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This Autumn, Give it a Bit of Welly!

September 11, 2013 by admin
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‘The Wellington boot is a type of boot based upon leather Hessian boots. They were worn and popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. This novel “Wellington” boot became a staple of hunting and outdoor wear for the British aristocracy in the early 19th century.’ Continue Reading

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For Londoners Looking for a Designer Bargain – Sample Sale Details 21-23 June

June 17, 2013 by admin
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A very special website promoting local independent businesses that has been started up by someone close to my heart and has become an overnight success. Here’s a taster, with a secret sample sale that they are promoting…..click here for the link. Continue Reading

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A Guest Post for a Deserving Charity Tie-Up – Action Against Hunger & Michiko and Me

June 10, 2013 by admin

Michiko and Me announces charity partnership with Action Against Hunger

A commitment to help end child hunger

British childrenswear brand Michiko and Me is pleased to announce its support of Action Against Hunger, an international humanitarian organisation committed to ending child hunger. Michiko and Me will provide year round support by making a generous donation on each product sold to Action Against Hunger. Donation amounts will range from £1 to £5 per product and to celebrate the launch of the partnership, Michiko and Me will apply this donation across their entire product range.Nicky Lumb, founder of Michiko and Me says, “Our Michiko and Me designs are based on a principle of growing as the child grows. This notion of our children growing happily and healthily is a privilege that we often take for granted. Most of us are fortunate enough to be able to feed our children but this is not the case for all families around the world. Knowing you cannot feed your child is so painful, which is why Michiko and Me wanted to back a charity that supports children and families in the struggle against hunger. Action Against Hunger’s work includes saving malnourished children’s lives and improving families access to food and clean water for the future, making them the perfect charity for us to partner with.”Caroline Chaplin, Senior Corporate Fundaising Officer at Action Against Hunger, says, “We’re delighted to be working with Michiko and Me in this innovative way. Not only will it help raise vital funds for our work, but the added exposure we gain through the partnership will help educate more people about the devastating impact of child hunger and the steps that we can all take to help defeat it.”Michiko and Me will start making a donation to Action Against Hunger with every sale through their website www.michikoandme.com from the 01st of June . This will also apply to brand new products such as their Iroka dress (detail pictured above). Action Against Hunger’s logo and website links are clearly featured on the Michiko and Me website and social media sites to help raise awareness and further promote this partnership.Support can be shown by spreading the word and sharing our posts on Facebook www.facebook.com/MichikoandMe and Twitter @MichikoandMe.

About Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger | ACF International is an international humanitarian organisation committed to ending child hunger. Recognised as a leader in the fight against malnutrition, ACF works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. With 30 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster and chronic food insecurity, ACF runs life-saving programmes in over 40 countries helping some 7 million people each year.

For more information about Action against Hunger please visit http://www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk/get-involved/corporate-partnerships/our-corporate-partners/michiko-and-me/

About Michiko and Me
Michiko and Me is a new line of luxury, yet ethically produced, clothing for babies and children aged 0-8 years. Made in Britain using the highest quality Liberty® Art Fabrics, the collection is designed to grow with your child. This sustainable ethos means that the Michiko can be worn season after season and for all occasions.

All the Michiko and Me garments are made here in the UK from a small studio in London and are cut by hand by highly skilled seamstresses. Strong ethical values are of the upmost importance to Michiko and Me and by ensuring that their garments are manufactured without the use of child labour or underpaid workers, parents can be confident that they are making an ethically responsible purchase.

The collection is currently available at www.michikoandme.com and a growing number of carefully selected retailers.

 

CASE STUDY: Eight-month-old Idrissa, Niger:

A mixture of drought and on-going poverty has resulted in depleting crops and rising food prices and Idrissa’s mother has been struggling to feed her family. Sadly, her little boy developed severe acute malnutrition – the most deadly type of hunger. He was close to dying when he was brought to Action Against Hunger’s feeding centre but luckily he reached the team just in time. Continue Reading

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A Toddler’s Capsule Wardrobe S/S 2013 – Made Easy!

April 10, 2013 by admin

‘All change please!’. A phrase that once I was accustomed to hearing at Tube stations in a previous life in the City. Now, it means many different things but most relevant to today is the need for a totally new wardrobe for a toddler. They don’t need excuses ‘ it’s gone out of fashion’, ‘it shrunk in the wash’, ‘it’s so worn out, I look like a tramp’. No, the toddler has the ultimate excuse; it doesn’t fit me anymore! Nuff said!
It’s funny because I’m great at shopping for myself, I think that I have a great sense of style (!) and automatically seem to know what goes with what when it comes to my own clothes but give me an 18 month old little boy and I seem to lose any sense of that altogether. Continue Reading

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The best Winter Pre-Shoe option for Toddlers- Moccis -also make great Christmas Gifts!

December 13, 2012 by admin


Now as some of you may know, Alexander turned one recently. Being a boy, he’s decided to do a lot of cruising and a lot of crawling but not so much of the walking (yet)! I’m not moaning about that, no, not me, I’m not competitive at all. I don’t feel just that little bit better when others his age can’t walk either ( I daren’t say that I’m disappointed when I hear others his age are. That would be plain wrong!! Anyway, I just tell myself that he talks a lot and I choose talking over walking any day!
Anyway, I’m wandering off subject now slightly because this post is about foot protection. I was happy to let Alexander potter around in socks with non-slip soles in the beginning, when it wasn’t winter but slowly but surely as we are very much used to in the UK, those reasonably warm temperatures outside plummeted to very cold temperatures sometime back in October. I don’t have a pram foot muff yet, oh bad mother that I am and I didn’t want to venture into shoes just yet as most advice states that before babies are really walking it is not good to start putting their feet into harder structures than needed whilst they develop. You can get cruising shoes too which are softer than normal shoes but still hard and I’m yet to be convinced.

So, doing a little research I came across Moccis; Swedish moccasins and now I can’t live without them. Hand sewn in Sweden, these absolutely beautiful things are like hybrid sock/shoes! They are basically exactly what every toddler needs. They come in thirty-five fun designs we have Fly Me To The Moon and Just Give Me A Kiss but Alexander also has his eye on Croc Me Up and That’s It:Navy! They are thicker and more elasticated than socks so that they stay on and the sole is made of skid proof leather so he is safe on our wooden floors. Also, his feet are more protected when we go outside, thus warmer. On a practical note, they are machine washable, made of breathable cotton as poor Alexander does get hot feet sometimes and lastly they are made from natural Ecotex certified yarns. If you are thinking of Christmas gifts they come in nifty little eco-friendly bags too and also to mention that they are for adults too; I love my pair as I don’t like wearing slippers and socks just don’t cut it!

You would think that something like this would be easy to find and that most shoe shops would stock them but they don’t. They insist on pushing our toddlers into shoes before they need them or are ready for them and if you have a toddler who isn’t quite walking (or even who is!) over winter then get yourselves a matching pair of these. The adult’s come in wool too. You will thank me! Continue Reading

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