As I was giving Luke his bottle this morning, I was absentmindedly playing with one of the little orange horns on one of the monsters on his feet. A thought popped into my head as I further examined that monster, and then the rest of the garment. This is well made. There’s embroidery, other fabrics sewn on, lots of seams, snaps, edged in navy blue, soft material and tons of detail, like the little monster faces with horns on each foot.
It’s Carter’s brand, so you know the price was totally reasonable (Carter’s has good prices and quality clothing). The creeper’s (No joke, that’s what they’re called. It’s a one-piece outfit with short sleeves and short shorts that snaps all the way down) from Carter’s thought I bought Luke for summer were $4.99, the most expensive thing that I’ve bought him from their website was a onesie + pants set, for $12.99. What I’m getting at is this impossibly cute onesie must have cost less than pretty much anything I was wearing at the moment (a t-shirt, pajama pants, socks and underwear), except for maybe my socks and underwear – which both consequently cost more than the aforementioned creepers. But even the creepers have more going on than a pair of underwear. There’s more fabric, more sewing, snaps and fun patterns.
Sure, there is expensive baby clothing out there. At the hipster baby clothing store at the mall you can buy a pair of baby corduroy pants for $50 (Luke only owns things from that store that were gifts or on sale, and no, he doesn’t own $50 cords). But I’d hazard to guess that the majority of Luke’s clothing costs less than a generic adult t-shirt. I guess what I’m getting at is this, why does a basic adult t-shirt costs more than a footed onesie with more seams, more stitching and way more effort involved in making it.
Sydney & Mike 