summer 2017 Archives - Smudgetikka

Its hot, its swimwear time! Molo kids holiday swimwear brightens up the end of the week just before I start on the next round of trade shows for spring/summer 2018. My life is a tad confusing but no matter, Molo have some of the best styles of kids swimwear around, they’ve taken on this market just as they did with snow gear and ...

An exclusive look at the quirky kids beach shoot by Eva Bozzo for the new Hooligans magazine which launched this evening. I love the inventive use of the paper background to represent the water line and the soft pastel colours which give the shoot the feel of a cartoon world. Highlighting this summers best swim and holiday styles for kids, the shoot is one of many in the new Hooligans ...

New cool magazine title ‘Forever Young’ with womens and kids fashion launched online yesterday. The brainchild of two industry professionals, Forever Young was created by photographer Annie Bundfuss and art director Rosanna Pendleton. Forever Young has high fashion editorial pages with womenswear and separate kidswear shoots as well as a shopping section with direct links featuring a mix of high end and high st. Say’s Annie “For years, we have had our work ...

Balenciaga : Shaping Fashion is pure fashion inspiration at the V&A Museum. One of this summer’s important exhibitions, the craft and sheer brilliance of the Balenciaga gowns is worth a visit alone. However they are married with work from current big name fashion designers and these often only seen on the catwalk creations are equally as inspiring for any would be fashionista’s too. Having also seen the Pink Floyd ...

Mr Uky is the kind of quirky brand I love and their fun landscape fashion kidswear shots for spring summer express their retro sensibility so well. Based in Turkey the brand began just with boyswear but now has outfits for girls too. The new collection is called Mr Uky’s Dreamland and has a fantasy dreamlike feeling to showcase the floral and striped loose easy ...

There is a Kenzo Kids pop up at Selfridges London now till May 25th. One of the key kids fashion mini me labels, Kenzo kids has had great success recently with its collections derived from the adult lines. These have benefited by collaboration with cool designers in the past few years, the founders of Opening Ceremony, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim re-interpreting ...

Mino Paris is a new mini kidswear brand in many ways, launched today it has a small but interesting collection and a limited size range of 4-6yrs. Founded by a fashion designer with more than 10 years in luxury ready to wear in one of the biggest Haute Couture Maison in Paris, the idea was to start very small and slowly grow, not a start up as ...

Online girl’s boutique Amelia J Collection  has a brand new selection online now for summer kids fashion with a selection from over 70 brands. Smudgetikka has picked out some of the cool trend pieces for this season from some of their favourite kids fashion designers. Each piece in the boutique is exclusively curated by the owners Andrea and Sara who are now venturing into their second season online.

Smudgetikka interviewed the founder and creative force behind Papier Mache magazine Beck Marshall about her fabulous new title, The New Story which is launching this summer at Playtime Berlin. The New Story embraces motherhood in all its forms with the same feel as Papier Mache and will feature shoots with both ...

Some kimono kids love today to mark Fashion Revolution week which highlights ethical manufacturing and highlights the workers who make your clothes. Owner of Olive loves Alfie store and webstore Ashlyn Gibson also produces her own label collection and inspired by a visit to Japan she has a wonderful selection of kids kimono’s currently in stock. As designer and owner of the label she can also control her manufacturing ...