Vintage Baby Clothes??..... YES PLEASE!

After a visit with my dear friend April and her precious baby girl Lilly, I had baby on the brain!  Lilly is not your average baby girl, this child has more style at 1 month old then most people have in their life time!  Being that Lilly can't really make decisions on her own yet, her mom April is the one to hold responsible.  April being an amazingly talented designer does not have the traditional nursery of baby furniture with duck wall paper or Disney characters plastered all over.  Lilly's nursery has striking vintage rose wallpaper with a black ground to make the hot pink roses pop with a sopisticated girly edge, distressed mirrored dressers and bright colored pop art.  Any adult would be jealous of this baby room!


April and I both share a love for tutu's and she of course has stocked up for Lilly.  Which leads me to the entire point of this post...VINTAGE BABY CLOTHES!!  I thought to myself, "Self, could it be possible to find vintage baby clothes as I find vintage clothes for lil ole' me?"  And behold...etsy is stocked with all the precious vintage baby dresses that you could want!
http://www.etsy.com/category/vintage/clothing/baby

Another option that I am blessed to have is my family's old dresses.  My grandmother has saved her children's baby clothes, some she made and some she purchased.  My cousin's have already plunged into the stash and have dressed their little girls in these old classics.  What is so special and unique about vintage baby clothing compared to modern day? There is 1 main appeal to me, HEMLINES!
If you notice, in present day the dresses made for little girls are longer and take away this doll-like appeal that little girls use to have.  When my aunts/mother/grandmother were still crawling around, they were dressed in tiny little dresses with cute ruffled bloomers underneath to contain their modesty.  They had large sashes tied around and bows in the back with delicate little buttons and decorative lace applied to collars.  How do you picture this and keep away a smile?


So, in conclusion i think that you should all start thinking outside of the box when dressing your little boys and girls and opt for a vintage flare!!!  I know I will once I have little ones chasing each other with He-man swords and locking their siblings in the basement!