Inspiration: Vintage Smalls

I've just been web-gliding and have come across the most fabulous children's clothes collections. Made in Antwerp (of course! just about everything I love these days comes from there!) by Atelier Assemblé from original fabrics and accessories from the 1950s to the 1980s. They are purchased from stocks in old fabric stores and so all the collections consist of limited editions. The bad news (for someone like me with older kids!) is these collections are only for children aged 2 to 10 years. What a wonderful idea though, and such fresh sumptuous photograph by Anoek Luyten :) View their collections here, or if you're lucky enough to live on that side of the world there's a list of stockists here.

Okay, I can't resist... here are some more! I just love these photos.

Found via here.

Retro find

I had a lot of fun re-discovering Cath Kidston's work while I was in London. It seems her particular brand of design-cute and nostalgia has really taken off as she had shops (almost) everywhere I looked. There was a bit of indulgence on my part, I will admit... (Some of it to be shared very soon!) I tried to stay strong but it was these retro fabric bags that were my undoing ;) Aren't they divine? The fabric is the real deal - it has that fabulous crepe-feel, if you know what I mean? I'm still chasing down the name and designer... leafing through retro fabric texts looking for my wonderful find... *sigh* Love Saturdays :) Hope you have a lovely weekend!