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Thursday, 21 January 2010
Little Miss Junior visits Kleine Fabriek 10th edition
At 5 am on Sunday morning I receive a text message stating that my flight has been cancelled, due to adverse weather conditions, my hopes of attending Amsterdam’s famous children’s fashion fair Kleine Fabriek’s 10th edition are dashed. Luckily, later that day (after declaring that I am a very important journalist on a crucial trip) I managed to blag a flight. I arrive in a very snowy
The entrance to Kleine Fabriek is decorated in beautiful blue flowers and giant pigs. On the upper floor, giant crocodile sculptures lounge about. In fact in every corner or meeting point, there is a novel design strategically placed to amuse visitors.
This season there are over a hundred exciting new brands at Kleine Fabriek. Amongst the highlights were the modern jersey offerings from Bang Bang Copenhagen (slightly Bernhard Willhelm for children) or Bobo Choses surrealist prints, covering baby stretch suits, tees and pants. Bakker Made With Love presented a strong collection of brightly coloured outfits in bold primary’s, cute sequined pinafore dresses and a large collection of adorable bags, brief cases, packs, handbags, all shaded in brights or vintage fifties wallpaper prints. The general immediate trend from just merely passing by the stands was standout prints, whether inspired by Liberty as seen at Janvier’s pretty accessories, African patterns, presented by Lets Dress who work with Gambien craftswomen and cubist style designs at Nina Hollen, all styled to clash and mismatch.
The influence of my fellow mini fashionista Little Miss Cruise was everywhere. Several stands had appropriated Suri’s famous dancing heels, conservative day dresses and tulle skirts all look very Suri. Ollily who had chosen to relaunch at the fair had practically dedicated their whole collection to everything Little Miss Cruise.
While dresses were the girls outfit of choice , this seasons coat was not surprisingly the dress coat. I Love Gorgeous presented a beautiful Tailored dress coat in grey wool. Other coats, were the padded jacket, resurfacing again for this season with brands such as Finger in the Nose and Swart. As my tummy started to rumble, I headed to a special lunch to celebrate the anniversary of the 10th Kleine Fabriek. We all sang happy birthday and how kind of them, they let me blow out the candles.
Friday, 8 January 2010
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Monday, 4 January 2010
NEXT Generation!
With more than 28,000 entries, the Next Generation Children's Model competition was a runaway (or should that be runway) success, organised by the high street clothes retailer to find new junior modelling talent across Britain. Entry was open to children aged between four and seven years old, and only two could be crowned.
Junior was there for the glittering awards party on December 21 at Woburn Abbey. Hosted by Gaby Roslin along with CBBC presenters Sam and Mark, urban performers 'Flawless'also hosted dance workshops throughout the day for the semifinalists.
The two winners, Freya Howlett, four, from High Wycombe, and Reece Pockney, five, from Saltdean near Brighton will appear in the Next catalogue for 2010. They, along with ten runners-up, also secured a place with junior modelling agency 'Urban Angels', and will appear in posters at Next shops' windows across the nation.
Another winner was seven-year-old Olivia Tobin, who won the T-shirt design challenge, which was open to children up to 16. Her design will be produced by Next for summer 2010, with profits from sales going to the children's charity 'Make-A-Wish'.
Friday, 18 December 2009
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME
Little Miss Junior has had a busy week, and has seen her new friend Santa all over London!
First stop was Harrods children’s clothes floor for a spot of designer Christmas party outfit shopping. As she was browsing through the sparkly sequin dresses Little Miss J spotted a glittering green grotto. Lo and behold, as she approached she saw that it was the Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz, and sitting in the middle was Santa. After a lovely chat, where Santa established that Little Miss J had been a good girl and really did deserve that faux fur muffler she had had her eyes on earlier, he gave her a signed copy of The Wizard of Oz and a massive chocolate coin. What a way to start the festive season!
Next up was Selfridges, because Little Miss J had heard that they had face-painting and pantomime performances in the Children’s department. Never one to miss out on a bit of glitz and glam she quickly trotted up before all the glitter paint ran out. On her way in she noticed a train moving through the store, and jumped on. She ended up in another Grotto and saw her friend Santa again. They had a quick photo before Little Miss J got hungry. So she said her goodbyes and went off in search of a filling festive meal.
She’d heard that the Rainforest Café had a new resident – Santa in his grotto! So she jumped in a cab (it had started to snow and the moisture plays havoc with her hair) to Shaftesbury Avenue. Just as she was tucking into her banana split dessert she heard a familiar ‘HoHoHo” and followed the noise through the frozen rainforest, where she found an elf who showed her to the grotto. She had one final chat with Santa who promised Little Miss J would get her heart’s desire on Christmas day. Before she left, Santa gave her the cutest little soft toy reindeer, then she stepped back out into a snowy London.
Thursday, 17 December 2009
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