Posts Tagged ‘kids brands’

Here in Utah, it still feels like the tail end of winter fading into spring, but with just a few weeks until the summer solstice, a spring/summer 2010 kid’s clothing preview seems about right.

Here are some children’s fashion show video picks with an international flair available on YouTube. See the styles and trends that are making it to stores this season.

Last month, Lunchbox Magazine posted a sneak preview of a photo shoot for the kids’ clothing brand Appaman. For those of you who missed out, but would like to see the shoot in action, drop by to see the video.

Back when I first began operating an online baby boutique, I used to visit Las Vegas (a quick flight for me) to attend trade shows. My goal was to learn about cut-and-sew companies that might be able to help me manufacture a couple of the ideas I had, as well as to see companies that had already found ways to do that and were now selling clothing, toys, or other baby gear that I could re-sell to my customers. Those initial experiences were definitely interesting, if not educational.

I’m going to keep going with the button theme. Lately, I have been seeing blue buttons pop up everywhere I look. Turns out that they represent clothing and shoes made using people- and environment-friendly manufacturing processes.

The blue buttons originated in 2006, when Dutch-founded sustainable fashion organization MADE-BY decided to create a symbol that consumers could use to easily tell if a fashion brand is making efforts to use organic cotton and work with sewing factories that have a social code of conduct.

MADE-BY isn’t a clothing company itself, but they work with clothing companies to improve production and then let the public know about it. Learn more about the companies they work with.

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Congratulations to all of the 2009 Earnie Award winners, manufacturers honored for their excellence in children’s wear design.