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Top 10 Children's Wear Designers

So, this week I have been looking at the High End Designers of Children's clothing ! The designers who are featured in wonderful world of High Fashion that evolve trends and make people part with large amounts of money for well produced clothing! I absolutely love fashion and some of the well known fashion names make some really beautiful children's clothing!

I have picked my top 10 favourite designers, who I think are setting the currents trends for young boys clothing. (please note this is not an official chart. Just my opinion as a huge fan of fashion and is in no particular ranking)

So, in descending order:

10. Moschino


Moschino was created in 1983 by Franco Moschino. A innovative Italian designer who uses colourful and eccentric designs to capture his customer eye! His children's range shows colour, originality and luxury. With garments ranging from Tops to Footwear, it is a truly beautiful collection.

9.  John Galliano


John Galliano is one of the most influential and controversial designers of all time! He has been in the public eye with his collections since 1984 and has created some amazing designs, redefining the fashion industry! Now with his children's collection, he has injected a bursts of his creative and colourful personality!

8. Junior Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier is known as the bad boy of fashion and landed with a bang in the fashion world back in 1976! His Children's collection was launched in 2009 and was received with great success. He has gone against traditional boundaries with the styling of the collection.

7. Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger has been around for many many years and always showcased the wonderful American Preppy style. This children's collection continues to showcase this genre of clothing style but has a more playful element to it and has a wonderful variety of garments such as casual trousers to smart evening jackets. Just what a little boy needs!

6. Most Wanted

Most Wanted officially launched in the UK October 2011 and is well know for it's rhinestone t-shirts and hoodies. This range was created in California USA and is very popular with celebrity kids and babies. With inspiration from Kat Von D and Christian Audiger, how can you say no to this collection!

5. Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney has been a well known fashion face for many years! Stella uses vibrant colours and a playful style to express her designs and with such a wonderful eye for detail and trends really shows how fashion-forward Miss McCartney truly is.

4. Burberry

Burberry has a 150 year fashion history! It is a British luxurious collection that revolutionizes the fashion industry. Signature looks and colours have been developed for the young generation of today.

3. Ben Sherman
Ben Sherman is famed for its male designs and was founded by Arthur Benjamin Sugarman. Ben Sherman has adopted the shirt and beachwear look and the children's collection envelops this and so much more.

2. Paul Smith Junior
Paul Smith launched in 1970 and is one of the leading labels in the fashion industry. It continues to dominate the luxury fashion market with its quirky, colourful designs. These have now been passed on into the children's collection which is very innocent and childlike.

1. D&G Junior
D&G was created by Domenico Dolce and StefanoGabbana in 1985 and they started with a beautiful women's collection, creating a huge storm and paving the way for other designers. These designers are the real trend setters who use colours and structure to showcase their talents!

All these designers are so wonderful and I love how they have all used bright, vibrant colours and trends to make young boys look swerve, cool and sophisticated.

I would happily dress my children in any one of these designers clothing, even though their pricing is beyond my financial capacity! lol

Beautiful clothing that young boys can really be comfortable in!

Fashion is such a great way to express yourself and show your personality. It is the universal way of letting people know exactly who you are and what you represent. I absolutely adore it!

Thank you the Fashion Industry for these designers!

Tech Pack Hell!

So, I have not written a new post for a couple of weeks now. I have been trying to put all my designs together in what the industry calls a Technical Pack. This is a collection of information, beautifully presented and very detailed to inform the manufacturer exactly how you want your garments to look.
You have to add sizing, fabric, trimmings, threads, your logos, colours, fabric weight, logo positioning, type of stitching, labels, neck tape, the list goes on and on. It is a very detailed document and I have had to use trial and error in order to find the information I needed! Hence why it has taken so long for me to grasp exactly what I need to do!
I firstly had to try and find the sizing for each of my age groups and then the Pantone colours I wanted to use. This was the hardest part of the Technical Pack, as I had never heard of Pantone and did not have a clue where to find it. I managed to get the information line from www.pantone.com such a useful website! It has been my saviour as not only was I able to find the Pantone colours I wanted but also the converter on the website helped me to find the TPX colours. As sometimes manufacturers use these different types of colouring software for the fabric and printing references.

Once I had thought of the colours, I then had to find out what sizing I wanted for the garments. This has been a nightmare to find out and was complete trial and error. Thank God that the manufacturers have been quite help and I have had to Google as many sizing charts as I could find and then just wing it really. And I am still not sure if the sizing is correct. I suppose I wont know until I see my samples! Oh dear, fingers crossed!

Trial and error is just like life in general. Sometimes you do things and it all works out! Other times you try things and it goes terribly wrong and you keep trying until you get it right.
I hope this is one of those times where I manage to get it right because getting it wrong would be extremely costly!

Now that I have managed to get the required information, I have submitted the document to the manufacturer and await costing for each garment and shipping costs. In the meantime, I am trying to put my business plan together which at the moment seems like I am trying to climb Mount Kilimanjaro!!
An steep uphill climb in order to get to the top!

I know what I want to write in the business plan but the words do not seem to want to come out! So i've decided to take my time with it and like my good friend C.J Knock (Founder of Arty Kids Club.com and Off the Rail.com) says, starting your business is like eating an elephant. You cant eat the whole thing in one go! You have to take small bites and eventually you will eat the whole thing!

Taking my time and perfecting my plan is crucial to making sure I have the right information and that my business becomes viable! I always find that I try and rush things but I am learning to be patient and perfect my craft and then unleash my wonderful designs to the world. As another good friend mine Walter Gbedze (CEO of Blue Colla Media www.bluecollamedia.com) says, it is all about timing! It is so crucial to what I am doing and I really hope I get it just right!!