“Edmond is a gourmet. He loves oysters, foie gras and he can recognise some of the French cheese. He is able to behave like a big boy and have 5 courses in a restaurant just for the pleasure of good food”, says his mother Bianca, founder of Mimo Kids.
Edmond
Do you have special powers? I can create paths
Who is the strongest person in the world? Edmond
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to go to school
Who do you admire? Papa
What makes you laugh? A lion
Your favourite films, books, apps? Something with planes and trains
Something you did recently that you really loved? Work
The best holidays you ever had? On the beach
A city/place that you would dream to visit? A metro
Your favourite belonging? My pyjamas with a car
The next item you would so dearly love to get? Chocolate ice cream
If you had a magic wand, what would you do with it right now? Lights in the eyes of papa
Anything else you would like to tell? What’s up Duck?
Bianca
A place you saw when you were a child, and that made its mark on you? When I was my son’s age my mother climbed the mountains with me on her back to reach a peak called Babele where nature created old women’s faces on the rocks
The place you love near your home? The forest behind my home where I walk with my son and my husband
Where do you dream to go for your next family holiday? I would love to go back to Japan with my children so that they discover this fantastic country
A film or cultural event that you saw recently and that staid with you? The Tour de France finish in Paris
The film that you love to see with the whole family? Mary Poppins
The book on your bedside table? Les Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
The children’s brands your cherish? Chloé , Jacadi, Tartine et Chocolat
The children’s stores you love to visit and buy from? A little shop near Le Marais where I bought my son’s Christening clothes and Baby Tuileries in Paris
Last thing you bought for your child? A puzzle with a fire engine
Favourite pieces in your child’s wardrobe? The trousers I make and a jumper sewn by his great grand mother
What do you buy online? Plane tickets, books and of course shoes from Net a porter
The product that changed your life? A salad dryer
What are your main current concerns? Giving birth to my second son in September
Something that made you laugh out loudly recently? When I confiscated the mobile phone that my son had put under the water and he said “but mum I expect a very important call”
Anything you want to tell? It is wonderful to learn and discover and not just when you are a child. I am a lawyer by trade but started making children clothes not knowing anything about business. But you learn, you want to do things well and it happens!
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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