Don’t believe what you see (Fashion #2)

Baby clothes are a whole different planet in the fashion universe. Not simply scaled down version of what adults wear, we are forced into duds with cutesy motifs. We’ve been looking at the clothes I’ve got in the cupboard, and the general consensus is that they’re full of factual errors.

Here’s three things dad has pulled out for your perusal;




Bear and Bunny. Notice the bear and bunny holding hands. Now forgive if I’m wrong, but I’m sure if a bear came across a bunny in real life, there wouldn’t be a lot of hand holding. Flying fur and lunch for the bear, yes. Holding hands, no.

Dog riding Vespa - Unless it’s some kind of weird ‘planet of the dogs’ alternate universe, dogs don’t ride motorbikes, not even cool little scooters. Maybe a dog chasing a scooter, or a dog sitting next to a scooter. Even a dog lifting his leg on the scooter's wheel. These are things we can believe. To the maker's credit the dog is wearing a helmet, that's a good example. But he's doing a wheelie and that's not something you want little babies to be trying. And he's not wearing any shoes, and even I know you're supposed to wear sensible shoes when riding motorbikes.

Wriggly bug club - Ants and caterpillars smiling. I’m not so sure ants and caterpillars are friends. Dad’s seen ants eating caterpillars, so who decided they should be in a club? What do they do in the club? Is it a charity, or one of those outlaw bikie clubs. And if it was an outlaw bikie ant and caterpillar club, would a dog on a vespa be able to join?

The bottom line is, baby clothes aren’t very educational.