Little Fashion Gallery is celebrating its 5 years anniversary. The iconic children’s wear e-store started with 19 brands (they have +200 today), and found a financial partner a year after its creation. Four years later, a third party joins the company to help the company grow, more on the operational side.

I will be traveling with my husband and children until March 15 – I will keep posting about children’s fashion&design as usual, but also about our travels. So look out for something a little different!

Alejandro and Gonzalo  are 8 years old twins. Both love football, but they are very different : Alejandro very fidgety and happy, Gonzalo a very sweet and sensitive. Silvia their mother contributes to menudamoda, a blog created by her sister Carmen.

Paris in December, between Le Marais and La Sorbonne….

Nomads, a very inspiring book documenting the life of the last nomadic peoples on the Northern Hemisphere. Photographs  Jeroen Toirkens (a young Dutch photographer), published by Lanoo (Belgium).

http://www.nomadslife.com/

2011 reviewed by insiders Nicole Yee, Associate Children’s Editor – Stylesight (USA), Molly Price, Founder of Molly Meg and children’s wear design manager (UK), Corina Papadopoulo, Founder of children’s store and online store Kidsen (UK), Shiva Shabani & Calvin Yu, founders of Sons+Daughters Eyewear (USA).

Merry Christmas – Happy holidays!

I had no time to prepare and send e-cards, but I am sharing two of the most beautiful I received today.

Thank you Samantha, Barbara and everyone else for the wonderful cards and wishes.

Name of the brand : Pluto … the littlest planet

Created in : October 2006

Country of origin and country of ptoduction :  U.S.A.

Name of the founders :  Ellen Oxhorn / Bruce Perry

Boucle d’or

The store recently grew in size, adding a basement full of gifts, books, furniture and boy’s stuff. A must in Brussels.

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Gorgeous northern light

A view on the streets near Place Brugman

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The store (Em72), featuring jewelry, accessories, books as well as clothing by brands carries Forte Forte and Inamorato, two labels that I really like.

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 If you are looking hip, colorful clothes, Claude Hontoir is the right spot for you, especially for 6-10 years old children. Amazing choice.

This store has been around for a long time – it’s an institution in Belgium.

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Alexis Vanhove, 61 Rue Bouillot, showing Jesco Von Puttkamer’s handmade cars.

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I have a weakness for Little Circus. Lovely, charming, full of surprises and very creative displays.

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Other spots not to be missed : Caramel, Mercredi, Kat en Muis, We were small  (children’s stores); Maison particuliere and the Wiels Museum (art).

And a great restaurant : Vismet. Sint-Katelijneplein 23 Place Sainte-Catherine, 1000 Brussels

2011 reviewed by insiders Hadley Peterson, co-founder of e-store Tada!shop (USA), Ian Reynolds, Founder of children’s clothing brand Pale Cloud (Sweden), Helena Amourdedieu, Founder of PR Agency Agence Violette (Paris, France), Roxane Delgado, founder of e-store Maromeria (USA), Tia Cibani, Founder of Kicokids (USA)

Sol is  an online store dedicated to teenagers and young teens, created by Salomé Galib and operating from the US (Dumbo in Brooklyn, NYC). A great concept when you think how difficult it is to find a place that combines fashion content, reasonable prices and expectations of both parents and children. Now, let’s Salome talk about her business and about things she cares for…

The shop Lost and Found (Los Angeles) is actually five small storefronts that span a nondescript block of Yucca Street in Hollywood. lostandfoundshop.com