Latest Children's Fashion News
Adult Brands for Kids, Organic Kids Clothing Make Headlines
Here are a few of the latest stories:
Adult Brands, Kid Sizes
On Sunday, June 22, the Los Angeles Times ran a cover article in the Image section (the newspaper’s Sunday fashion section) about adult designers and brands that make children’s clothing. Examples included top designers such as Philip Lim and Marc Jacobs, brands such as Splendid and Joie, and bargain stores such as H&M. The article included differing opinions on this trend, from a mother who wants to dress her son like Kingston Rossdale (Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale’s son) to a mother who felt that children grow out of clothes too quickly to spend so much money. The article also gave a list of where to find children’s clothing in Los Angeles.
LL Cool J to Debut Clothing Line
Rapper LL Cool J is designing a boys and girls clothing line for Sears. He cites his mother, wife and three daughters as inspiration for knowing that girls (and boys) want to dress well. The line will be sold in over 450 North American store and will be called LL Cool J for Sears.
Warnaco Group Buys Calvin Klein Children
In Mid-May, Warnaco Group Inc., an apparel maker, purchased the rights to Calvin Klein children’s jeans and clothing for $41 million dollars (Commerce Clothing previously held the license.) New York-located Warnaco already makes most Calvin Klein merchandise, as well as Chaps by Ralph Lauren, Bodyslimmers and other brands.
Consignment Shops Increasingly Popular
When seearching for children’s clothing on the Internet, there’s an increasing amount of consignment shops that cater to kids’ clothes. (A consignment shop sells gently worn clothing, giving the former owner a cut of the sale.) Look for one in your hometown, or if there isn’t any available, consider hosting a clothing swap with parents and children in the neighborhood.
Organic Children’s Clothing
Organic clothing is growing more and more popular for adults, so it seems only natural that children’s clothing should have organic options as well. One company that seeing to that is UK-based Frugi (formerly called Cut4Cloth). The clothes are 100% organic and fair traded. They also donate one percent of their turnover to charities Pesticide Action Network UK and Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
In the United States, organic children’s clothing can be found at companies such as Garden Kids, which boasts organically grown cotton, Go Natural Baby, which uses 100$ organic ingredients, and Fair Indigo. All the companies also cite fair trade. Additional organic kids clothes can be found with a simple Internet search.It is no longer a rarity.
