For the record:

[franceslievens]

Babies do not look good in pastels.

Please stop buying me baby clothes in those colours.

And no beige either.

Comments

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

Where do you stand on blue for boys and pink for girls?

(Obviously, a light pink is out as it comes close to pastels, but a dark pink?)

I don't like it - both colours can be nice, but I don't get the gender-coding. Yes, it's tradition and it's easier for random people on the street, so they don't have to ask: "Is it a boy or a girl?", but still...

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

I don't get the gender-coding either. Little Bit has clothes for boys and girls. I just buy what I like with bright colours and fun patterns. Even though I don't think I'd make her wear the frilly shirts if she had been a boy.

Gender coding doesn't work that well either. Sometimes people assume she's boy because I buy something in blue. On the other hand they still ask me if "it's a boy or a girl" when she's obviously wearing a bright pink jacket (a gift).

Light pink and light blue are fugly colours anyway (as are light yellow and lilac). I like her dark pink jacket (it's almost fuchsia), but I don't think I would have bought something like that myself. My eldest niece of four is completely into gender coding btw. My sister doesn't like her daughter's fondness of pink at all, but has to go along with it or MK won't wear anything. So they compromise and my sis buys cool things with a little girly touch like frilly hems or flowery stitches.

I received an ensemble in light pink as a gift. It was probably expensive and Little Bit will probably never wear it. For one because it fits now, but is too warm, and two because I simply don't like it at all.

An afterthought: if you buy gender neutral things people tend to assume your kid's a boy...

[iphi1.livejournal.com]

Come on! Babies look good in everything.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Maybe they do, but I usually can't help thinking: "You've got a really nice baby, but what the hell have you put him on? Would you wear this yourself?"

And pastels make babies look pasty.