by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
While the trendy kidswear motif of 2007 is undoubtedly birds for girls and skulls for boys, we think it’s only fair that girls get a fair shot at wearing skulls too–a kinder, gentler skull. Behold the super awesome skull cap at our beloved Mahar Dry Goods....
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I love Halloween, but the old school Halloween – the kind about ghosts and witches and carving pumpkins and bobbing for apples. Not the kind that gives ten year-olds an excuse to dress like Paris Hilton.So it’s not suprising that I was instantly charmed by...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I love poking around European kids shops because the sensibility is just a little…different than ours. Think fewer fire trucks appliqués, and more apples on stilts doing ballet while wearing French poodle masks. Or something like that. Zazou is a fabulous...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Moms of summer babies are lucky in that they don’t have to think about shoes. They can just leave those sweet, fat little tootsies bare for all the world to squeeze. Or there’s another way to look at it – moms of summer babies don’t get to...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Old school Muppet Show fans will recognize this headline–and know why I can’t get the line out of my head when I look at this awesome Spacegirl shirt for kids. This, along with the other inspired tees and onesies come courtesy of Vancouver design shop...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
If you’re a die-hard Robeez fan (me! me!) then I bet you’ve collected every flower, cat, and train design they offer. But if you’ve admired the function and fit of the shoes while waiting for some alternative designs, then stop tapping your foot and...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Want a kid’s tee with an ironic hipster slogan on it? I’ve got a few ideas if you’ve got all day. So how happy was I to find a totally fresh take on pint-size hipster fashion via Canadian Rock & Rattle boutique. The skinny tie tee is to die for,...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I first met Beth Miles, the designer behind San Francisco’s Ses Petites Mains label earlier in the year at a trade show, and instantly fell in love. Not with Beth per se–although she is cute–but with her absolutely inspired kids clothes. Ses Petites...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Why is it that I can find the greatest quality shirts chock full offunny sayingsand funky patterns–but the solid shirts in stores are limited to the mall store’s two featured ugly colors of the season, or the discount three-pack with the too-tight crew...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
While there’s no shortage of layettes out there for sale, I’m always on the lookout for items that are worthy of being handed down through the generations. When this year’s mass-produced designs look just like last year’s mass-produced designs,...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
There is certainly more frivolous girlie-girl, princessy, pink, ridiculous kidswear out there than you know. And actually, you don’t want to know: Marabou trimmed baby onesies, blinged out baby shoe soles (soles!), and headbands with flowers four times the size...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I feel the need to put a kibosh on daddy the guitar player’s new tactic for bonding with our daughter–the hugely expensive toddler guitar purchase. Not to interfere with the the father/daughter love fest, but couldn’t we make sure she’s at...