think that’s funny-prior to World War II, most little boys wore dresses until they were four years old. Then they wore short pants or knickers until they were 13 and started wearing long pants.
I think it looks just plain funny.