by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
We’re going to go out on a limb and say if you’ve got money tied up in petrochemical pesticide stocks, this might be a good time to get out. The entire world is going greener, right down to their fair trade organic cotton underwear. Yes, underwear....
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
We’re always on the lookout for cool empowering tees for our girls that aren’t so empowering that they’re cheesy. You know what I’m talking about. Oh yes you do. A nice example of ones that work: The tees from Ava’s Closet, mom Katie...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I see a whole lot of items presented as wearable art that, well, I would say wearable yes. Art, not so much. But in the case of Lark and Loon, the descriptor really fits. This two mom-run shop commissions original pieces from artists across the country and turns them...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
So here we are, well into summer when just now I realize my toddler’s shoe wardrobe is not really cutting it. What I need is something more like a sneaker-sandal hybrid; something that looks cute with a skirt but can still handle impromptu jaunts to the...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Sometimes you touch an article of children’s clothing and it is so buttery soft, so absolutely luxurious, it makes you want to toss everything else your kid has been wearing pronto. That’s how I felt when I first caressed the exquisitely soft and stretchy...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I have resisted featuring tutus here for like a million years – or at least two – because frankly, 99.9% of them are too frilly, foofy, poofy and mega-princessy for even our little princesses. Rule of thumb: A tutu shouldn’t look as if it has eaten...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Oh Lou and Lee, where were you when my daughters were still young enough for your beautiful handmade onesies? I suppose I’ll have to forgive LA designer Ann Dewitt, who’s captured my heart with unusual details like vintage lace and tromp l’oeuil felt...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
When I was expecting my first child, I packed my hospital bag quite ambitiously with pair of pre-pregnancy pants for myself (don’t laugh) and a few newborn hats so my sweet baby’s head would not have to suffer in those awful polyester ones they give you...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
I don’t think I’ve seen a good happy face redux since that mutant icon with the single eye. (Doesn’t anyone have any idea what I’m talking about?) In any case, Foxibaby has taken on the task with great charm, turning their happy baby face logo...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Nothing says “welcome baby” like a personalized gift. But aside from all the economically unfeasible keepsakes out there, I’ve only found a few options that 1) I can afford and 2) won’t end up shoved in the back of a closet...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I’m pretty sure that even if I weren’t Chinese, I’d still have a penchant towards Asian-inspired kids clothing. Given the chance, I could probably dress my daughter in gorgeous lotus fabrics and mandarin collar dresses all year long. But yet again,...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
My daughter adores cartoon characters, as she is biologically programmed to, but I don’t necessarily like cartoon characters all over her clothes. (God love Diego for teaching my kid what an ocelot is but I don’t feel the need to reciprocate by advertising...
