Aug. 2, 2010 at 2:54pm
I just saw this on The Sartorialist and wanted to share it. Lately I’ve been noticing an increase in stylish kids; blogs and magazines have also been paying close attention. What piques my interest is that these children are often dressed like mini-adults. Their hair and makeup styling along with their couture clothing or creative combinations are so on point with my own generation that it makes the viewer look twice. One magazine I’m liking right now is a French style magazine for children, Milk, that uses a solid mixture of baby couture and indie-street wear to style the youngsters on their pages. Their website is not as compelling, but I’ll make a point to scan some fashion editorials later this week. The photo above is of course a girl dressed more out of culture and community consciousness rather than style-awareness. Her innocence and old-timely feel are refreshingly young—similar to seeing your four-yr-old in OshKosh B’gosh rather than Suri Cruise-inspired miniature heels. The “look” is topped off by the side-of-the-road bare feet that make me smile warmly-then-squirm. As awesome as it is to see children dressed better on the whole than me and my peers I am smacked in the face by the reality of financial waste. They will grow out of these threads in a year—tops. Moreover, it’s nice when you see a kid just being “a kid”, rather than being plagued by cell phones, laptops and leopard-print minis. What are your thoughts?

I just saw this on The Sartorialist and wanted to share it. Lately I’ve been noticing an increase in stylish kids; blogs and magazines have also been paying close attention. What piques my interest is that these children are often dressed like mini-adults. Their hair and makeup styling along with their couture clothing or creative combinations are so on point with my own generation that it makes the viewer look twice. One magazine I’m liking right now is a French style magazine for children, Milk, that uses a solid mixture of baby couture and indie-street wear to style the youngsters on their pages. Their website is not as compelling, but I’ll make a point to scan some fashion editorials later this week.

The photo above is of course a girl dressed more out of culture and community consciousness rather than style-awareness. Her innocence and old-timely feel are refreshingly young—similar to seeing your four-yr-old in OshKosh B’gosh rather than Suri Cruise-inspired miniature heels. The “look” is topped off by the side-of-the-road bare feet that make me smile warmly-then-squirm.

As awesome as it is to see children dressed better on the whole than me and my peers I am smacked in the face by the reality of financial waste. They will grow out of these threads in a year—tops. Moreover, it’s nice when you see a kid just being “a kid”, rather than being plagued by cell phones, laptops and leopard-print minis.

What are your thoughts?