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Katie
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Playtime Paris
28-30 June 2025
Day 1: 9:30am-6:30pm
Day 2: 9:30am-6:30pm
Day 3: 9:30am-4:30pm
Parc Floral de Paris,
l’Espace Evénement,
Route de la Pyramide,
75012 Paris
Playtime New York
July 27-29, 2025
Day 1: 9:00am-6:00pm
Day 2: 9:00am-6:00pm
Day 3: 9:00am-4:00pm
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 W 18th St, New York,
NY 10011
between 6th & 7th Avenues
Katie Kendrick
Katie is a specialist in kids’ fashion and lifestyle, editor, consultant, content creator, and owner of Pirouette - a leading resource to the industry.
With a keen interest in both the business and creative aspects of the industry Katie has interviewed buyers, agents, stylists, designers, influencers, covered runway shows, produced trade show reports and curates thought provoking and engaging exhibitions.
She is passionate about good design, creativity and brands that manage to combine this with their environmental responsibility.
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