Look how excited these kids are about their $12 jeans from Gap Kids:
Click on the image above, print it and bring it into any Gap store (except in Vancouver) from February 11 to February 17 to get the discount.
For all the über-stylish moms out there – you’re in luck. Though it’s much more budget-savvy to dress your kiddies in hand-me-downs (and trust me if you grew up with lots of siblings you get what I’m sayin’) you now have a little excuse to run down to the mall and get your children some fancy designer wares.
I have no pictures yet to prove it but rumour has it that Gap is launching a kids and baby collection with famed designer Stella McCartney. Woe is us who aren’t pint-sized. I heart Stella so much I would definitely try to squeeze myself into something ridiculously small just to buy her designs at a reasonable price.
“For years now I’ve wanted to create a collection for kids, it’s something I’ve often been asked about,” says McCartney. “I believe that this one off collaboration will be a great way for customers to be able to participate in the Stella McCartney brand. I believe that kids clothing should be more accessibly priced, which is particularly important at the moment given the current climate. It’s really exciting for us to do a boys and girls collection for the first time.”
You know what Stella? I totally agree. I’m a big fan of her designs because as a lifelong vegetarian, she doesn’t use leather or fur and she has beautiful, classic clothing to boot.
(Dear Gap, please ask Stella to make you an affordable ladies jumpsuit!)
Available in stores November 2009, GapKids and babyGap across Canada will feature her duds. As if their stuff wasn’t cute enough.
–Kate Daley
Feb
23
BABY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES
It is my job to observe, to record, to edit, to write and sometimes, lucky for me, to shop. One of my latest clothing indulgences, however, was not for me, but to indulge my four-year-old daughter, Ava. We were headed to find her a party dress. And we were triumphant thanks to GapKids. A pretty little frock with many tiers of ruffles in the softest shade of gold satin. It was perfect for her. And the shoes? Red patent leather flats with cream-coloured bows (also from GapKids).
Ava was transfixed by those shoes and wore them every chance she got in the week leading up to the party for which they were intended. Her passion has not faltered. How great they look with her little black leggings, with her jeans, and of course, with that gilded little gown.
The thing is, they are such fantastic shoes that they’ve inspired me. And since I consider red a neutral when it comes to accessorizing – it really does work with so many colours and patterns – a pair of crimson heels seems even more justifiable.
Glossy red heels from Payless, $27.
Imagine my surprise when I saw these in the window at Payless this Saturday morning for $27. Don’t know yet if they have my size, but when I can grab a moment I’m going to duck out and try them on.
– Deborah Fulsang
