A new find for fluxlings – we discovered Swedish brand Shampoodle at this year’s Bubble trade show and we’re so glad we did! The range of kookily urban casual clothing comes in sizes from baby to adult – so your kids can really grow with this brand. Plus you can join in the fun too. [...]
It looks like the models had a great time shooting the Paul Smith Junior campaign for Spring Summer 2012. And the block colour bikes provide great contrast to the lovely prints – our favourites are the pretty florals on the girls and the tailored mini-Paul Smith suit on the young man. Also love the spotty [...]
Always a fluxlings favourite, the Spring Summe 12 Ann Valerie Hash Mademoiselle collection is as naturally feminine as ever. It’s got sundresses and all-in-ones in soft flowing fabrics and the ultimate in subtle, relaxed party dresses. The only Haute Couture designer doing children’s wear, we adore Ann Valerie Hash’s fashion vision. And an investment in [...]
We saw pleats move from the adult collections to the kid’s collections last season, and now it’s the turn of Junior Gaultier to provide their take on pleats for our little girls. We love the long line dresses that run extremes of print. On one hand there is the beautiful floral dress in white with pink and [...]
We can’t wait for the nights to get lighter and the air to get sweeter here at Fluxlings. So we’re getting ready with some tastes of wonderful Spring fashion to get you in the post sale mood. Shot in New York by Chrystel Garipuy, the little models are looking great with kids designer fashion from Kicokids, [...]
Rachel Riley’s winter collection this year epitomises what we have come to expect from the France-based fashion designer. Rachel Riley fills a gap of imagination for parents and children alike. The kind of clothes you always imagined you would buy for your child before they arrived – and then discovered after a long search that [...]
It’s lovely to discover a new kids fashion brand, and whilst Tartine et Chocolat is by no means new (it’s been thrilling the kids in Paris since 1977) it is a new one on me. With children’s fashion collections that are subtle and beautiful. The complete Tartine et Chocolat universe includes girls, boys, babies, furniture, [...]
If you’re looking for some kids designer fashion for Christmas that has a real artistic, original feel then take a look at the collection by Kaatje Sandra for her Max and Lola label. Described as “fresh, colourful and witty” the Max and Lola collection is a fun collection for kids with a luxury feel that just pours [...]
Browsing for some interesting fashion to get for the fluxlings this Christmas, I came across this exquisite French label designed by Marie Laure Renier. The collection includes unique pieces for boys, girls and babies, all handmade childrens wear created to order entirely in France. Marie comes from a family with a history in fashion – [...]
Why do all kids look cute in retro t-shirts? Be it Sesame Street, Tom and Jerry or Superman, all the nanas, grandads and parents go ahhhh… and the kids love them too. If you want your garment to last though make sure you get the quality right. No point having a Mickey Mouse that’s peeled [...]
Picaloulou is a brand new, company creating handmade childrens knitwear. With traditional knits made from an Alpaca / Merino blend farmed in the UK, these are the best luxury kids knits we’ve come across in a long time. It’s wonderful to think you can tell your child where their clothes come from. By that I [...]
Our lovely Valentina is chasing butterflies through the city in our look at some fine autumn clothes for girls. Shot in New York by Chrystel Garipuy, see our favourite girls dresses and other pieces from Oeuf, Kicokids, Max and Lola and Dagmar Daley. Story and photography by Chrystel Garipuy (www.chrystelgaripuy.com). Styling Dominique Simonneaux (www.lespetitschapelaisnyc.com). Photo [...]
Baby shoes – and toddler shoes – have the chance to tick all the cute boxes, but they also need to help the mini feet inside them take those first steps, runs and jumps. They should also stay on! And make us laugh, and smile when we look at those first shoes when our child [...]
Officially fluxling number one’s favourite of the girls’ collections we were sent through this season is Marithe and Francois Girbaud. The ski-slope inspired winter coats come in some great silhouettes for winter cocooning, over a uniform of swirly skirts with lace that keep a modern feel and electric blue and pink stripes and details!
The Stella McCartney kids collection for autumn winter 11 is alive and kicking in the animal house! This is a large, inspired, humourous collection for kids from babies to pre-teens. Our favourites are girls ponchos in checks and block colours, safari jumpsuits, fairisle knits, rabbits and toadstool prints, snake-head hoodies and all the pieces in purple! [...]
The Chloe kids collection for girls is a traditional collection that feels very French! Focussing on natural materials and colours, with camel coloured suede, fur collars and broadcloth mixed with more relaxed denim, the collection has a romantic luxury feel. We really like the gold sequined party dress, the grey wool dungarees with crisp white shirt [...]
Giorgio Armani celebrated the launch of their first UK Armani Teen range for ten to sixteen year olds, with a launch event weekend in Harrods at the end of July. Children were invited to take part in an exclusive photo shoot on the day, under the prestigious styling expertise of representatives from the Armani brand. [...]
For girls or boys, the new Marcelli pumps from French sportswear label, Lacoste are based on the adult style but with bright colours and an alternative slip on style. So no need to tackle laces and great for sports classes or kicking up leaves in the park. The pumps are clean and simple with added support in [...]
Junior Gaultier runs the gamut for autumn winter 2011/12 with a collection that ranges from naval to agrarian via some party tutus. This eclectic range has something for just about every child from dancing princesses to urban sports addicts. The girls standout, and we are liking the great contrasting combinations so if you go with [...]
