Soldes Little Fashion Galley - 50% off European Brands

Little Fashion Galley is having their annual 50% off sale where you'll find great bargains on European designer kids brands: Album di Famiglia, Antik Batik, APC, Bellerose, Carmel Baby & Child, Finger in the Nose, Imps&Elves, Little Marc Jacobs, Maan and many more!

7th edition of Playtime Paris Trade Show - Jan. 30th to Feb. 1st

Get ready for The 7th edition of Playtime Paris Trade Show to take place from Jan. 30th to Feb. 1st, 2010 at the Parc Floral de Paris!

Dedicated to the universes of children, junior and future mothers, Playtime Paris will feature over 250 brands from around the globe.

Keep an eye out for our Playtime Paris Trade Show report following the show!

Spring Has Spring at Childrensalon + 70% off Winter Collection

Spring has sprung at Childrensalon! Shop the new S/S 2010 collection including new brands. Plus find up to 70% off the Winter collection.

Check out The Adorables section where you can share photos of your little models!

cinema style: somersault

When outside feels a little gloomy- overcast skies and the snow in that in between stage, stubbornly clinging to the ground but dirtied after days underfoot, I think of Somersault. I haven't watched it for a good few years, but the bleak landscape and the Australian winter doesn't look all that different to the view from my window at the moment. It's the perfect film for watching on a winter's night in a big jumper and a pair of knickers, a warm beverage and a thoughtful mood. There's a certain calmness to the film which is very appealing in January. The low-key interiors stick in my mind; bedrooms unchanged since the 70s and Abbie Cornish is fantastic as the peculiar Heidi who roams around in simple knitwear and unkempt wavy hair. The soundtrack from Decoder Ring is beautifully peaceful and a perfect match to the stillness of the film.

Watch it for yourself here
Please note, I recommend you watch with as few other programs in use as possible to prevent your computer being too slow, though you probably didn't need me to tell you that!)

bookbag revolution

images, purple magazine and dazed digital

It's time like these (and bags as weak-knee inducing as these) that cause me to curse the sense of decency of whatever greater force it was that plonked me onto the 'poor side' of my family. Ah, I sit here and imagine how my life could be. A gene pool with a dusting of frivolity and the means to have Apc, Acne, Margaret Howell, Rachel Comey and these little Olympia Le-Tan wonders punctuating my wardrobe. Alas, all in all I don't think I have it that bad. A Granny with an erotic blog and impeccable eye, a Mother with an admirable intolerance of bullshit, and a lovingly flaky Father (whose wallet has the ability to compress and expand more often than an Accordion.) My own finances shall have to patiently consider the sacrifices.

But I digress, because in short I wish to stop each and every one of you for a moment or two. Breath deeply, unhunch your shoulders and marvel at these fine, fine bags. They give a new meaning to 'Book bags' (remember those little plastic velcroed totes provided when at Primary School?) and their perfectly rectangular shape has me wanting to fill them to the brim. Pens in pockets, some mini fragrance dispensers and perhaps a politely sized apple in the far corner for my own nod to bookbags of years past. Please ignore any past utterances from my direction regarding shoes trumping bags, because evidentally I had not laid my eyes on these.

The icing on the literary cake? They are lined with Liberty print fabric. Yeah, I know. And word has it our dear Chloe Sevigny specially requested a Moby Dick version be made. If like me, the idea of finding £900 (which is around the mark at which they'll be retailing) to fund such a want seems a little impossible, then why, take my hand and we may mourn together.

Olympia Le-Tan

Kouture Kids Winter Blowout Sale - 60% off Over 200 Designers!

Unique children's boutique Kouture Kids carries a full line of designer clothing & accessories for girls and boys from sizes infant, toddler to child.

Find over 200 designer brands including Little Mass, Hannah Banana, Juicy Couture and many more at an everyday savings of 20% or more!

Don't miss Kouture Kids' Winter Blowout Sale with up to 60% off and new Spring/ Summer 2010 arrivals at 20% off!

Kouture Kids offers FREE SHIPPING on orders $100 and more!

ytligheter

note to self. I really rather like this blog, ytligheter. it's been hovering on my computer screen for a few days now, a little tab within the browser window as I've enjoyed scrolling through the archives and afraid to click that little 'X' in the corner just incase it gets lost in the abyss of cyberspace and I forget it. just so you know, because you might like it too. Eleonore has a lovely sense of style. Quite boyish in that Gallic 'appreciation for well cut clothes' sort of way but with telltale signs of her Swedish identity thrown in in the form of Acne dresses and occasional pieces from Monki (she works for them, lucky soul..)

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