Sustainability by Dimitra Zavakou, founder of Little Pop Up & The Nest at Pitti Bimbo
What does sustainability mean? Do you feel our daily choices can impact changes that will create a better tomorrow? How can we involve the kids in this process to better understand and respect our world?
Flying Animals : HAPTIC LAB Inc
Haptic Lab produce the most wonderful handmade kites, recently the New York based design studio have released two new characters into their flying animals collection. Their magical crane and whimsical swallow bird kites can either be set free to sore through the skies or…
Paris City Guide for Families: URBANITO
Planning a trip to Paris this Summer en famille ? if it's a yes then the URBANITO Paris Family City Guide would be a very useful travelling companion. This well conceived guide is aimed at making France's capital city a fun, cultured and stress free experience with the kids. It…
Pirouette One to Watch Awards SS18
Look out, Pirouette returns this summer to Dot to Dot London, Playtime Paris and Playtime New York on the lookout for the best emerging talent in kid’s fashion and design for the Pirouette One to Watch Awards SS18 but this edition there's something a little different.
TiA CiBANi KIDS: One to Watch Winner – Fashion, Playtime New York
Tia Cibani Kids Aw17 collection 'Wallflower' is rich in colour and texture, diverse in materials and abundant in choice. All reasons why this NY based label was our One to Watch for fashion AW17 at Playtime NY. Tia Cibani is an experienced designer and this is her second foray…
Formidable Family: Spang (Scandi Mini)
Gabrielle Spang founder of on-line children's boutique Scandi Mini lives with her husband Claes and their two children Wilhelm (8) and Cornelia (4) in Fulham south west London, UK. She's passionate about good design and fashion, and with the birth of her children this love…
Misha and Puff
Brand name: Misha and Puff Company name: Misha and Puff Website: shop.misha-and-puff.com Date of creation: 2011
Loopy Mango : One to Watch Winner – Design, Playtime New York
Loopy Mango recently crossed over into the world of children's design by creating a mini range of their popular DIY knitwear boxes. The pieces are gorgeously super chunky which on a little kid looks incredibly cute. Lets face it chunky is in for Aw17, and you don't get much more…
Photography: PLAY by Julia Bostock
PLAY by Julia Bostock for the 5th edition of et magazine takes us back to a time where play was free - not an iPad, mobile, console or tablet in sight...
Bonjour: One to Watch Winner – Design, Playtime Paris
Bonjour are our One to Watch winners for design at Playtime Paris AW17. It's of no surprise this label has amassed a large social media following with the stylist, designer and founder Anne Millet's inspiring and captivating style. The Petite chamber noire (the little dark room)…
Fashion Revolution Week
This week is Fashion Revolution Week, the #whomademyclothes campaign which takes place in April falls on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed 1 138 people and injured many more on 24th April 2013. As a result this is the day 'Fashion Revolution' was…
Parent & Child: Alessandra (6yrs) & Gabriel (4yrs) – Laura Egloff, Velveteen
Gabriel (4 years old) and Alessandra (6 years old) live with their parents in Hong Kong. Laura Egloff their mother is a fashion designer and the founder of children's fashion label Velveteen. Alessandra and Gabriel have a close relationship and complement each other quite well.…
Easter Festival of Flower Torches, São Bras de Alportel, Portugal
Spending Easter break in Portugal left a technicolour imprint on our memories. Sun seeking was the primary purpose of our visit, but it was the Festival of Flower Torches at São Bras de Alportel and it's vibrant injection of Portuguese colour that rejuvenated the soul.
Natural Plant Dye Knitwear: Mouse in the House
Mouse in the House captured our interest at Playtime New York with a wonderful earthy toned knitwear collection. So how do you create this muted colour palette? Natural Plant Dye, a process that has been in practise since ancient times, with the earliest written record of the…
lulaland: Pirouette One to Watch – fashion. Playtime Paris
New York based label lulaland was our first One to Watch winner in the fashion catagory at Playtime Paris. This fun mixmatching collection drew us in for a further look, different textures, whimsical prints and rich colouring makes for a bold beautiful collection and whatever…
Formidable Family Tuchinda
Founder of Tuchinda Tina Tuchinda lives in New York with her husband (and business partner) Jay and their two boys Hunter and Harry. Tina was born in Korea but moved to the US during her early childhood. She studied fashion at Parsons school of design, with a background in…
Mini Stitches: Pirouette One to Watch – fashion. Dot to dot
Mini Stitches are our first Pirouette One to Watch winners in the fashion category. A part from producing a wonderful clothing line they are in fact a social enterprise kidswear label with strong ethical roots. We both found their enthusiasm and commitment to what they are…
Brexit & the children’s fashion industry – part 1: British perspective
Britain will later today hand deliver it's letter of resignation to the President of the European council and so the 2 year Brexit negotiation begins. How this divorce will ultimately affect Britain, Europe and business only time will tell, it is however clear that we are in for…