Homebrewed is a Cape Town company that produces off-beat baby vests, pants, T-shirts and shoes locally. They prefer to use local fabrics and their T-shirts contain bamboo as a sustainable alternative to cotton.

Eco Punk believes in minimising its carbon footprint and producing funky local baby clothes.

Babygross makes T-shirts for babes and toddlers whose parents enjoy the quirkier and darker side of life, think Tim Burton and Quentin Blake. All the clothes are made from natural fabrics.

Petit Pois Kids offers more unusual baby clothes with beautiful patterns and funny slogans.

Phoebe & Floyd makes babygrows, bodyvests, leggings, T-shirts, beanies and hats for boys and girls. They also think it’s never too early to start with embroidered dress rompers and reversible dungarees. It’s worth visiting their website just for the stunning photographs.

Earthchild’s baby clothes are imported.

Some Naartjie’s baby clothes are made locally but there are also many imported items. Double-check!

Keedo’s baby clothes are made locally.

Woolworths has a variety of locally manufactured baby clothes which are simple, but cute and functional. The only way to find out is to check the label.

Pick ‘n Pay Clothing sells some locally manufactured baby clothes both under the Real Clothing Company and other brands, but there is also a good deal of imported stock. Double-check the label.

Mr Price is in the same category as Pick ‘n Pay in that it offers some made in RSA baby clothes, but you can’t count on anything.

Ackermans seems to stock very, very few local baby clothes, but with a lot of searching and not being choosy, you might get lucky.