Our Designers
styling kids, helping people, protecting the planet
We have searched the globe for the very best and most stylish planet and people friendly designers of children’s clothing. We are proud to introduce you to our handpicked selection.
We have carefully assessed each label. In making our selection we considered:
- Most importantly, will our kids look great in these clothes? We believe that planet friendly clothes can and should be just as stylish as conventional cotton clothing.
- Have these clothes been made using earth friendly materials like organic cotton, bamboo, soy, etc?
- Have these clothes been made in a fair trade facility where the workers are cared for?
- Where possible, are these clothes Australian made?
If you would like to know more about any of these labels don’t hesitate to contact us.
Our feature designer for this month is Christine from Organic Boy and Friends. Read our interview with this fabulous girl here!
Apple and Bee
Apple and Bee aim to make the most beautiful cosmetic, travel and baby bags without harming the environment. They use the finest materials such as certified organic cotton, bamboo, silk, hemp, burlap/calico and genuine leather. Just as they have made their bags to last, they wouldn’t mind the planet being around a while longer too. And neither would we.
We selected Apple and Bee because we love their bright and innovative prints. The prints are creative and very stylish. We know that mums will feel comfortable and attractive carrying an Apple and Bee baby bag. You will receive lots of compliments when you use Apple and Bee products, and it’s a great talking point to spread the news about planet friendly products.
Bacche
Bacche combines the rich palette of Indian colours and images with American design. Bacche’s collection of organic clothing for infants and toddlers celebrates the fusion of two proud traditions.
We chose the Bacche boys collection to showcase on cornflowerblue. Bacche’s collection for boys is a bit funky, a bit bright and your son will look cool wearing their creative t-shirts. We especially love the tees with the rickshaws!
Blueberry Kids
Blueberry Kids is handmade on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Vanessa designs, sources and stitches the clothing ensuring each item is made to the highest standard possible. Vanessa loves using vintage fabrics and recycling trims to create one-off unique pieces. Handmade clothes are high quality and last longer. We chose Blueberry Kids because we love pretty girlie clothes on cornflowerblue. Blueberry Kids - dressing your kids with love.
Bornsage
Bornsage celebrates the pure spirit of a newborn in funky threads of vibrant colour. Bornsage’s organic baby clothing in soft luxurious weaves are gentle to sensitive skin and perfect to wrap little packages of wisdom.
We selected Bornsage because the clothing has been made to a very high standard of quality. It is all 100% organic cotton and is Okeo Telx certified. We know that you will love the bold and funky designs that allow your kids to be busy being kids.
Cheeky Chickies
Cheeky Chickies is all about organic cotton fashion for kids. Cheeky Chickies is proudly Australian made. Cheeky Chickies is run by Mrs Chicken, aka Demi, who loves bright, bold colours matched with functional yet fabulously fun designs. The Cheeky Chickie motto is “Let your light shine LOUD and stand out from the crowd!”.
We selected Cheeky Chickies because every stylish kid needs clothes that let them be free. Cheeky Chickies clothes let our kids stand out and make an impact without impacting our planet. We know your kids will love ranging free in Cheeky Chickies.
cornflowerblue ORGANIC naturally gorgeous clothing for children
cornflowerblue ORGANIC is a new fashion label in Australia. It is our own collection especially for girls. This season is our first collection.
We love our girls looking adorable. We have adorned our sleepwear in lace and frills so that your princess will not only be wrapped in healthy natural fibres while she sleeps, but she will look gorgeous too. We know all girls love a party dress! Our dresses are soft and whimsical. It is not often that you can make a fashion statement and feel good inside and out.
Our collection is made from 100% woven organic cotton from India and all our clothes are made in facilities that care for their employees. Our collection is always growing and will be even bigger in winter 2010. Because our little boys deserve to look stylish too, our collection for boys is coming in summer 2010.
