Feb 27 2009
Who Designs Baby Clothes?
I would love to know who is in charge of designing some of the clothes that are sold for my infant. Do these people have kids? How about a little market research before mass producing a line of clothing that is designed to make my life more difficult?
One of my major complaints is an item I received as a gift for my son. It is really cute but has a fatal flaw. It is designed as a pair of PJs but I discovered recently that it doesn’t button all the way down the front like a normal pair of baby pajamas. Instead there are three decorative buttons on top and snaps by the legs for diaper changes.
The problem with this is that when my son inevitably poops/pees on these pajamas I have to pull them up over his head in order to get them off. There is something about dragging the poop covered pjs up over his head that seems so wrong. To make matters more annoying the pjs have a collar. Very cute but totally in the way every time I have to nurse him.
Just what I needed to go with my infant - more pointless complication in my life! How about some product testing? I would be happy to do it for free and report findings before more moms are plagued by ridiculous “wardrobe malfunctions.”
Ha Ha! Maybe men design the clothes.
That’s true. I got a pair of baby PJ’s that only have buttons down one side so I have to take both feet out, instead of just popping the buttons on the bottom off, like the onesies. I think they are designed by people who don’t have kids!
SYREN
http://youngmomsguide.today.com
I think the style of the clothing is more important to the designers than the functionality. I have raised 5 kids and I agree with you, some clothing items are just a pain in the ass. The snaps don’t close all the way, hard to get over the head…nobody ever looks at an outfit and says, “this will be functional and easy to wear!” They look at an outfit and say, “This will look so cute on the baby!”
We need a realistic designer who actually has kids to design clothes.
~Momma http://savemoneymomma.today.com
I’ve run into several items like this. It doesn’t get better as they get older. When my daughter starts to toddle (She’ll be one years old next week), the summer clothes they have for her are all one piece so I’ll have to remove the whole thing to change a diaper which she’ll be wearing for quite some time yet.