With Halloween rapidly approaching we thought we'd pick a few of our favourite spooky finds for the occasion. Our favourite being these Bat Jyms from the Bright Company with a super cute bat illustration by the talented Sarah Dyer. One year I will make original hand made costumes for my two but as usual time and lack of skills let me down!
Read moreHip Little People
One of our favourite kids online boutiques, Hip Little People, recently turned one. We wrote about them on the blog last year as we love their edit of clothes and homewares for cool kids. They are stocking Beau Loves, a favourite unisex brand of ours and the lovely Lucy and Kelly from HLP sent us some pieces from the new range for the kids to wear.
Read morePoco Nido
I've wanted to write about British kids brand Poco Nido for a while now as they make the cutest, colourful and fun baby and kids shoes around. They are really simple, comfy and practical and we love their bold prints. They also make perfect gifts, all shoes come in a recyclable postal tube box which also makes for handy baby storage.
Read moreMargherita Kids
Margherita Kids has just launched exclusively at John Lewis. The range was designed by mother and fashion designer Margherita Maccapani Missoni Amos. She has a deep heritage in fashion (coming from the renowned Missoni family) and we love the colours, textures, prints and playful feel to the range.
Read moreYellow Lolly // Jax & Hedley
We love seeing new brands here at Finlay Fox HQ. The anticipation has been building for a while now about British kidswear fashion brand, Jax & Hedley, re-launching. We were lucky enough to get our hands on some of the new collection which we were kindly sent for the kids to wear. Yellow Lolly...
Read moreCoco Roses Apparel
We discovered Coco Roses Apparel on Instagram when we first noticed their supercool Adult Frida Kahlo Sweatshirt. We then fell in love with the story behind the brand, set up by Mimi, who's on a mission to spread love and change around the world with her positivity. Her tees, for adults and kids, share messages covering everything from discrimination, bullying, gender inequality, environmental sustainability to kindness...
Read moregirlstalktoboys
Finding good trousers for boys that aren't always tracksuit bottoms, jeans, chinos or leggings is really hard. We've finally found an amazing pair! They are smart, casual, comfy and cool all at the same time. In fact they are unisex so not just for boys. All hail the Kenzo Trousers from girlstalktoboys! girlstalktoboys is a new premium kidswear fashion brand, just launched and set up by mega mama Kelly Ekardt.
Read moreAugust Wishlist
Hello August, you are well and truly in full swing and perhaps going a tad too fast. It's always a strange month - warm and sunny (hopefully), lots of people away and the shops are starting to fill with lovely AW16 goodies (even though we can't begin to imagine putting sweaters back on).
Read moreOur Favourite Unisex Kids Brands
We've always been big fans of unisex clothing here at Finlay Fox. In fact it's one of the reasons we started the blog, we were on the lookout for clothes that broke from the tradition of blues and pinks. We love the fact that unisex means gender neutral clothes, lots of stripes, grey marls and black with pops of colour and fun print.
Read moreGirls High Street Picks
There are some amazing girls pieces hitting the high street stores at the moment. We wanted to share a few of our favourites with you. Current obsession is anything gingham, folk themed embroideries, soft cotton voile, denim collared dresses, soft prints, smock shapes and fun patch embroideries. Next, H&M and Zara are always turning out great pieces at amazing prices.
Read moreHappy Birthday Finlay Fox!
Look at all of these goodies spilling out of our exclusive Finlay Fox tote bag! To celebrate this first birthday milestone and an incredible year, we have teamed up with some of our favourite brands to do a fab giveaway. One lucky person is going to win all of this and more, it's worth over £500!
Read moreNew Season Boden Picks
Boden have just launched some of their new season range and it's looking fab as ever. Here are a few of our favourite pieces from childrenswear and womenswear so far. As always we swear by leopard print, glitter, denim, stripes and easy dresses as the best investment pieces. I'm still waiting for the new womenswear dungarees to come out which were also high on my wishlist....happy shopping!
Read moreOlive Loves Alfie East
Olive Loves Alfie has always been our local kids' clothes store on Church Street in Stoke Newington, N16. It's been around for 9 years now and has stood the test of time, always stocking a cool edit of the best of British, Scandi and Spanish kids brands. I probably go in there once a week to have a look at all the beautiful clothes as they stock our favourites including Mini Rodini, Tootsa MacGinty and Saltwater Sandals.
Read moreTurtledove London
We've discovered a new unisex brand that makes beautiful kids clothes! Turtledove London was set up by mum of 3, Emma, she launched the first range in March. All pieces are super soft and made of organic cotton, for age 0 - 5 yr olds and if you love simple prints and monochrome then this is the brand for you!
Read moreMolo AW16
Molo is a Danish based kids brand, famous for its strong colours and fun prints. If you haven't come across them before then you will see that they love strong photographic print images and make scandal style mix and match clothes for boys and girls aged 0 - 16 years.
Read moreFestival Fun
Get out the glitter! Festival season is here! We aren't attempting any with the kids this year having just raved it up in Formentera but have still managed to spot some great finds. Fancy Dress is key but you'll need to pack for all weathers. Which festivals would you recommend with kids?
Read moreMuddy Puddles
Here at Finlay Fox we are firm believers in getting as much fresh air as possible each and every day. It's good for the soul right (and relieving cabin fever with kids!)? Outdoor activities = better concentration and healthy bodies. Muddy Puddles is built on the proposition that there is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong kit!
Read moreJaba Kids
There's a lot going on in Brighton at the moment. I'm keen to go down and have a little day trip, there are some great shops, kids brands and a buzzing lifestyle scene that I need to investigate. Jaba Kids is a new Brighton based brand for young girls aged 0 - 3 yrs (4-5yrs are being added next season). Designed by mega mama Georgina who has three kids under 3!
Read moreLittle Hotdog Watson
I don't know about you but I find it so hard to find decent kids sun hats. Friends are always asking me where they can get nice kids hats and finally I have found a brand I want to spread the news about! I recently came across Little Hotdog Watson on Instagram and straight away was attracted to their fun prints, bright colours and cool designs.
Read moreRunaway Design Collective
With Summer in the air and thoughts of holidays and T-shirt wearing weather on the cards, I wanted to talk about one of our favourite brands for kids tees at Finlay Fox - Runaway Design Collective.
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