Serious business…
Lovely well known
PETIT BATEAU
is launching
a new signature called
FOR SERIOUS KIDS!
All with this new international campaign, “The Mini Factory”,
that pays homage to what made the brand’s success:
the quality of its products,
combined with a strong knowledge and affection for children
and their personalities; creative, free and full of energy.
The Mini Factory…;
Where cool kid Max and his dog
are testing all the clothes of Petit Bateau
in a crazy factory fantasy world.
Awesome art department!!!
The movie is fast, colorful, it’s makes you smile, big time,
and you go back to your childhood
(although we’ve never experienced something like this).
It’s the vibes, the tunes…
All set to Herbie Hancock’s cult hit Rockit,
here in a punchy interpretation by Feadz,
the renowned DJ from Ed Banger records.
The canny mix of electro and rap,
along with irregular beats and sharp
scratches celebrates kids and their originality.
Rémi Babinet, President and Executive Creative Director,
BETC, says:
« The ways brands tend to represent kids
are often very uniform:
either they’re portrayed as fashion victims
or as too “perfect” and well behaved.
Petit Bateau knows that the kids
that parents dream of are in reality far from perfect:
it’s kids who let their imagination run free,
who break the rules and shape themselves beyond norms. »
Just watch it HERE (you have to! It does make your day!)
and the making of is HERE
(you have to see this for sure,
because without THE MAKERS,
THE MOVERS and THE SHAKERS
we would never be so inspired!
Thanks everybody!)
Images: PETIT BATEAU,
through GANBAROO
Movie created by BETC,
directed by well known Patrick Daughters
Wild Cat
A little while ago…
Mr Cool Head was invited to a #reallywanttogo #event called
“Wild Cats” by
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC X TOMS
in stunning
THE HORTUS, Amsterdam
Couldn’t go there, due to a planned photoshoot,
but daddy cool took some time to go on a date with the dude.
And really happy they did!
It was a fun event for the kids.
Besides looking ‘live’ at the beautiful WILD CATS COLLECTION,
which they’ve designed to support Nat Geo’s critical nonprofit work…
The kids were transformed into WILD CATS…
(Which was, honest to say, more of their interest… ; ) )
Well, with paint on their faces (very professional!)
and an adorable hairpiece, which made them look like tiny little lions.
The lucky little species!
The main reason to organize an event like this was
TO CREATE AWARENESS.
… so, a bit more serious now …
Like many animals in the world,
THE WILD CATS
are disappearing in the wild at an alarming rate.
And this collaboration draws attention
to the critical need of protecting these majestic creatures
for generations to come.
Very sad, but true;
Africa’s lion population has declined 90% in the last 75 years.
There are more tigers in captivity than there are in the wild.
Cheetahs have disappeared from more than 75% of their range.
How can you help?
CAUSE AN UPROAR to save big cats!
High 5 give 5, spread the word,
build a BOMA, save a lion.
Or support in other ways.
You can DONATE directly to the
Big Cats Initiative
Or…
SHOP THE COLLECTION
Each item
in the TOMS and National Geographic’s
Wild Cats Collection
features design elements
representing big cats
as well as iconic photography
from National Geographic’s image library.
And additional to that,
TOMS is always giving away a pair of shoes,
when you buy one from them. ONE for ONE.
We LOVE that about TOMS!
So…
At home I’ve found this tired, don’t mess with me,
‘WILD CAT’.
One of the ‘lucky species’ on the planet…
And captured the moment.
Thanks National Geographic and TOMS
and the TOMS Animal Initiative,
for being so inspiring.
For being so incredible
impressive GOOD for the world.
We’re lucky to have you!
& WE’RE PROUD!
Photography: thecoolheads.com
p.s. you can always go to National Geographic Kids for
activities, games and assignments for
little advocates of big cats ; )
Image by TOMS (NL)
It’s your B-day ; )
HIP HIP HOORAAAAAYYY!!!
Our friends Jäll & Tofta are celebrating their B-day.
Creativity and happy vibes for 5 years already!!!
The brand with the cool, stylish interior
& wannahaves for kids.
All ecological
or very carefully selected materials.
To celebrate they give everybody 20% off
on everything from their shop…
Yes yes, even the famous ROCKY BED!
They also have sweeeeetttttt nice little things,
like our handsome friend Leo.
Well hurry hurry and
don’t eat too much cake! ; )
Illustration: Jall & Tofta
Pure poetry
Listening to contemporary classic music
and looking at this beautiful image is
pure poetry to me…
It’s the newest design,
a limited edition,
of the want-to-have-it-all
brand ANATOLOGY.
Anatology’s founder Delphine Miquel
is what I think a designer should be.
