I’d always imagined Liberty’s kidswear department as a land of heirloom Christening gowns and smocked floral frocks with matching knickers.
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The toy selection is small and so covetable the idea of collecting the whole lot doesn’t feel entirely unreasonable.
The shop floor might not scream “bring forth the urchin”, but the beautiful kids’ products make it a tempting prospect for parents.
I’ve learnt the hard, breaking-my-neck-tripping-over-the-crap way that less is more where kids’ stuff is concerned.
Cissy Wears is not your average kids’ shop, being the antithesis of cheap plastic toymageddon with its serene palette of black, white and dusty pastels.
Everything here was child-friendly provided Bab didn’t spend so long playing with it that she found ways for it to not be.
There seem to be surprisingly few children’s art sessions that take place in an actual gallery setting, in the presence of actual art.
After 16 years in London, Rute now lives in San Francisco with her husband Daniel, their seven-year-old twin daughters Alma and Nina, and a giant nopal cactus.
While everything about The Mother Maker markets is child-friendly, this still felt like a reassuringly grown-up affair.
The installation had the same effect on my self esteem as an afternoon spent in the changing rooms at H&M on Oxford Street.
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