LuCoo Kids

Seattle-based designing mom Amy has a great line called LuCoo Kids - with very fun, kid-friendly appliqued t's, and even a matching plushie. Of course our favorite is the robot, but we're just sort of partial to robots.... Amy sent her line to the Outfit just in time to be a part of our Little Party on Saturday July 12!

Come check out this fun and unique line at the Santa Ana location. Soon we'll have some styles in Long Beach, too.

1 Girl 1 Boy

I'm really excited to have 1Girl 1Boy in the shop. Stacy and Mark live in Philladelphia, PA 

This blurb is from their About Page:

"1Girl is me, Stacy. I design, dye, print and sew. 1Boy is my husband, Mark. He mixes inks, cuts blocks, watches our 2 kids when I need to get things done and most of all he motivates me. 1Girl 1Boy are also our 4 year old daughter & 3 year old son. They exhaust us, challenge us, inspire us and remind us to look with wonder at the world."

the Outfit carries the Seadiver Tees and the Chickadee at our Santa Ana location.  Hopefully we'll grow to carry the entire collection. A lot of people make t shirts, but not many are this spectacular.

Stacy and Mark hand-dye the shirts, cut blocks, hand-print the shirts, sew appliques, and even make cool tags.

They are really one to watch --- a great example of being a mom-n-pop operation, raising the kids, making cool, cool stuff, and being very active in their community. 

New from Oliver Lane

Oliver Lane makes the cutest baby shower gift: a set of a shirt, pants and matching onesie, all tied up in a bow with a tag already attached. 

Just in are two new styles, the ice cream set, and the guitar set, which  we now have in addition to the kitty cat and the dog.

Very cute!

Keepin' it in the Family - Fuzzy Baby

My cousin Hope in Plymouth Michigan makes these lovely detailed outfits, onesies and burp cloth sets. They feature classic childhood images such as a rainbow stacker (in all pink for girly girls!), dragonflies, daisies, bubbles... 

Hope has a little boy, Finn, who has inspired her to create Fuzzy Baby Designs. 

Kait Emerson Designs from Huntington Beach, CA

Feanna of Kait Emerson Designs makes these fresh, sweet and crisp Tunics and Dresses for girls, size 12 m - 4t. The fabrics she uses are so amazing, and the fit and styling are perfect! 

She also makes a jacket with three button closure and a hood, it's slightly cropped and looks very modern, yet cozy and sweet. Feanna, her husband and her 3 year old daughter Kaitlin and 2 year old son Shawn live nearby in Huntington Beach, CA.

KLT Works

What made me have my design crush on KLT Works wasn't just the fact that Kristin is obviously in love with her son, Sayer, or the fact that Sayer sounds so much like Saylor, or the fact that cute little animals are all over the place in her line, or the fact that she is truly doing something dear to her.... it's all of those things, and the long-legged bird on the shirt. Really, that bird just got me. Those long legs look so familiar to me... (Those of you who have seen my dad or my dear Mark will know why long legs might just seem so safe.)

These shirts are printed using original artwork by Kristin Loffer Theiss. The owl and the nest shirts were printed using a thread drawing she does - clever! The onesies come pre-packaged and ready to give to that special half-pint in your life.

The limited edition prints are also a fun and whimsical way to dress up a nursery. These are in editions of 250, re-printed from the original works.

m.o.m is here!

Thisi company is so cool. They all are, the reason this one touches me so, is because it's a mother and daughter. Mom and I always talk about "if only"... and tere and bethany are living the dream.

This excerpt is from their website:

m·o·m is a partnership between mother and daughter, tere and bethany jensen, started in 2002 from a special order for little girl's aprons with a vintage vibe. the aprons and pinafores tere makes are the real deal — sewn from vintage fabric and trim handed down from family. not only does tere make the exact apron worn by bethany's grandmother "nanny", they use her image as their identity and call the brand m·o·m. based in southern california's cardiff-by-the-sea, m·o·m is now a line of clothing and accessories for girls age 4-10, as well as toys and room décor.

their hangtags read:

m·o·m believes in family, hanging out in the kitchen, vinyl records, dark chocolate, cowboys, laughter and being nice. they do this because they can't help themselves.

Really fun stuff! These shirts are for girls, sizes 4-10. The nu-nu dolls are one size fits all, because everyone needs a doll to squeeze.

More originals from the Outfit

I added some original shirts from the Outfit to the shop, made my lil' ol' me.

Each shirt is unique, no two are alike. I had a lot of fun making these, taking my time with each style, using paint, fabric, stencils, appliques, ribbons, whatever.

Just in: stenciled baby shirts by Amyzing Creations

Amy Stagner of Amyzing Creations makes stencils from hand-cutting contact paper and painting each shirt individually. She spends a lot of time making each one, and it really does pay off!

Mylie and BePe Baby

Today we received two highly- anticipated packages. One from Mylie, who makes the sweetest and most thought-provoking kid's tee shirts. My favorite is the "tall ship" shirt, especially with a son named Saylor... it just seems so right. The koi style is Organic, and the back is pictured here, because have you ever seen such a great back of a shirt?! The front is beautiful, with a large koi. The bear shirt is another great piece - cozy as a bear shirt should be.

BePe Baby makes little booties for baby, made of soft fleece with beautiful fabric uppers. I had purchased a pair of these from BePe Baby before Emmett was born, and they  kept his little toes toasty and comfortable. We received 6 pair, from 0-3 months up to a size 5, in all different colors!