We’re almost at the end of this years gift guides, so it’s time to look at gorgeous, great value buys to fill stockings or to gift to the increasing list of children we all have to gift each year. Lu has already featured the under £1 gift guide and here are our favourites for £1-£5 […]
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10 Best: Kids’ travel accessories
If, like me, you’re heading off for some winter sun (read: travelling to the other side of the world for a wedding) with your little one, you’ll be in the market for items to make your life as easy as possible, so you’re at least in with a chance of relaxing on holiday. A Trunki is […]
Kidsen – New Interior Goodies
I’m quite the fan of Kensal Rise based style haven Kidsen who deliver ‘beautiful things for kids’ in spades. Their latest arrivals see their interiors section blossoming with retro style table and clip lamps by Danish design company Waterquest in a fantastic selection of colours that easily transcend children’s spaces, as well as divine, divine […]
25% off Cath Kidston Kids
Bargain hunters’ alert: Cath Kidston has 25% off selected children’s clothes until Sunday. I’m swooping in on the denim dungarees, now £22.50, and the gorgeously retro dog motif sweater, £24, but there’s also a lot more trad CK signature florals, including dresses, from £18, and this cool hoodie, £22.50. Click, click.
New Shop Alert: Funky Girl Retro Boy
For those of you with a penchant for brights and eclectic and offbeat prints and colour combos, there’s a new online boutique Funky Girl Retro Boy. Featuring treats for 2-6 years by brands from around the world including Smafolk, Mala, Three Little Trees, LiandLo, Melton and eco conscious Kite Kids, they’ll be filling up over […]
Anorak Magazine – The Happy Mag For Kids
One of the benefits of extending our age range to five is that we can feature the joy that is kids magazine Anorak, a stunning design led read for kids that’s packed full of stunning, popping artwork, exciting stories to get lost in, how-to’s and games. Billed as ‘the happy magazine for kids’, it’s illustrated […]
Habitat Loni Kids Bookshelf
We all want our furniture to inspire but it is not often that you find anything out of the ordinary from a bookcase. Of course it is Habitat who deliver with both elegance and design. This simple concept of off-centre boxes arranged within a bookcase gives an alternating rhythm of open and closed space. It’s […]
Dandy Star for Cath Kidston
We do like a hot collaboration here at BG and the latest is between the Queen of the retro housewife trend, Cath Kidston and Cornwall based Dandy Star, designers of retro styled kids clothing and accessories with their instantly recognisable circus style font. They’ve taken four of Cath’s classic designs and stamped them with Dandy […]
Click Click! Retro Goodies from Too Much Too Young
When I visited kids.Modern last month, I felt instantly swoonerific at the delights by Too Much Too Young, a recently launched online hotspot for toys and homewares for children with retro cool. From the sets of vintage 1960s playing cards that come with bakers twine and mini pegs for £10, to the deliciously cool […]
Cool iPhone App: Hipstamatic – Add instant retro cool to your photos
Despite the fact that I still take a lot of photos on mine, iPhones are pants for taking pictures. Well at least that was until I downloaded the pure genius that is Hipstamatic, an app that adds a filter so that your pics look distinctly retro with a high nostalgic quality, just like they […]
Hot Shop: Bellieboo – Cool Kidswear from Japan
I’ve been saying for donkey’s now that it would be great to see some online boutiques totally branching out and shaking up the clothing front with something different and finally, along comes Bellieboo. London based Koko is from Japan and has recently launched this online boutique dedicated to cool Japanese designer kidswear for 1-12 year […]
Stella McCartney for Gap Kids Spring 2010
Today is the day that the latest capsule collection from Stella McCartney for Gap Kids hits the stores. The collection is set to be another massive hit with practically everything you need for summer. Chock full of statement pieces, the girls’ clothing sees some delicate crochets as well as clean nautical designs and the boys’ […]
Retro Artwork by Ingela P Arrhenius
These prints by Swedish illustrator Ingela P Arrhenius are deliciously retro, with her taking her inspiration from the 50s and 60s and vintage items that she collects . Using playful, wonderfully childish (she describes them as ‘naive’) illustrations with equally playful and vibrant colours, my absolute favourite is the ‘Friends In a Tree‘ print at […]
Hot Kids Artwork from ‘Made By’ Showler & Showler AND win a canvas & greeting cards worth £99.95
Longtime BG readers may be looking at these fantastic illustrations and thinking that the style is vaguely familiar and that’s because the design duo behind these fabulous canvases, Showler & Showler, are also the peeps that designed cool store Lula Sapphire’s catalogue and logo. Seriously swoon central, under their ‘Made By’ moniker, they’ve designed a […]
Retro T-Shirts by Fabric Flavours
I don’t really like character driven stuff and yet…a few months back I discovered Fabric Flavour s who have a range of kids tees and tops that are focused on nostalgic and retro characters from books, mags, and TV shows that we loved back in the day. From Mr Men and Little Miss, to Sesame […]
5 Hot Elephant Buys for Kids Rooms
Contemporary and retro animal inspired buys are a big trend with kids gear, especially our well documented grand love affair with owls and a recent interest in horses. But they’d better watch out for the mighty elephant with these three cool buys for children’s spaces. Frank & Fischer’s elephant coat rack which is also available […]
Swoon Session: Kidsen
Kensal Rise based Kidsen is rocking the cool meter with a handpicked range of children’s delights, with most of them being Scandinavian. From Lundby dollhouses like the Stockholm pictured, to soft pretend and imaginative play toys by Oskar and Ellen, to Micki’s Pippi Longstocking (oh the nostalgia!) gear, to decor and accessories by Ferm Living, […]
Nursery Tour: Polly’s Vibrant Retro Room
Jane Foster is a talented British artist who lives in Brighton. We have previously featured her work with Clothkits and will be featuring more of her goodies next week. When she agreed to photograph her nursery for this feature we were understandibly excited by the results. Her home is a riot of colour and design […]
Hunkydory Home Kids Aprons
How cool are these handmade aprons, or in retro speak, ‘pinny’s’? I actually resisted the urge to add to the owl fest and show the owl version, and went with the Russian doll and blue zoo delights. Featuring contrasting ties and a mix of fabrics, these make for cool coverup’s for when your child is […]
Animal Inspired Dinnerware & Cutlery at Zara Home Kids
When I was in Zara Home a few weeks back, I spotted that they had some very cool additions to their kids melamine dinnerware section including their ‘Animalitos’ range (left) which features retro cats, owls, and mice and their ‘Jungla’ range which features animals against a vibrant jungle backdrop, on crockery, cutlery, bibs and aprons.
Handmade Retro Dresses by De-De and Dolore’s on Etsy
Recently it’s been a bit of a bonanza on stellar dress finds after featuring supercool labels like Baby Bean Vintage and Lola and James. This latest find, De-De and Dolore’s (cool name) was spotted by BG reader Elli on etsy (we’ve got her addicted – oops!) and it’s a collection of handmade and fully lined […]
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