It’s like a menagerie at Little Marc Jacobs for autumn winter this year. You’ll find rabbits, squirrels, deer and even a peacock scattered over the prints for girls, with the boys taking up the mice that scurried over the girl’s collection last winter. Colours are strong yellows, turquoise, green and coral. One of our favourite [...]
Adapting the adult catwalk collections for the kids, Paul Smith Junior continues to be a force in the kid’s fashion stakes this season with the classic English style with a touch of fun sitting right there with what we look for in children’s fashion. So mix an emerald green, traditional overcoat with Converse, stockings and [...]
A beautiful collection of girls clothing for autumn winter 2011 from London based girls label, Hucklebones, with wonderful colours from rosehip raincoats to aubergine rompers! Some lovely textures and fabrics too with lace and wool, plus essential prints! Reflecting the success of this classic English collection for our little girls, the collection is bigger just giving us [...]
“The idea of our workshops with kids is to sensitize them to fashion, and more generally to art as well as to ecology by recycling and customizing clothes, in a funny, playful and colorful way.” Andrea Crews – fashionista’s fashionista; band of pirates; performance guerillas! The Paris based collective led by Maroussia Rebecq are located [...]
A new accessories company is putting the handcrafted back into hand-bag. John Finbarr and Asdrubal Barreto are two self-proclaimed ‘designer-makers’, whose unique leather bags are making the fashion industry personal again. Their range of stylized bags are made to order and the personally, often hand-sewn, designs mean that each creation is unique. Their childrens bags [...]
We’re loving this line of superhero t-shirts featuring classic DC Comics heroes by Finger in the Nose. The designs feature our favourite icons in graphic style – a muscle bruising Superman, Wonderwoman with flowing locks and a brooding Batman. Designed exclusively for Little Fashion Gallery, the t-shirts are a must have for summer with leggings [...]
In our attempts to escape from everything plastic, what could be more wonderfully traditional than pyjamas? And whilst comfort is the utmost when it’s time for bed, if you can combine that with style then that’s a winner all around. So we were very happy to find out that luxury nightwear label Derek Rose were [...]
Great autumn colours and fabrics – crushed velvet, lace and heavy knits – from New York’s Kicokids. Taking influence from the Victorian London of Dickens, it’s Oliver twist for our kids this winter with bustles, tweeds, topcoats and corduroy. See www.kicokids.com
Finger in the Nose – the French ‘rock n roll’ luxury jeans label – combines lumberjack boys wear with preppy overcoats and mystical owls and wolves on black t-s (our favourites!) for Autumn Winter. Also loving the cowl hoods and ‘Rock n Roll’ Troll Tour t-shirt! See www.fingerinthenose.com
Gola, the British sports brand who have given us some classic trainers for the last 100 years, are about to launch two new styles for kids into its Gola Classics line. Plus the kids range will now be available online from Gola for the first time. At its creative best, Gola has collaborated with Jean [...]
Every girl dreams of being a Princess, and now reverie is not too unattainable, as Anne Valérie Hash’s Mademoiselle collection comes to the forefront of children’s fashion. A well-established and hugely popular Parisian Haute Couture designer, Anne Valérie Hash’s designs are known for their unique finishes, relaxed vibe to tailoring, and play on preppy styles. Adapting [...]
From butterflies to bees flying in grid formation, or monster beetles scurrying across cotton, the Generals of New Generals unfold across this wonderful childrens underwear range created in monochrome graphics on organic cotton. So if you have always despaired of children’s underwear, which offers little more than generic cartoon characters for boys or bows and [...]
Hucklebones - a label for the pint-sized people of the family, that prides itself on its uniquely vintage styling and high-end cuts for girls. The label’s designers, Zoe India Goldsmith and Daniel Stockley have a self-confessed ‘appetite for vintage treasures and an admiration of times gone by’, which inevitably inspires each and every design. Hucklebones offers both fantastic [...]
Doing it for the boys! British label Fred Perry announced some exciting news last season with the introduction of a new boys wear range for seriously cool kids. The brand, named after legendary three-time Wimbledon champion Frederick John Perry, originally came about from Perry’s makeshift, bath towel sweatband, created by Perry wrapping gauze around his [...]
Design duo Louise Lundholm and Mia Risager are the creative brains behind innovative Danish childrens brand BangBang clothing. Although they didn’t originally see themselves in design (Mia wanted to work with chimpanzees and Louise wanted a career as a marine biologist) the pair went on to study at The Danish Design School in Copenhagen and [...]
Traditional Silver Cross doll’s pram : Silver Cross are launching a new range of their traditional doll's pram. For the...
Travel the Magnetic World Map – Wooden Puzzle from Janod : French toy makers, Janod, are a favourite in the fluxlings household. One toy th...
Derek Rose Night-times – children’s nightwear : In our attempts to escape from everything plastic, what could be more wonderfull...
Junior Gaultier Pleats Please for girls! : We saw pleats move from the adult collections to the kid's collections last seas...
Ash Gold trainers with the Fanta Odyssey Buckle hightops : Dazzling street style for kids and bound to get them in the mood for dancing!
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Piggy Bank – in the Shape of a Pig by Harry Allen :
Looking for a unique piggy bank, I stumbled upon this amazing variety cast fro...
Kenzo Kids Wellies – Pretty splashing for girls! : Kids wellies are a really treasured item. For little ones, the little rubber boo...
Shampoodle – the cool clean dog of kids designer fashion! : A new find for fluxlings - we discovered Swedish brand Shampoodle at this year's...