Being incredibly creative, surprising…,
an out-of-the-box-thinker…
gives the #wow-factor.
You can tell that she has a background
in art and design.
She studied at the Beaux-Arts.
There are already two articles I wrote about this
lovely creative intelligent designer.
Mr.Toucan & Graphic Jungle
For now just have a look at this gorgeous,
breathtaking design
and wait patiently.
This limited edition sleep bag,
a hooded bath towel, a bib and cases
will be available before Christmas.
So you can buy the best present everrr…
(for yourself… )
Images: Anatology
Jurassic Party!
For a while now, I just say it to keep it mild…,
our youngest dude is #crazy about #dinosaurs.
We call him #thedukeofdinosaurland…
Well sometimes I would love to throw them all away…
They’re very interesting creatures, obviously…
But a lot of times they’re not so appealing…
Luckily there are some smart and creative designers
who will make you jump,
when they come up with the coolest version of these creatures.
Awesome colors with black = a big wanna have!
So here’s an inspiring example of how dinosaurs in 2015 should be.
Illustrator & graphic designer Anna Dance (such a cool name!) from
HELLO PANTS just nailed it!
Some colorful happy wall coolness is what we all need.
Have an AWESOME WEEKEND y’all!
And please keep in mind how lucky we are…
will write about that soon.
For now some happy vibes…
Creation/design/illustration:
Hellopants
Owwww BOY you will fall in love …
Color bomb, paint in different styles, different techniques.
Beautiful color palette. Smart, awesome and beautiful
use of fabrics and their techniques.
Owwww BOY you will fall in love …
with the spring/summer collections for the next year.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS… AGAIN!
This upcoming weeks you can expect updates, a glimpse of creation
and a little bit of the inside thoughts of your creative journalist’s head
But I won’t tell you all the secrets…
CIFF KIDS Copenhagen was really worth to pay a visit!
I love the way it’s been set up.
Interior upstairs and the clothing brands,
shoes, accessoires downstairs.
Very scandinavian clean and organised,
which has my preference in chaos.
I have one critical note;
(for the brands, not CIFF KIDS)
For press it’s not always a warm bath at some brands.
Because there are a lot of agents representing
instead of the designers themselves.
If you don’t buy you’re not very interesting for them,
which I think is a slightly shalow thought.
Especially when there is no-one at your booth.
it’s kind of weird…
Yes there are people really interested without expecting…
However… I’ve learned and it confirmed my thoughts…
Now I know for sure
why I’m so much more interested
in the designer, the creator.
Because we connect.
I really understand their passion,
their drive, the way they see the world
and why they want to make it better, nicer, cooler.
I had a very nice chat with CRLNBSMNS
and Vicky Wang from ONCE (Taiwan)
Which made it worth anyway.
Their passion for both their brand is beyond!
Caroline Bosmans is, in my opinion, a visionaire.
People from the kids fashion industry should study her work,
so they can learn what it’s really about.
SOMEDAY SOON and WOLF & RITA
are really my favourites for the dudes!
Every season they surprise us.
And they grow solid and inspire big time!
THE DESIGNERS/CREATORS RULES
and we’re lucky to work with them.
AND BOY OWWW BOY…
I was so touched by a short movie/clip directed by Achim Lippoth.
Amazingly beautifully poeticly filmed.
Yes, with even one tear running down my cheek.
Keep your eyes open.
You can learn so much from the designers,
directors and creators!
They will show you the real beauty.
Photography: #thecoolheadsoninsta
With the best prop ever,
the cover of KID’S WEAR
by Achim Lippoth
p.s.
there are some shop-owners which are more a
curator-businesslady-stylist-visionaire…
Like my friend Anne Postrach from TINY things for kids Berlin.
Very inspiring lovely lady. Check her very cool Berlin based store
Brilliant colors, awesome campaign
A four letter word is all you need to know:
It starts with a “Z” and ends with an “A”
…
Wild guess…
WE LOOVVVVVEEEEEE
THEIR NEW AW15 CAMPAIGN
It’s all about the details…
The set with the wood and the denim-ish look-and-feel.
Flashlight which gives brightness
combined with the toned colors of the cool designs…
AWESOME!!!
We have a guess who shot this campaign but we’re not quite sure yet…
Google isn’t very helpful,
and the photographer’s agency is not showing it yet
as Zara Kids on IG either ; )
We show you only the boys…
since we think we have to stay focussssssed, haha!
Although you have to check the girls
(our very cool girls)
And owwwwww how much we LOVEEEEE this fall
brilliant color bomb…
Minimalistic in a way, but the combination with
camel, bordeaux/orange-ish, dark blue and denim
makes it all very classy.
Big wanna have for #ourdudes and #allthedudes
Bring it on…
cause with the strange weather in Amsterdam,
we can already wear it!
YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!
…
Photography: we will update asap 😉
UPDATE August 28th, 2015:
I knew it!!!
It’s photographer Mark Shearwood!
#playtime for us again
#ijmcolour
#achimlippothsselection #kidswearmagazine
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It’s been a very crazy hectic year. Juggling between private life, work,
the kids and writing/photography…
Unfortunately I had to cancel Playtime Paris for the first time
to give me some air. It did…
Although I really missed catching up with the cool brands
and the lovely curators with their cool stores.
But that made it possible to pay a quick visit
to our local kids fair ‘de kleine fabriek’,
in our own city Amsterdam.
The entrance was awesome! It was like I walked into a
gigantic stationary/packaging-store.
Absolutely loved it!!!! A big surprise!
#entrance #kleinefabriek #SS16
I only had a few hours to walk through the fair. If so, I think strategic…
For sure start at the HTNK-booth.
Always new passionate designers, so very interesting for me.
But I really love that I’ve bumped into Alice of cool SWEARHOUSE,
straight away. It made my day…
Because we’re ‘tees & sweats addicts’, her brand suits us.
Her sweaters are the coolest. Made by hand, piece by piece.
Non-seasonal, we loooovveeee that!!!
[ssssstttt… you will hear from us… ; )
and if you have girls…
awesome new wannahave
#dresses and #pompom hairbands]
Next to her booth I’ve met MAKII,
founded by Idris and Mielo.
Two illustrators from Rotterdam.
They’ve designed postcards, posters etc.
But what I really loved were their gigantic coloring posters.
And yes we know some brands who also have this in their collections.
However, the idea behind this version is something I really like.
Besides the gigantic poster there are 5 invitations
you can send to your friends,
so you can color together on a rainy afternoon.
Or a nice idea for a birthdayparty maybe?
[Anyway, check it out!
Thanks to Kristi : )]
And my heart goes #BOOM
when I enter the always brilliant booth of IJMcolour.
First meet ‘positive vibes’ Simone, so lovely to meet!
And then… yeah I have to say (it’s sounds like I’m a groupie, haha),
but I admire the work of creative master Frank Visser.
ALWAYS INSPIRING, NEW, FRESH & SURPRISING.
How much I would love to work with them…
You will hear from them soon,
because they’re working on a new book
which I think will be a coffeetable-book…
A big wannahave!
[keepyouposted]
And as ‘the cherry on the cake’,
when I walked out of the fair heading home…
Another #myheartgoesboom…
Achim Lippoth’s small selections
of his favourites of 40!!! issues
of his KIDS WEAR’ magazine.
I didn’t miss it [not only in Paris]… they came to me…
THANK YOU!
#happy #thankyou #kleinefabriek
#ijmcolour #frankvisser #kidswearmagazine
#swearhouse #makii
Photography: #thecoolheadsoninsta
clark & hunter on tour!
As some of you may have noticed,
if you follow us on Instagram,
we were enjoying a little holiday in our own country.
The simple life, yet still in style!
Everywhere we go
we always bring our cool NEW sunnies from
SONS + DAUGHTERS.
You never know when the sun will shine : )
As a parent we want to protect our kids in every way…,
so the quality of the lenses, is even more important.
SONS + DAUGHTERS utilizes the highest quality grade lenses
to provide crystal clear, 100% UV.
And when that comes with the finest hand-made materials
in the coolest styles, it’s just perfect!
Clark + Hunter, sounds like a adventurous movie with dudes…
Well actually, these are the names of the styles from this inspiring brand.
So many to choose from which fits your style!
A big big candy store!
Everytime the cool designers come up
with a new collection, they nail it!
Contemporary coolness baby, always!
We’re summer-ready! Are you?
Check: SONS + DAUGHTERS for all the shiny coolness.
YAHOOOOO!!!!!
Photography: thecoolheads.com
Mr. Toucan is dancing!
Every collection, French designer Delphine Miquel,
SURPRISES US BIG TIME!!!
Yes, we fell in love again!
Her amazingly beautiful brand ANATOLOGY
is graphically very contemporary,
fun (don’t take it all too serious) and still very very sophisticated.
We sell her brand too, so we know the way it’s been produced.
The way the fabrics feel…
So beautifully. A great sense for detail.
The colors in her new collection TOUCAN
are stunning again!
Blue (with a touch of black), Terracotta, softpink,
red, green ( the cool versions)
and the wonderful black.
She also added new items,
like cushions, cases, kid duvet covers
and the most surprising
a big wanna-have LAMP.
So stay tuned to make sure
you will get one of these items
because we know for sure this will be
sold out in a sec.
ENJOY!
Photography: Anatology
