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After having my two beloved boys, l was absolutely thrilled when we found out we were having a daughter. The first thing l did was go out and buy her a new little dress and matching spotty tights and dig out the flowery baby-gro l first bought five years ago when our eldest was just a small, as yet unidentified bump.
After five years of dressing boys, l could not wait to hit the girl’s clothes and buy her a whole new wardrobe. l am not what you would call an especially ‘girly girl’ but l love a bit of sparkle here and there and l vowed not to
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dress her in too much pink or frills. I quite often find the boys (aged 3 and 6) and l are perfectly coordinated in matching stripey tops and one of the best things about having two of the same gender is that you get to dress them in matching outfits.
Our baby girl, Jemima, turned one in April. But, with having a girl what l didn’t count on were the outfits my (usually pretty well dressed and on trend) husband would put her in. There have been times in the first year of her life when the poor girl has looked like a baby extra from Frankie Goes to
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Hollywood (think super tight T-shirts with a bit of midriff and totally uncoordinated garish tights) or a bald Simon Cowell (high waisted trousers and another skin tight T-shirt tucked in).
My husband does not seem to be able to see the distinction between tights and leggings so she quite often goes out without a skirt or trousers. Fortunately, a one year old has no concept of modesty but l am slowly building up a collection of incriminating photos to showcase when she’s older.
lt makes me think about all the times l have asked my husband whether
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l look okay before going out or sought his approval for a new outfit (whilst telling him it cost much less than I really paid for it). What was l thinking?! The poor love can’t even tell the difference between a tank top and a vest and thinks it is perfectly acceptable to dress our daughter in head to toe orange.
The other evening l came down in a brand new denim Zara skater skirt which l hoped make me look cool and a bit edgy and, most importantly, provided exemplary coverage of the mummy tummy. “Do you like my new skirt?” I asked him,
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twirling round. He glanced briefly up from his laptop to ask if it was the same skirt my 66 year old step-mother had lent me when l was six months pregnant!
I have slowly come to the conclusion that, as the great Maggie Smith, once said on Downton, “Men notice nothing” and they certainly can’t be trusted to dress their daughters.
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Georgina Fuller - 18 Jun 15
After having my two beloved boys, l was absolutely thrilled when we found out we were having a daughter. The first thing l did was go out and buy her a new little dress and matching spotty tights and dig out the flowery baby-gro l first bought five years ago when our eldest was just a small, as yet unidentified bump.
After five years of dressing boys, l could not wait to hit the girl’s clothes and buy her a whole new wardrobe. l am not what you would call an especially ‘girly girl’ but l love a bit of sparkle here and there and l vowed not to dress her in too much pink or frills. I quite often find the boys (aged 3 and 6) and l are perfectly coordinated in matching stripey tops and one of the best things about having two of the same gender is that you get to dress them in matching outfits.
Our baby girl, Jemima, turned one in April. But, with having a girl what l didn’t count on were the outfits my (usually pretty well dressed and on trend) husband would put her in. There have been times in the first year of her life when the poor girl has looked like a baby extra from Frankie Goes to Hollywood (think super tight T-shirts with a bit of midriff and totally uncoordinated garish tights) or a bald Simon Cowell (high waisted trousers and another skin tight T-shirt tucked in).
My husband does not seem to be able to see the distinction between tights and leggings so she quite often goes out without a skirt or trousers. Fortunately, a one year old has no concept of modesty but l am slowly building up a collection of incriminating photos to showcase when she’s older.
lt makes me think about all the times l have asked my husband whether l look okay before going out or sought his approval for a new outfit (whilst telling him it cost much less than I really paid for it). What was l thinking?! The poor love can’t even tell the difference between a tank top and a vest and thinks it is perfectly acceptable to dress our daughter in head to toe orange.
The other evening l came down in a brand new denim Zara skater skirt which l hoped make me look cool and a bit edgy and, most importantly, provided exemplary coverage of the mummy tummy. “Do you like my new skirt?” I asked him, twirling round. He glanced briefly up from his laptop to ask if it was the same skirt my 66 year old step-mother had lent me when l was six months pregnant!
I have slowly come to the conclusion that, as the great Maggie Smith, once said on Downton, “Men notice nothing” and they certainly can’t be trusted to dress their daughters.
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Georgina Fuller is a freelance journalist, reluctant realist and mother of three; Charlie (8), Edward (5) and Jemima (3.) She writes for The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Red, Smallish, Little London magazine and anyone else who pays her. After eight years in London, she now lives in a Midsomer Murdersesque village on the edge of the Cotswolds.
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