Single Woman, 27, Has Spent Over 20 Years of Her Life Collecting Baby Clothes for Her Future Children (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Nicole (left), two of her collected outfits with embroidery.Photo:Villa de Santi/Instagram

Villa de Santi/Instagram

A single 27-year-old woman is investing time and effort into something special for her future children.

The collector has “maybe 100 items total,” stocking up on both boys and girls clothes.

“I don’t really shop that often. Items come and go. Sometimes I’ll get something and later decide not to keep it. I’ll give it away or sell some things. What I show online is from what I’ve picked up over the years. The collection is always evolving.”

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The collection also evolves because Nicole isn’t afraid to get hands-on with customizing these clothes to fit her vision.

It’s incredibly hard to pick favorites, but Nicole has grown to appreciate the items she customizes or, in some cases, makes herself from scratch.

“My favorite personalized items are the ones I’ve entirely made myself. They’re the ones where I have to challenge myself to learn new techniques. There is one particular dress that I’ve shown on my Instagram page, which has embroidered sleeves on it. That was very challenging. There were a lot of times I had to redo the whole thing, but in the end, I learned so much from it,” she says.

“I think that’s the beauty in that process, that you learn so much. You put so much time into it and fall in love with the process and, hopefully, fall in love with the product. I spent a lot of time on that dress and put my heart into it.”

Of thrifting and vintage finds, she adds, “There’s a story behind each piece and some reason behind obtaining it or something specific that drew me to it. It’s just really, really hard to choose.”

Nicole recently brought her collection to Instagram, hoping to find other collectors and community.

“Just recently, I started thinking, ‘Maybe there are a lot more people with the same dream and same interests and aspirations as me.’ I decided to give it a try and see what other people thought and share that happiness,” she says.

“It’s been interesting. The reason why I decided to even share it was because I never really saw anyone talking about it. My friends moved on from dolls around 12 or 13 as their lives got more online and I never had someone to really talk about it,” Nicole continues.

Seeing the appreciation for the items she’s gathered fills Nicole with joy for both now and the future, when she’ll get to share her outfits with her little ones.

“I just really hope that my future kids feel the same love that I felt gathering all these items for them. And not just in the material way, but knowing how much they’ve been on my mind, how much I’ve expected them. I look forward to one day living this dream with them and sharing with them what it means to me.”

source: people.com