Comments on: Xander Week 60 – Biased Department Stores

By: Laine Anger

Laine Anger — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:15:49 +0000

Living in a world geared primarily towards men, I cannot believe I’m reading all this drivel.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:12:37 +0000

I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who has noticed this difference. One of my co-workers suggested trying Gymboree – she said that their sales are usually pretty good, and they always have nice clothes – so chalk another one up for the specialty stores. I do have a Target sort of near me. They have some nice clothes. I’ve got a Carter’s and Osh Kosh even closer, and their clothes are also nice, but a bit more expensive. At least they’re fairly evenly distributed between boys and girls.

By: Mary B.

Mary B. — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:11:53 +0000

I know you are right but sometimes, I still find myself looking at a baby blue sweater vest that goes over a baby blue and brown plaid shirt and thinking “What kind of bow would I have to put in Emily’s hair to get away with that?”. I suppose that comes from the fact that I had only sisters growing up and always secretly dreamed of having a boy that I could dress in baby Carhartts and flannels so he would look like my husband. Alas, the grass is always greener right? Good luck finding more boy clothes. Do you have Target where you live? That always seems to have a fair ratio, at least where I am.

By: Someone Being Me

Someone Being Me — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:56:06 +0000

I’ve been lurking for awhile. Just wanted to say that I had better luck at specialty children’s stores. They are usually a lot more expensive but you can shop the after Christmas sales for next year. I got my son two really cute Christmas outfits at a small specialty shop. It is disapointing that the bigger retailers haven’t caught on.

By: Mary R

Mary R — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:04:44 +0000

I have been whining about this for ages. It isn’t just holiday clothes, it’s ALL boy clothes. I am tired of going to stores and seeing 3/4 of the infant/toddler section full of cute girls clothes. Old Navy is the worst, because even the “boys” section has girl clothes in random places. Everywhere I go, I lament about how unfair it is that there are 3 boys shirts and 300 girls, the boy shirts being in size 3mo, 6mo and 5T, when the Little Monster wears a 24mo or 2T. It’s awful, and I hate it. I wish there was something I could do about it!