One remarkable collection I saw at Bubble London is Little Duckling. Founder & Designer of the brand, Rosa Wiland was born near Copenhagen, Denmark in 1975. She studied ladies fashion design at the Danish Design College from 1999 to 2004, on achieving her MA she was awarded the prestigious National Bank Prize for the student showing the most potential. Thereafter she moved to London, where she worked as a fashion designer for the high street from 2004 to 2008. After the birth of her daughter Frida in 2007 she started to look into the world of children’s clothing and found that the market needed a playful brand that combined the traditional English style with the influence of bright Scandinavian kid’s cloths. Little duckling offers wonderfully well made knits, not overly expensive, in a a very focused color range (mainly velvet blue, warm red and cream). Produced in Hong Kong, the knitwear is made with fully fashion finishes, in 100% mercerized cotton. The collection features knitted dresses, girl’s cardigans with embroidered fish detail, boy’s knitted striped tank top and super cotton jumpers providing the perfect cover up for breezy summer days, tieing together with Little Duckling’s Woven’s skirts & dresses for the girls. For the boys, twill shorts, linen trouser, denim jeans and dungarees with striped straps. Size range 0-7, wholesale prices from £3.60 to £20.50. A real deal.
Florence Rolando
Launched in London in early 2009 by Florence Rolando (journalist, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows) Pirouette Blog has been a reference in the industry since 2009 with its combined business and consumer view of the children’s market. A fantastic resource for children’s fashion, design, trends and culture, it aims to support creativity and talent but it also does this by talking about life, family, culture and health.
Florence is an international leader in the industry (8 years as a Milk Collaborator, contributor to Naif Magazine in Spain, co-founder of Bubble Trade Shows in New York and London).
Now Florence runs Energy Therapy Porto @enrgy_therapy_porto
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