Too cool for art school

I've received a couple of announcements lately for Kids Ink clothes on sale and I just don't know, let's take a look.

The faux Chanel is kind of witty, if terrifyingly WASPy:

But most of it looks like this, with a (sixty dollar) high/low East Village graffiti/tattoo art thing sort of vibe:

Or this: or this: 

All of which I'm filing under "good design/trying too hard." How many toddlers of your aquaintance are big Basquiat fans, or really miss The Sex Pistols? These go way beyond putting your kid in a CBGB onesie so people know you know what CBGB was. These are downright pretentious. And why stop at Warhol? Wouldn't Jeff Koons make a good t-shirt? Why not Damien Hirst? Kids love sharks.

I do love this one:

 

but I just don't think I can send these guys my money. My kids are still too young to make me feel uncool by comparison. I'd like to keep it that way until they're at least, I dunno. four?

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