Pirouette One to Watch Awards SS18
Look out, Pirouette returns this summer to Dot to Dot London, Playtime Paris and Playtime New York on the lookout for the best emerging talent in kid’s fashion and design for the Pirouette One to Watch Awards SS18 but this edition there's something a little different.
TiA CiBANi KIDS: One to Watch Winner – Fashion, Playtime New York
Tia Cibani Kids Aw17 collection 'Wallflower' is rich in colour and texture, diverse in materials and abundant in choice. All reasons why this NY based label was our One to Watch for fashion AW17 at Playtime NY. Tia Cibani is an experienced designer and this is her second foray…
Loopy Mango : One to Watch Winner – Design, Playtime New York
Loopy Mango recently crossed over into the world of children's design by creating a mini range of their popular DIY knitwear boxes. The pieces are gorgeously super chunky which on a little kid looks incredibly cute. Lets face it chunky is in for Aw17, and you don't get much more…
Bonjour: One to Watch Winner – Design, Playtime Paris
Bonjour are our One to Watch winners for design at Playtime Paris AW17. It's of no surprise this label has amassed a large social media following with the stylist, designer and founder Anne Millet's inspiring and captivating style. The Petite chamber noire (the little dark room)…
lulaland: Pirouette One to Watch – fashion. Playtime Paris
New York based label lulaland was our first One to Watch winner in the fashion catagory at Playtime Paris. This fun mixmatching collection drew us in for a further look, different textures, whimsical prints and rich colouring makes for a bold beautiful collection and whatever…
Mini Stitches: Pirouette One to Watch – fashion. Dot to dot
Mini Stitches are our first Pirouette One to Watch winners in the fashion category. A part from producing a wonderful clothing line they are in fact a social enterprise kidswear label with strong ethical roots. We both found their enthusiasm and commitment to what they are…
Playtime New York AW17
New York has had it's fair share of snow the past few months which made for an interesting flight to Playtime New York but it was well worth the bumpy arrival. It was great to see many European brands in attendance at the Playtime New York show alongside the many American, South…
Mother & bambino trip: Pitti Bimbo, Florence
When you have two or more children you very rarely get to spend quality time with one of them by yourself. Life gets in the way, between juggling the eldest's after school activities, the youngest's social life, family life and work - it all gets very busy and I never seem to…
Owl and Dog Playbooks: Pirouette One to Watch winner – design dot to dot
The Owl and Dog Playbooks are the first Pirouette One to Watch winners in the design category. We were already familiar with their books but it's always so nice (important) to see a product in the flesh and let it grab your attention. We also took the time to speak with the…
21st edition of Playtime Paris AW17 : Show Report
Walking the aisles of Playtime Paris AW17 felt like a welcome escape to the noise of the current climate. It was very encouraging to take in the creative energy, exceptional design and celebrate a bit of diverse creative thinking. The 21st edition of Playtime Paris was special…
Pirouette One to Watch Winners: Playtime New York
Playtime New York had over 180 labels exhibiting this time round and what a fun and exciting show it was. Arriving from Europe it was really interesting to meet labels from the US, South America and Canada. Once again there were many labels manufacturing in their country of…
In chat with Anca Huizenga, owner of new e-store Pluk&Paloma
We met Anca Huizenga in the alleys of Dot to Dot London, where she's browsing the collections for her freshly opened children's e-store Pluk&Paloma. A few weeks later, we are in touch again to learn more about her store and to get fresh comments about what she found at the…