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ENK Spring/Summer 2011 Established Lines: On the Rebound - Part II
Homebase: Los Angeles, CA DESIGNERS: Megan Fox and Jeffeny Hughes Sizes: LA Made Mini NB to 18 months; Wholesale prices: $8-$21 LA Made's Mini line offers simple, flirty cotton knits in rich candy colors.
Outstanding pieces: The smocked neckline, the comfortable shape, and those bloomers! Sweet, yes. But modern too. Tel: 213 542-1152 E-mail: Stephenieh@lamade.net
LUCKY JADE Homebase: Hermosa Beach, CA DESIGNER: Leslie Pitts Sizes: 2 to 8 years; Wholesale prices: $13-$21 Pitts has a comfortable niche in the kids' gift market with a popular collection of eco-friendly layette pieces and coordinating blankets. Her new Rumba Girls line of ultra-soft bamboo and cotton separates should expand her sales base.
Outstanding piece: The shape has a nostalgic Sixties feeling (like something Joni Mitchell would wear), the color flatters everyone and touches such as lettuce edging lend flirty charm. Tel: 310 929-0285 E-mail: Sales@luckyjadeproducts.com
Homebase: Shrewsbury, NJ DESIGNER: Claudia Collins Sizes: Preemie to 24 months; Wholesale prices: Contact manufacturer Collins' Pima cotton pieces have a fine, silky hand and her palette is classic: pale blue and pink, cream and white. Little details such as hand embroidery make them special.
Outstanding piece: When a tutu is too much, this little set offers just enough tulle. Tel: 732 747-2797 E-mail: Matthew@magnoliababy.com
Homebase: Montreal, Canada DESIGNER: Traci Costa Sizes: sizes 3 months to 8 years; Wholesale prices: contact manufacturer Designers this season are in love with ruffles and Costa is no exception. What keeps her multi-piece collection from toppling into frill-frenzy is her color sense and modern shapes. She mixes a tincture of brown or gray into her hues so even if a child piles on the pieces, the colors look soft. Her shapes are cut close to the body and she knows how to work a pleat or dart so the garments flatter the wearer.
Outstanding piece: The Very Fairy Dress. There were lots of dresses at the show with ruffles at the border. This piece one-ups the usual suspects with a dramatic curve at the hem and two tones instead of one. Thread Showroom (Terra Fazzio) Tel: 212 221-6522 E-mail: Orders@peekaboobeans.com
Homebase: El Segundo, CA DESIGNER: Afton Farley Sizes: 3 months to 4T; Wholesale prices: $12-$22 Farley's collection of mostly organic cotton solids, burnouts, basics and subtle prints mix and matches effortlessly. The palette of charcoal, rose and lilac is saleable yet subtle thanks to a tincture of gray in the warmer tones and a note of purple in the charcoal.
Outstanding pieces: An asymmetrical hemline and a bit of tulle turn a basic tee into something special. Burnout leggings add textural interest. Tel: 310 569-0366 E-mail: Sales@redwagonbaby.com
Homebase: Oakland, CA DESIGNERS: Mimi and Ellen Leinbach Sizes: NB to 6 years (some styles up to 8 years); Wholesale prices: $5-$26 Among many of Scout Organics attributes is the Leinbachs' eye for color. Every season their colors look fresh in the marketplace.
Outstanding piece: The Stella Dress is deceiving. It looks like a simple throw on, but notice the one-shoulder tie, the funky colors, the V-neckline with the flattering gathers and the delicate hummingbird graphic - not so simple after all. Tel: 510 868-2871 E-mail: Mimi@scoutorganics.com
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