Ali Landry trying to clean up H-wood children's fashion (baby, average, parents)

[sailordave]

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Former Miss America Ali Landry had been dressing up her daughter in clothing made locally in her home area (Breaux Bridge, Louisiana). You can see some of her stuff at www.belleparish.com which has some of the children's fashion as well as children's story with the site's title. I wish her all the luck in the world converting Hollywood children from "Bratz" type clothing to true children's clothing.

[JustJulia]

Cute dresses, but the "big girls" there look about six years old. There is no shortage of pretty, puffed-sleeves dresses with embroidered pinafores for young ones. I find it's much harder to find dressy clothes for girls who are nine years old and up, especially if they are tall.

[Kibbiekat]

I only have boys, so I don't know about girls clothes. I saw a picture of Suri Cruise walking with mom Katie Holmes in a pair of high heels! I couldn't believe it. She's, what? 3?

[flik_becky]

Silly me I guess but my opinion is based on my experience in sewing clothes myself, including dressed for flower girls.

These clothes are very simple patterns. It doesn't take $10 for these sizes or more than two hours to make, for the average person...much faster for people with precut materials and sewing the same patterns everyday. The only thing I find really special about them is the fact that they are 100% cotton. I like cotton but I can see a lot of people not enjoying ironing them.

I agree that there are not that many appropriate dress up clothes for girls but honestly, these are pretty plain and simple; they have the Simplicity pattern feel to them. There is nothing wrong with that but I'm thinking the prices are going to be much higher than they are worth truthfully. And why is everything pink and purple?

I most definately respect the concept behind them but I personally feel that they are lacking and that many mommies will be bragging about their "designer" speciality clothing.

[uptown_urbanist]

They look nice, but agree with the comment wondering why does everything have to be pink? Can't "big" girls (or baby girls, for that matter) wear nice dresses that don't involve pink? How about a nice yellow or (gasp!) blue sash or bow instead?

I don't see that this is anything groundbreaking, although maybe in her immediate circle of friends this will change things. There's already plenty of appropriate clothes on the market for the young girls. In the article I see she says she "couldn't find" anything; I assume that means couldn't find anything at a specific (high) price point in a very few select boutiques, because the upscale baby boutiques in the LA area do (and did) indeed have extensive selections of non "bratz" clothes for the younger girls. It would be great if she could successfully tackle the slightly older girl clothing options, though, because that's where the major problems with appropriate options start.

I don't have a girl, but if I do what I'd really like is a greater variety of more affordable clothes that aren't all in pink or with overly-cutesy appliques. I have nothing against pink, but what's wrong with a little variety?

[Ceece]

I haven't seen too many kids the ages of those in the OP dressing "trashy". Not saying stupid parents wouldn't do it, just that it's NOT the norm anywhere I've ever been. Neither is puffy pink bows and whatnot, thank goodness.