Carters OshKosh

** 3.5 stars **
Similar to Children’s Place, this is one of the kid stores that has a big box feel and an explosion of crayon colours all over the clothes. Unlike Children’s place, the price point is notably higher but also the quality is a bit better. The store is split into two, Carters and OshKosh. Carters is for the infants and toddlers and the OshKosh brand is more for kids up to age 14. It’s hard to imagine ‘kids’ sized 14 though trying to wear these neon pairings with cute kittens or alligators on them.
I came here often to buy the white basic onesies for my baby as they often had friends and family deals each season. It was great because it’s one of the few places that actually had real sizing. Other places like baby gap or obaibi had great phenomenal clothes but sometimes you need basics that aren’t high end as spit up is bound to happen every 2 hours. You don’t need soft egyptian cotton for that type of wear (and bleaching) or at the price point of $ 15 per onesie. Here, you can get true to size, decent quality (aka not scratchy or too thin), and affordable baby clothes.
As for the OshKosh, the prices jump up and it’s harder to shop here as the colour scheme and over the top cuteness makes me believe they butchered a bunch of Care Bears to create these clothes. Perhaps it doesn’t appeal to my sense of fashion but the colour combinations (Yellow and purple shirts? fuschia tops with orange flowers with a dose of lime green petals?) also make my kid say ‘NO’ quite forceably.
The service here is haphazard. Once in a while you’ll find a great associate who knows all the answer and can run the cashier at lightening speeds… but that’s only once in a while. Most of the time you’re drumming your fingers as the two associates take at least 5 to 7 minutes per customer at the cash.