Fashion Fundas (53 entries)
Every time I venture out to buy pretty things for my house or the family, I feel a twinge of guilt: am I increasing my carbon footprint yet again? Which is why I love The Shop, a charming store for really lovely lifestyle products, with a BIG conscience.
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Don’t mess with my TuTu Back in the days, remember raiding your mama’s wardrobe in search of that perfect dupatta, scarf or bouncy skirt that would transform you into a fairy princess? So naturally the doting mama would get the pretty ‘frock’ stitched only to have her fussy daughter complain that it was was ‘too [...]
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Run Baby Run I recently learnt the very hard way that little feet cannot be stuffed into ill fitting shoes. Our tot’s rain wear copped out just before the bus arrived and so as the school only allows black we had no option but to fit him into a black pair of sandals a size [...]
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Bambi & angels – that’s how this store seems, a combination of Bambi’s innocence and the charm of angels. Bambiola is heaven for mom’s looking for quaint stuff for their little princesses. This indie store is tucked between brand giants but stands out in all its pastel glory. The store is developed like a baby’s [...]
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I hear thunder… By now you have probably got your ‘back to school’ act together – – covered the books, labeled items and bought the rainwear. Our tot’s school rainwear standard gear was ‘black crocs or sandals’. Black crocs were too boring for regular use and the nicer models are too expensive for a boy [...]
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The Science of Kiddie Fashion Who said Suri Cruise was the only kid who could go designer? Now your little tot can be topping the fashion quotient too with the Kidology Store, at Promenade Mall. Choose from eclectic designers like Gauri and Nainika, Gaurav Gupta and Malini Ramani. You can spend hours browsing through rows [...]
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Summer Coolers Believe it or not, there is a little known brand named Zero that makes excellent quality vests for boys. The vests come in sizes starting at small which fit a 3month old and range from medium and large to extra large that fits kids up to about 2.5 years. My tiny hero has [...]
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If you are in your mid-thirties and grew up in India, you must remember ‘Barbapapa’ from the early eighties. We had such a dearth of kid based entertainment and this wobbly character that morphed into all kinds of objects were the only ‘transformers’ we knew of. Guess where I found them, 25 years later? In [...]
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I saw the little pink onesie with the quirky auto rickshaw block-print that came in the mail from The Belaku Trust and suddenly, I longed for those newborn days again. Tiny, fidgety arms and legs, warm little bundles and soft cooing noises were all I could remember of those sleep-derived years. Be warned: The simple [...]
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Need a nice backpack cartoon diaper bag Dear MummyKnowsBest Do you happen to know where I could get a cool backpack to use as a diaper bag for my 17month old son? I thought to get a nice cartoony backpack….winne or mickey…. Or do you know any place where I could get a nice diaper [...]
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