Jul
28
First things first: this is a sponsored post. I didn’t get paid for what I’m about to share with you, but I did receive a gift certificate to purchase some clothes for my kids. Now, hopefully you know me well enough to believe that I wouldn’t recommend a business to you if I didn’t sincerely like them, but just so everything’s understood: I got some free shit. Well, the boys did. As if they appreciate it, the jelly-smearing ingrates.
So, have you heard of Tea? They seem like a very cool little company with a unique approach to children’s wear. Apparently each year their designers visit a different part of the world to find inspiration for a particular collection, so they end up creating kids’ clothes that evoke things like street graffiti in Barcelona and vintage Mexican coffee bags. In fact, everyone at Tea receives an annual allowance to use toward international travel, which is a little factoid that makes me like them even more and may or may not have caused me to eyeball their Careers page. (Damn you, lack of marketable skills!)
Tea sounds like a groovy workplace and all that, but what I really like is their clothes. I suspect parents of girls have a much easier time finding attractive outfits for their kids than I do, because I sure notice a lot of cute girl stuff when I’m poking around Target or Old Navy or wherever, but I swear that once your boy is out of the young toddler stage clothes really start to suck. Hard. I mean, okay, Riley loves all those awful merchandising tie-in shirts festooned with LEGO Star Wars Spiderman Looney Tunes Etc, and both my kids are perfectly fine with the ugly-colored sports-themed crap, but sometimes I just want to dress them in something that doesn’t make them look like that scene from Pulp Fiction. You know the one.
“Dorks. They look like a couple of dorks.”
Which is why I kind of fell in love with the Tea Collection boys clothes. Their girls’ outfits are quite nice as well, but can I get an amen for boyswear that not only isn’t hideous, it’s downright awesome? Plus, the prices are very decent—most of the shirts I picked out were around $13.00 or so.
Here’s Riley modeling a few of his new shirts:
I think his favorite is the orange diving tee, but mine is definitely the blue hoodie.
Dylan was less interested in being photographed, but here he’s sporting his new HORSE! shirt.
Hello, could this be more perfect for him? (I also got him this layered tee, because BULLSHIRT!)
Cute designs, seem like good quality, shipped in a timely manner, arrived in a nice package, placing a phone order was super easy and unusually pleasant, customer service was top notch. I am totally a new fan of Tea, and if you have kids to clothe I think you might like them too.
Tea would like to offer one of you lucky ducks a $75 gift certificate, so if you’d like a chance at the giveaway, go ahead and leave a comment (any comment is fine, just be sure and include your email address so I can get in touch if the random number thingamajigger picks you). I’ll post the winner . . . oh, let’s say by Monday morning, okay? The only bummer is that Tea doesn’t yet ship internationally (which is a bit ironic, don’t you think, Alanis?), so unfortunately this is limited to the U.S. for now.
Thanks for enduring all my clothing-related blather! I hope you have a great weekend coming up.
**Comments are now closed, and I’ll announce the winner in a separate post. Thanks for participating!**
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Since I’m expecting a boy, I’m always on the lookout for non-cheesy boy clothes. Thanks!
Love the blue hoodie as well!
You are so right that attractive boys’ clothing is so much harder to find than girls. I’m all for a company that offers nice clothes at a good price. Thanks for sharing!
I love their clothes!
I have toddler twins. Please thingamajiggie – pick me!
Luckily, I have a granddaughter to shop for!
I want to work there, too! But I would settle for wearing some of their clothes (I could selfishly spend the $75 on me, right?)
Consider me commented! I have two daughters but the eldest hates all the frilly girly clothes and I believe we’ll be shopping in the boy’s section for graphic Ts this fall.
I, too, love Tea for both my 3.5 daughter and 14-month-old son. Agreed that it’s super hard to find boys’ clothes that don’t have doofy sports slogans or “mommy’s lil’ helper/monster/etc.” plastered all over them.
Super cute shirts! Count me in and thanks for hosting!
Cute kids clothes! YAY!
the horse video *dies*. hahahah/
Wow – super cute stuff. I have a girl, and I’m not a huge fan of all the cutesy and frilly and PINK clothes that are all so mainstream. I love the simplicity and neutral colors they offer for little girls!
Why, WHY do boys clothes suck so hard??
Awesome-looking boys’ clothing? What is this strange new world I’ve entered? Yay for Tea!
I love the Tea stuff- especially for boys. (Though the girls stuff is lovely, too.)
Free non-hideous clothes for boys? I’m in!
Cute shirts!
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I’m always looking for something other than the usual Carters/gymboree stuff for my girl.
Wow, great stuff! And we are expecting a new arrival in just a few weeks and could use some cool baby clothes! Preferably not another thing with ducks :)
I’m totally checking out Tea! Just in time for school shopping.
Nice! These clothes look terrific. And your boys make great models!
LOVE Tea. I got some outfits for my twins as a gift, had never heard of them before. Thanks for the contest!
My son would LOVE that horse shirt as well! Boy clothes do kind of suck, so any opportunity to get something cute yet boyish is awesome. Thanks!
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I love the pirate shirt. Cute pics!
The blue hoodie is adorable!
Checking out their website right now, looks awesome. I’m in the same boat as you, I have four boys and shopping isn’t quite as much fun. It is quite a bit cheaper though when they really don’t care what they wear ;)
I have a boy too and would love to find some cute clothes for him!
these are awesome clothes – with two boys myself, finding clothing that is cool is nearly impossible!
Definitely harder to find boys things!
Yeah, this stuff is insanely cute. And that scene from Pulp Fiction is EXACTLY how I dress my son! Le sigh…
My sister has two boys close to Riley and Dylan’s age so this would be perfect for her!!
I love Tea clothes. There’s a kid’s boutique in our town that only carries their stuff. And the boy shirts are adorable, but I always find it kind of pricey, but maybe that’s just the markup at the store where I see it. I’ll have to check their website. And their jobs section. Travel allowance?!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing :)
I love the Tea stuff, especially how hard-wearing it is!
Man, those ARE super cute! Numberthingy pick me!
Those shirts are awesome! I kind of want the Bullshirt! tee for me.
I love Tea. Most of my son’s clothes are hand-me-downs, and the Tea stuff always looks brand new; the quality is fantastic. When I found out I was having a daughter, the very first outfit I bought for her was Tea.
I’m with you on the cute boy clothes issue. I have a 2 1/2 year old boy and another one due in October and Tea has been a great source of cute boy clothes. We have the bullshirt too!
awesome boy clothes…sometimes i feel bad for my son when we’re out shopping and his sisters items take up the whole cart and his powerangertransformercarslegostarwarslogo BS never seems to make it in…
yes to Tea clothes!
I LOVE Tea clothes, was lucky enough to be given 2 outfits for the baby which she will unfortunately grow out of soon.
I totally feel you on the boy clothes! We’re not a big sports family, so that right there cuts down on about half the options typically available. I think my son will swoon for that Pirata shirt.
I didn’t realize how much I loved clothes for children until I had my own child. Love those baby clothes!
Now I want to go eyeball their career’s page. And I really do need to branch out from just picking up stuff for my girlie at Target.
This post made me wonder… Is Dylan still as into HORSE! as he used to be?
Super cute clothes, I like what I see! And I have boys, which yes, are a challenge to dress.
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My kiddos are getting bigger, but maybe depending on how big the clothes are sized, I could get cute shirts for ME!!
I received some hand-me-down tea clothing for my daughter – they ARE cute (and hold up well). Would love to ave opportunity to purchase new things. :)
I love TEA and would love to win! Thanks for the opportunity!
Love these! The Horse! shirt is my favorite.