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Target just made a huge change to children's bedrooms across America

Feb 9, 2016, 01:45 IST

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Target is trying to show families that bedrooms need not be "girly"or "boyish."

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According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the retailer's latest line for kid's home goods, Pillowfort, will largely forgo traditional gender archetypes.

This is yet another move to solidify the retailer's reputation as a progressive company that doesn't subscribe to gender norms. This summer, the retailer stopped labeling toys by gender.

, which launches on February 21, takes the new strategy one step further.

The home decor line for kids, while not entirely devoid of traditional gender color schemes, does not declare its bedding to be for girls or for boys. It features patterns and designs such as astronauts, whales, stripes, and dinosaurs.

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is currently showcasing a preview of the line. (Some of the room models, like "Sprinkle Suite," "Floral Field," do look traditionally 'female,' but the retailer isn't heavy handed about it. Designs with names like "Discovery Den," "Ocean Oasis" and "Camp Kiddo" prove that the retailer isn't selling to genders, just kids.)

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Explorer's Escape from Target's Pillowfort Collection.Target

This line marks a huge change for Target, as its kids' home decor section used to be fairly traditional.

"It was an aisle of pink, fairy princesses, ponies and flowers," Target's Senior Vice President of design and product development, Julie Guggemos, said to the Star-Tribune. "And for the boys it was rockets and dinosaurs. Well, you know what? Girls like rockets and basketball. And boys like ponies."

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