Isossy Children

I’m loving these ‘transeasonal’ buys by Isossy Children , a girls clothing brand with Asian and African influences designed by London based Nigerian designer Amanda Rabor. As its nippier now, these will work well layered over long sleeved tops, tights, and leggings. They’re a much needed contemporary take on fabrics that are often more traditionally [...]

Native Belle Boutique

We can’t get enough of traditional African prints here at Goodies Towers – check out the amazing cushions and bunting (which adorns the wall in Alfie’s room) Nat featured over on our sister site Nest Goodies. Having read her post on the super-fabulous Isossy Children last week, I was reminded of some gorgeous dresses I’d spied over [...]

Isossy Children

I love African prints on homewares and clothing but I like it with a modern twist which of course has the boyf’s mum (they’re from Sierra Leone) thinking I’m bonkers….until now. Back in June, Kat and I did our bi-annual visit to Bubble London, the kids fashion trade show, and pretty much as soon as [...]

Bubble London June 2010 Highlights

Image credit: Kat Yesterday Kat (who also took the photos), Saria ‘the bambino’, and I visited Bubble the kids fashion trade show. While as always, we will be showing off our many great finds over the coming days, weeks, and months, here are just a few of my many favourites from the show. Super hot [...]

Hot International Clothing Alert: Kambakids

African prints are hot hot hot at the moment and the creations of Kambakids embrace the vibrancy and rhythm of Africa. Kambakids is designed by Barcelona based couple Moumouni Manaconou and Imma Padilla and produced in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Once the designs are ready, the family head down to Ouagadougou (I love saying this word) to [...]