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Money-saving tip: buy unisex clothes (if you can find them)

2/10/2012

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Personal finance site LearnVest passes along 15 Ways to Save Money on Your Family (originally appeared in Parents and Parents.com). Tip # 2:

Buy Unisex Clothing. If you plan to have more than one child, stay away from stereotypical pink or blue outfits, suggests Jonathan Pond, author of “Grow Your Money.” Many t-shirts, shorts and pants can be worn by both boys and girls through preschool, so it makes financial sense to maximize your hand-me-down potential.

My forays into the children's departments of stores suggests that this may be harder than it sounds, unless you are ready to stretch the clothing industry's notion of what constitutes "unisex". Truly designed-to-be-neutral clothing disappears above the smallest infant sizes, and dressing a toddler in unisex styles usually means foraging in the boys' section for the plainest options. Or am I wrong? Where do you find neutral styles in 2T-4T and 4-6 sizes?

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Eliza link
2/10/2012 03:18:23 am

Definitely the boys' section, although that means that bright color is hard to come by... But even girls' jeans have frills and flowery embroidery, b/c retailers don't like hand-me-downs.

My two cents: when you find something neutral and still colorful, buy it in several sizes.

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jaci
2/16/2012 07:24:34 am

The only place I truly find a lot of unisex is American Apparel, which is kind of expensive. BUT they are made in the USA and colorful. Otherwise, there is not much out there. All the fun unisex options I can think of are expensive, come to think of it. That might be worth investigation.

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Meeka
3/30/2012 01:21:36 pm

Basic bottoms - khakis and jeans, overalls - in boys departments should work for all the kiddos.

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