February 27, 2020
Pirouette One to Watch Award AW20 Winners
It's been a really interesting selling season covering the shows and finding our One to Watch winning Collections and Labels at Pitti Bimbo, CIFF YOUTH and Playtime New York. We have a very different new brand created by an established designer in the market; a brand that…
November 21, 2019
Pirouette x The Society of Scent One to Watch Award
Sneak Peek...this season we're on the scent of brilliant new kid's collections and labels Fragrance to stimulate the creative mind.... Celebrating and highlighting the best of creative talent in kid’s fashion and design from Firenze, Italy to Copenhagen, Denmark and New York,…
June 9, 2019
Pirouette One to Watch Awards SS20: Pitti Bimbo 89, Playtime NY, CIFF Youth
This season we’re celebrating the cherished and the beloved, as well as the new! The Pirouette One to Watch Awards are back for the summer and this time we find ourselves at Pitti Bimbo, Playtime NY and our new partner CIFF YOUTH. As usual, we’re on the lookout for emerging…
February 1, 2019
One to Watch Awards Invited Designer Interview: SO-SO
'Lose the north' Compass by SO-SO Maria and João met at architecture school, after which they worked as architects for some time but both missed “practical work”... So João bought some machines so he could work with wood in his free time. They then started designing some pieces…
January 23, 2019
Pitti Bimbo 88 video diary – day 3
Final day at Pitti Bimbo is alway a little quieter than the first couple of days which means it's the perfect time to hit the brands with some random questions from the Surprise Box. Plus we visit the Barbie exhibition with Laura from Velveteen. SURPRISE BOX: Raspberry…
January 7, 2019
New Season: One to Watch Awards ‘Lose the North’ compass by So-So
The Pirouette One to Watch Awards are back for the AW19 trade show selling season starting in Florence at Pitti Bimbo'88 with Pirouette Editor Katie Kendrick. Then it's out to the States for Playtime, New York with blog founder Florence Rolando. So let us do the hard work and…
September 21, 2018
#Pirouette12Watch Award Winner Interview: Ari London
Fatimah Hussain is the designer and founder of Ari London. Our Pirouette One to Watch Award winner from Dot to Dot London believes that luxury and sustainability are qualities that should go hand in hand. An attitude that the big luxury labels seem to continue in having a…
August 23, 2018
Pirouette One To Watch Winners AW18 Interview: Devon’s Drawer
Sustainability, organic production and quality with the possibility of longevity are why Devon's Drawer were our Pirouette One To Watch Award Winners (Fashion AW18) at Playtime NY back in February this year. Flash forward in the childrenswear calendar and they are ready to…
August 4, 2018
Playtime New York #17 preview
This time it's New York's turn to host Playtime, the show kicks off this Sunday 5th and runs until Tuesday 7th August. Pirouette will be there to cover Playtime NY #17 and look for our final Pirouette One to Watch Award Winners for the SS19 season. 180 brands will be exhibiting…
June 21, 2018
Pitti Bimbo 87 video diary – DAY 1
Day 1 at Pitti Bimbo 87 includes an interview with the buying team from Childrensalon. We have coverage of The 'Children's Fashion from Spain' catwalk show. Plus we chat to the effervescent Petra Barkhof from Kidswear magazine about the launch of her new Scimparello magazine. In…
June 21, 2018
Pitti Bimbo 87 video diary – DAY 0
So the show hasn't yet started but we arrived to pick up our Press passes and have a quick snoop around before everyone arrives tomorrow.
June 10, 2018
#Pirouette12Watch Winner AW19: Novel Walk
It's important children's shoes are comfortable, durable and if they can look rather wonderful in the process even better. Spanish label Novel Walk do just this, good quality manufacturing, sensible yet beautiful and very cool. They also have the most clever, eye catching…