Baby Style Tip - Wacky Socks

I'm not trying to be pretentious here. My baby is no Mason Dash Disick (here Kourtney Kardashian talks about her son's evolving style). If he's even wearing pants, I typically only put him in stretchy sweat pants. Jeans are adorable, but hardly any baby jeans have stretch in them. If you were crawling on your hands and knees everywhere would you want to do it in tight, stiff jeans?  Baby mobility is frustrating enough. We save jeans for occasions where we really want people to think we're better and fancier than they are.

So if comfort and practicality are your top priorities when dressing your baby, how do you incorporate fashion without getting too cutesy? Answer - color! And my favorite colorful accessory - wacky socks!



Wacky socks have been hot for men for awhile now. Rarely does the word "wacky" rear its head in fashion. We could say brightly colored patterned socks, but let's face it, they're wacky! Don't make the mistake of thinking all wacky things are fashionable. Don't be the wacky-tie-guy at your place of business. If you're brave and educated in fashion, do occasionally be wacky-pants-guy. But anyone can be wacky-socks-guy! Paul Smith is a fave.

You can only see a little peek of them here, but these Mini Boden stripe socks are awesome. There's a color combo to compliment every outfit. These are bright and fun without being ridiculous.  I'm a big Boden fan - their children's line encompasses most of what I look for in baby clothes - colorful, fun, comfortable, without looking like Mother Goose vomited cuteness on every shirt front. In the above photo Holden is wearing Baby Gap PJ pants with his reversible Patagonia jacket.

I couldn't be more obsessed with these colorful Trumpette argyle socks! I love pairing them with stripes or other patterned clothes to mix prints. Here you can see he's wearing the blue, with another pair of Baby Gap PJ pants, and his Northface fleece.

As a fashionista I couldn't be more opposed to dressing babies in sport-affiliated gear. But as an avid lifelong Blazer Believer there's just no way around it. So if you must dress your baby in your team's jersey please accessorize! Not a lot of color here but the print adds the right amount of whimsy and style to what could otherwise be a trailer-baby outfit.

Once Holden is a walker we'll be very excited to do some serious baby shoe shopping, but until then docs say it's best for the development of little feet if they stay bare feet. I love baby socks because even high end they won't break the bank, but high or low they can make the oufit. If you can keep track of them....keeping track of 2 matching baby socks could be a post in itself.