December 27, 2018
Celebrating 10 Years of Pirouette: 2011 – Year end review by insiders Part I
In 2019 Pirouette celebrates 10 years! By way of looking forward Pirouette will be launching a brand new look website in the New Year that will allow for up to date news and easily discoverable articles. Whilst developing Pirouette for the next ten years we also take some time…
January 19, 2017
Dot to Dot London: Pirouette One To Watch
We're really looking forward to attending Dot to Dot this coming Sunday. The London based trade show will be our first port of call for the Pirouette One to Watch awards. Both Florence and I will be on the look out for the best emerging talent at the show in the categories of…
December 14, 2016
Young Creative Brands Are Back at Pitti Bimbo – The Show Takes a New Role Of Emerging Trends Incubator
Pitti Bimbo will take place in Firenze in about a month (19-21 January 2017). The show is bubbling with three new spaces dedicated to young brands. KidzFIZZ (Pitti Bimbo’s concept laboratory) will have its second edition, while The Nest (niche brands with a high creative…
February 26, 2016
Sweet William Brooklyn Sample Sale
Fans of Bobo Choses, Nico Nico, Boy + Girl, Popupshop, it's time to rush to Williamsburg for the great Sweet William sample sale!
December 25, 2011
2011 – Year end review by insiders – Part III
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…
February 21, 2011
Five cool products, a selection by Hellobubba
Kidsonroof Recycle print dolls house (£21.00)- I love the way this dolls house encourages little creative minds. We had hours of endless fun in The Hellobubba House, decorating ours with pretty vintage scraps of wallpaper. Wool and the Gang 3’bs set (£75.00). This…
February 9, 2011
Der Kleine salon, Vienna
Der Kleine Salon is a children's concept store in Vienna, featuring some of the coolest brands of the moment : Mini Rodini, Bobo Choses, Popupshop, Atsuyo et Akiko, Wovenplay, Soft Gallery, Bangbang, ESPno.1, The Brand. If you are really too far to Austria, you…
December 20, 2010
Ada Pilastro, 5 and half years old – Roma, Italy
Ada Pilastro, almost 6 years old, lives in Rome with her mother. She practices artistic gymnastic and she has an immense admiration for her uncle Andrea, who lives in Milan. Andrea Pilastro, also called "Zio Andrea", recently reminded the importance of role models for children :…
December 16, 2010
Bye bye 2000-2010, hello to a new decade!
In less than 20 days this decade will be over. It’s been a particularly fast one, and this partly because our notion of time has changed with technological progress and the time wrap qualities of the internet. We live in "real time", something extremely new for human kind, which…
November 4, 2010
Hunting and collecting
If you travel to Brussels, save some time for Hunting and Collecting, a new 300m2 boutique opened end of february 2010 by Aude Gribomont, fashion editor, and Niels Radtke, event producer. You will find a bold selection of clothing for men, women, and children, as well…
September 13, 2010
Lola, 6 years old – London, UK
Lola lives in North London with her parents and younger sister Sissi. She is a little editor at Anorak magazine. Her mother Michelle Marshallis the owner of quirkycollective.com and founder of the blog iamquirky.com which was shortlisted for the 2010 Cosmopolitan Blog Awards.The…
July 20, 2010
Interview of Khalym Schell, Editor – New York, USA
How long have you been in the children's industry?A little over 5 years ago I fell into the children’s industry. At that time I was working on mens and womens design direction. A good friend was having a baby boy and I was having trouble finding just the right gift for…