Eco Peko
Eco Peko creates fabulous slogan tee's in organic cotton. This Western Australian company is committed to being green. Eco Peko is a new bubs clothing label featuring two styles of organic teeshirts. Eco Chic is a bold ’save the earth’ style tee that comes in natural or retro green (gotta love this green) each tee comes with a very cute, box shaped, hessian bag for eco kids to put their treasures into. Eco Babies range is a soft subtle style tee that comes in natural or sage. Each shirt has a lovely message and an organic cotton bag as ‘eco babies say no to plastic’.
Eternal Creation
Eternal Creation’s beautiful collection of clothes is made the foothills of the Himalayas by local Tibetan and Indian artisans. The Eternal Creations tailoring centre is one of the largest employees in the local area and provides much needed ethical employment for local villagers.
We chose Eternal Creation because they have a fabulous collection of prints and classic designs that little girls and boys love to wear. We wholeheartedly support Frances Mission in supporting and encouraging local people to learn garmenting skills so that they can adequately provide for their families.
Foundation of Love
Foundation of Love is our fun and fabulous range of clothing made locally in Mumbai. Mumbai is a vibrant and diverse city. It houses some of the poorest people in India who live in conditions that no human should have to face. We have selected two tailoring businesses in one of Mumbai’s poorest areas to make us a small collection of fun, cute girls dresses for ages two to six. We have specifically chosen styles that the tailors can succeed at stitching. We pay the tailors three times the usual rate for each item. We believe that people deserve to be paid a fair price for their skills. Would you expect anything less yourself? Please support us in our mission to show that all people deserve adequate reward for their labour by purchasing these dresses.
Go Gently Baby
Green Eyed Monster from the United States is a fabulously stylish organic cotton knit label. Sweet, simple style with a little edge, Go Gently Baby creates stylish, earth friendly apparel for children and shares the vision: Teach your children to Love others, Be kind to the earth and to Go Gently on their journey through life. Organic and sustainable fabrics are chosen each season as well as water based inks and low impact dyes. All of the garments are constructed in Los Angeles, CA.
Green Eyed Monster
Green Eyed Monster from the United Kingdom provides premium organic and fair clothing for children for the more discerning baby and child. We love Green Eyed Monster because its a bit streety and their organic fabric has the most amazing silky feel. Green Eyed Monster is not just stylish and fashionable. It greatly benefits all of those involved in the production of the garment all the way down the line to the farmer who grows the organic cotton or owns the alpaca herd.
kate quinn organics
kate quinn organics features stylish apparel made from the finest 100% certified organic cotton. kate quinn organics strives to care for the earth and its community without sacrificing fun and style.
We selected kate quinn organics because our missions are aligned. kate quinn designs are simple and practical and just what your child needs for a day romping around.
La Queue du Chat
Fabulously French! La Queue du Chat make beautiful organic fair trade babywear. La Queue du Chat present tres tres chich French styling for eco-conscious little ones everywhere. They aim to be beautiful and ethical.
We chose La Queue du Chat because this vibrant and cutie-pie brand is good for the earth, sensitive to the wellbeing of cotton farmers and tender on the sensitive skin of your babies and children.
Minime
What is not to love about these amazing shoes? Kari at Minime Sydney has created a fabulous range of children’s shoes. Kari sources as much material to makes the shoes in Australia as she can. The shoes are then manufactured in Indonesia. Where ever possible natural materials are used.
We selected Minime Sydney because true green shoes are hard to find. We respect Kari’s quest to make the shoes as naturally as possible and we know that you will love these shoes when teamed with our gorgeous clothes.
Nanny Pickle
From the wonderful world of Nanny Pickle comes her playful range of clothing and accessories for infants. Born out of whimsy and a daydream, Nanny Pickle and her two trusty au pairs, Miss Shannon and Miss Jennine, create beautiful collections of delightful infant wear, divine cards for baby and mama, sweet handmade toys, and delectable coordinated nursery accessories.
