Gymboree

Gymboree clothes are built on the graphic tees and playful prints parents recognize on sight, part of a run that started in 1976 as parent-and-baby play classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. A Marin County mother founded those first classes, and a decade later that same energy turned into a kids' clothing line. Those same recognizable characters and prints are what made it a nursery favorite in the first place. Here, that history shows up as kids' shirts and tops split between girls and boys. Gymboree girls shirts carry the brand's usual graphic play: a Puppy Tricks tee, a Puppy Tunic with embellished trim, a Twinkle Toes tee. Gymboree boys t-shirts bring the same spirit in a Robot Love graphic tee and a heart-patch embellished tee. None of it is dressy. It's built for a kid headed outside. Parents who shopped Gymboree years ago will know the puppies and robots at a glance.