Charlotte Denn is the founder of children's clothing store, What Mother Made. She designs, hand-makes and sells children's clothes from her studio in east London's trendy Dalston. We asked her to give us her top tips for sewing your own children's clothes 1. Hand Sew! hand sewing is a great … [Read more...]
Stamptastic – the name stamp that works on everything
Time that I used to spend blowing my nose or epilating or poking at my cuticles with a paper clip (or any number of small-but-life-affirming body admin) is now cruelly taken from me by the never-ending need to write my daughter's surname on Tupperware with a Sharpie. Apparently, my salvation from … [Read more...]
Superhero outfits for you and your little ones
If you're not content with dressing your children up in superhero t-shirts and babygrows, you can now take the geek thing a whole step further by dressing yourself up in a matching top. [Related: Marvel Super-Hoodies] People will think it's cute and not at all weird. Fabric Flavours, makers … [Read more...]
UV Swimwear: Little Red Fish does retro bathers for children
Little Red Fish swimwear range from Babies in Sheep's Clothing gets double Brownie points: 1. for providing 50+ UPF protection from the sun's rays; 2. for coming in styles that are both unisex and not inappropriately slinky for small people. Little Red Fish UV Bathers The Having sighed over … [Read more...]
Retro games clothes for kids
Ok, so the 80's bought us a lot of bad things. Bubble perms, shellsuits and Banarama to name a few. One thing they did get right, though, is Pac-Man. Incredibly addictive, I used to play this game for hours when I was a kid, along with Chuckie Egg (anyone remember that?) So, I squealed a … [Read more...]