We chose Nanny Pickle because she is a woman of morals. The raw materials that make up the fabrics are organic and grown free of pesticides and fertilisers. The bamboo is both 100% biodegradable and naturally regenerative. Along with her commitment to a wonderful world for future bunnies, Nanny Pickle has also pledged to donate a percentage of all profits to a charity of choice to ensure the betterment of communities and the environment the world over.
Old Soles
Pure Comfort, Pure fashion. All the shoes are made from 100% soft leather with a padded leather insole and elastic back for the ultimate comfort, fit and flexibility. Your child's first steps are the beginning of a journey that will last a lifetime, so why not start them off on the right foot. Eco-friendly shoe production is only just beginning to emerge and so we were pleased to learn that during the production of Old Soles shoes the water used is recycled and used to water surrounding fields.
Organic Boy and Friends
Organic boy and friends is funky and practical and Australian owned. They design great jeans, tees and underwear made in wonderful organic cotton. Organic Boy|Girl are very passionate about the environment and we are excited to be able to support another emerging Australian label. We love the organic jeans so much we styled them in loads of our summer looks for 2009. They were voted 'super comfy' by our models on the cornflowerblue summer photo-shoot.
Sckoon
Organic Cotton in High Style - this is Sckoon’s pledge. Sckoon Organics are NY based designers of colourful and fun baby clothes. Sckoon’s products are manufactured at their environmental conscious fair trade factories, and certified by Demeter (international biodynamic certification board) and AGRECO (USDA Accredited Certifying Agent).
We selected Sckoon because we know that your baby will love being dressed in their soft, bold yet funky gear. Sckoon has some fabulous clothes for boys that are creative and clever. We can’t wait to hear how much your kids love wearing these clothes!
Serendipity
Serendipity of Denmark is our favourite. We love European fashion the best and Serendipity is stylish and gorgeous. Serendipity is sophisticated in just the right way. Their fashion will always be a centrepiece of our collection. Serendipity clothes are based on a Scandinavian design heritage (‘clean lines’) inspired by children playing and having fun. Serendipity is a word-game on the Latin ‘Serena’, which means pure and clear. Serendipity clothes are only made from pure natural materials such as cotton, linen, wool and silk. All cotton and wool styles are made from 100% certified organic yarns - the softest fabrics imaginable!
We chose Serendipity because their clothing is divine. Your children will look super stylish in this classic and practical range. Serendipity use woven, knit and linen cotton as well as wool and silk – all amazingly organically grown.
Speesees
Speeses’s mission is to be fun, fair and organic in the products they make, the way they conduct business and the baby steps they take towards creating a more sustainable future for the animal, plant and human ‘speesees’ on our children's planet.
We selected Speesess because is it fabulously fun, contemporary and funky. Speesees ingredients are organic cotton, low-impact dye pigments, pvc-free prints, nickel-free snaps, no formaldehyde, no dioxin and lots of love.
Monte and Tex
Monte and Tex is designed by Sydney-sider Alisha who shares many of the same passions as cornflowerblue. Alisha felt moved to create her label after she saw the difficulty Mum's with children who have skin conditions have, finding nice clothing. Monte and Tex is stylish funky clothing for babies.
Tiny Revolutionary
All change begins small. We agree and we love the ethos behind Tiny Revolutionary from the USA. The philosophy is simple - teaching kids to celebrate their individuality and approach the world with a compassionate spirit and sense of social responsibility is one of our very best opportunities to make the world a better place. We agree. Tiny Revolutionary use a range of eco-friendly garmenting processes to create their t-shirts from organic to recycled plastic.
Zooey
Zooey is beautifully Australian made. We love the absolutely divine fabrics from Liberty Prints of London. The caring designers behind Zooey use bamboo and organic cotton where they can. Zooey cares about our Australia garment industry and has specifically selected to support Australian businesses.
We chose Zooey because their clothing is delightful. It harks back to an earlier era when life was a bit simpler and more innocent. Your little princess will feel very regal indeed when she wears a Zooey outfit to a special party or family event.
Stay tuned for more brands coming all the time.
