{"id":7192,"date":"2015-07-17T16:45:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T16:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/rossalynwarren\/cool-dresses-with-dinosaurs-on-yay"},"modified":"2015-07-17T16:45:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T16:45:34","slug":"these-parents-couldnt-find-their-daughters-dresses-with-trucks-and-dinosaurs-on-so-they-designed-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/7192","title":{"rendered":"These Parents Couldn’t Find Their Daughters Dresses With Trucks And Dinosaurs On So They Designed Their Own"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“Girls shouldn’t have to decide between dresses and dinosaurs or ruffles and robots.”<\/b> BuzzFeed News spoke to the two parents behind the project.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t “We’re not sure who decided that girls have to choose between spaceships and ribbons, sparkles and science,” Melsky said. “But if you’ve ever tried to buy those little girls’ clothes that are pink and have dinosaurs, or are sparkly and have pirates, or even just a dress with a robot on it, then you know it’s pretty much impossible.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t St Clair has spent the last 10 years doing web programming, medieval studies lesson-planning and unit design, as well as homeschooling two of her four children. <\/p>\n Melsky, who is currently based in DC, has been teaching for the last 10 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t “My daughter has insisted on wearing dresses every day,” she said. “We can occasionally get her in a skirt, but really she just wants dresses, especially twirly âbeautiful’ ones.”<\/p>\n Melsky added that when she bought her daughter pyjamas, she got them from both the girls’ and boys’ aisle.<\/p>\n “When she was just under three,” she said, “I was out shopping for pyjamas for her and thought, âWouldn’t it be great if there was a dress with a spaceship on it? Or a truck? Or a robot? Because she would totally wear that.'”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\n1.<\/span> Rebecca Melsky and Eva St Clair knew that their daughters loved “girly” colours, flowers, and rainbows — but that they also loved cars, robots, and dinosaurs. So they faced a problem: No girls’ clothing catered to all of those interests together.<\/h2> \t\t\t
\n3.<\/span> That’s when the two parents decided to design their own dresses with motifs traditionally found exclusively on boys’ clothes.<\/h2> \t\t\t
\n4.<\/span> Their clothing line is called Princess Awesome and features colourful dresses with designs such as dinosaurs, maths symbols, pirates, classic art, and ninjas.<\/h2> \t\t\t
\n5.<\/span> The designs are perhaps in part inspired by the two parents’ own backgrounds.<\/h2> \t\t\t
\n7.<\/span> Speaking to BuzzFeed News, Melsky said she first noticed the lack of options for young girls’ clothing when her daughter was 2 years old.<\/h2> \t\t\t
\n10.<\/span> When they set out to crowdfund for their clothing line, it proved a huge hit with parents: The project was funded in just four days.<\/h2> \t\t\t