| If it was cool when you were a kid, it?s cool for | | | | wondering who shot J.R.) as well as older images |
| your kids! | | | | from shows that the parents of today watched |
| Baby clothing is quite a bit different today than it | | | | in reruns while growing up: Barbara Eden in her |
| was when you were an infant. From the designer | | | | silky outfit from I Dream of Jeanie and Clayton |
| styles of Baby Dior and Baby Phat to the bizarre | | | | Moore in his blue Texas Ranger outfit complete |
| offerings of the alternative baby clothing market, | | | | with black mask from The Lone Ranger. Prices |
| there?s now something for every parent to | | | | for these printed ?Onesies? are a bit steep at |
| adorn her children with in an effort to transfer a | | | | $14.95 ($16.95 for toddler-sized tees) considering |
| bit of her own personality onto her offspring. One | | | | the baby will grow out of them completely in a |
| of the latest trends in baby fashions is the ?retro? | | | | few months? time, but even the most stoic of |
| look in baby wear. | | | | thirty-somethings will have to admit that they are |
| Retro baby clothing indicates baby sized tees and | | | | getting a certain dose of cool for their cash. |
| ?Onesies? that have been printed or screened | | | | Retro doesn?t just mean pop culture references, |
| with images of pop culture past. In many cases | | | | however. Several clothiers are offering styles that |
| the pictures are of icons from before even the | | | | are a clear throwback to those worn by kids in |
| parents? time, making it cool to be the most | | | | the fifties, sixties, and seventies. One such |
| obscure. Interested parties are not likely to find | | | | company, Cakewalk Baby, offers flower print |
| these offerings at the local Wal-Mart but will | | | | designs reminiscent of the post-hippie era of the |
| instead have to order them online. Fortunately for | | | | late seventies; a time when PC meant petty cash, |
| those interested in giving their children a little piece | | | | Elvis Presley was still with us, and no one knew |
| of the past to wear on their chests, there is no | | | | what a video game or MTV was. A website called |
| shortage of those sites available. | | | | Milena Bee offers these designs and more and is |
| The most complete and probably best known of | | | | definitely worth a look. |
| these sites is The Retro Baby. Perusing the | | | | Whether you want to put stills of Bruce Lee from |
| offerings of the site is like a walk down memory | | | | Enter the Dragon or flowery designs from an era |
| lane for anyone who is in their thirties or has a | | | | gone by on your baby?s body, retro baby clothes |
| keen fix on the pop-culture of the 1980s. Designs | | | | may be just what you need to show the world |
| available here include television references like The | | | | that your baby is cooler than cool. Look hard |
| A Team, ALF, CHiPs, and Dallas (the Dallas print | | | | enough and you may be able to find a tee shirt |
| will be instantly familiar to anyone who | | | | that says ?I?m the Fonz? or ?Frankie Say Relax.? |
| remembers the summer that America was | | | | |