Fashion for babies comes from 3 Pommes (or Trois Pommes), Coco, Abella, Sarah Louise, Dani, Alphabet and Mayoral.

Fashion for kids from toddlers through to age 7 or 8 includes Alphabet, Abella, 3 Pommes (or Trois Pommes), Little Darlings, Mayoral, MDP (Alphabet for big girls), Quiksilver, Roxy by Quiksilver, Sting, Lily Rio, Floriane, Sarah Louise, Wipette raincoats, and slogan sweatshirts by Edward Sinclair including ‘If you think I’m bad, see my daddy’ and ‘If mummy says no I ask granny’

Fashion for bigger kids (up to age 14) includes MDP (Alphabet for bigger girls), SULK, Roxy by Quiksilver, Floriane and 3 Pommes (Trois Pommes),

There are Edward Sinclair slogan t-shirts and sweatshirts for all ages, including ‘Happiness is a horse and a rich daddy’, ‘I didn’t ask to be a princess, but if the crown fits’ and ‘Don’t bother me now, I’m having a tantrum’ and more. Other tshirts include a construction theme with lots of tractors and diggers, dinosaurs, bugs and fairy themes.

There are several labels that cater for traditional tastes in baby and children’s clothes, including Sarah Louise, Abella, Dani and Mayoral. Although there are fashionable elements, these labels are renowned for their timelessness and quality. Sarah Louise and Abella always have a range of beautiful smocked dresses, some available as sets with frilly pants, and we also stock the Sarah Louise frilly pants in white, ivory and pink, to match most outfits. Sarah Louise has a fantastic catalogue, and although it is not possible to stock everything at Cotswold Kids (our current Sarah Louise stock is usually on our website), customers are invited to look at the Sarah Louise website www.sarah-louise.com and, subject to availability, we would be happy to order any item for delivery to you usually within one week. Contact the shop direct if you need more information. This applies to the entire Sarah Louise, Dani and Noel Bryan range. As well as the traditional smocked dresses, Sarah Louise always has a fashion range each season, and is famous for its tailored winter coats and party dresses, as well as christening and first-communion wear; there’s also a range of bridesmaid dresses and Noel Bryan suits or trousers and blazers, with shirts, ties and waistcoats for boys. Again, see the Sarah Louise website.

Another label famous for traditional clothes for boys and girls is Pretty Originals. We hold a limited amount of stock, and, like Sarah Louise, you may check out their website www.prettyoriginals.co.uk and we can order on your behalf. Pretty Originals also have a great range of baby shoes and childrens shoes and boots, and we are happy to buy to order.

Abella is a British label famous for its traditional smocked dress sets as well as fashion for girls, and is well-known for its party dresses. Party frocks this season are in a cream and pink, with long-sleeves, and cosy but dressy needle-cord teamed with velvety trimmings. This season there is a beautiful pale pink velvet baby and toddler girls coat plus a fabulous teddy coat, in cream with pink spots. There is also an Abella poncho, a short style suitable from age 2 to 5/6, which has a pink fluffy side and a pink shower-proof side, both with front pocket, and a pair of pom-poms and hood. There is also a great range of accessories, including winter hats, gloves and mittens, for both boys and girls. For young boys, there is a traditional style faux-sheepskin hat which covers the ears, in navy or brown. Very cosy!

Dani is a sister label to Sarah Louise, providing another look from 6 months to 8 years, and this autumn/winter we have the boy’s Monkey Business range, including dungarees, trousers, checked shirt, long-sleeved T-shirt and gilet, plus some good basic unisex polo-neck sweaters in red, white, cream, raspberry and mustard yellow.

Mayoral is a Spanish label that is now well-established as one of the most popular ranges in independent children’s shops in the UK. Although its older girls and boys ranges (from age 7 up) is more fashion-orientated, their baby and children’s ranges to age 7 tend to be based on traditional styling, with fashionable elements for a contemporary look. Mayoral is renowned for being a great value label with good quality products. As well as separates, there are pinafore dress sets plus polo-neck jumper and tights sets, in matching stripes. Sizing is more a French fit, so I recommend buying up a size, unless the child is of a particularly slight build.

Other girls fashion labels include 3 Pommes (Trois Pommes), Alphabet, SULK, Little Darlings, Roxy by Quiksilver and Ruth Lednik.

3 Pommes (Trois Pommes) is our favourite label this season, combining great style and great value. Starting at age one month and up to 3 years, the baby and toddler range includes several sets such as dress, top and tights plus tops and trousers. There are also separates, including leggings, smart trousers, soft hooded jackets, jumpers, cardigans and a gorgeous coat. There are several themes in the baby range, including for baby and toddler girls ‘Mon ange’, ‘Blanc d’Ivoire’, ‘Douceur d’hiver’, ‘Petit Bonheur’ and ‘Fairyland’, and for baby boys ‘Brin d’Amour’, ‘Petit Loup’, ‘Koala Calin’, ‘Tribu Polaire’ and ‘Pet’t Baroudeur’

For animal lovers, there are two themes in the 3 Pommes (Three Apples) baby and toddler range that will appeal. Anyone with links to Australia will love the Koala Calin range, which comprises cotton and fleece outfits such as a dungaree set, with chocolate brown dungarees, red cotton lined, and red long-sleeved tshirt, with a koala design on the dungarees. There’s also trousers and sweater sets, again with Koalas, and a 3 piece set including trousers, sweater and gilet. There’s also accessories such as matching socks and a hat & bootee set. ‘Petit Loup’ has a wolf cub theme and again comprises outfits in navy and a jolly yellow, including dungaree sets, tshirts and trousers, and also a separate hoodie jacket, with wolf cub motif. The ‘Tribu Polaire’ theme is a group of bear cubs adorning cosy sweaters and fleece jackets, matching t-shirts and coordinating cord trousers. All the fabrics used are very soft to the touch and comfy to wear.

For the bigger girls, the 3 Pommes (Trois Pommes) Autumn Winter 2005 collection has jeans, pinafore dresses, gypsy skirts and blouses in denim trimmed with vintage-style prints, a stunning tie-front cardigan, a chocolate brown padded gilet (bodywarmer), plus a cord skirt, zip-up cardigan, leggings, tops, and lots more. The themes include ‘Zippy Girl’, ‘Active Girl’ and ‘Fairyland’.

For bigger boys, the 3 Pommes (Trois Pommes) Autumn Winter 2005 collection includes great value fleeces, jeans, cords, shirt, T-shirts, sweatshirts and sets. The themes include ‘Cargo’, ‘Carnet de Route’, ‘Made in Blue and ‘Knight of Time’

Alphabet is another good value label and this season has some lovely cord peachy-pink pinafores and trousers, trimmed with vintage-inspired fabric, and coordinating tops.

MDP (Mot de Passe, by the same people who make Alphabet) is from age 8 through to 14, and has lots of black and red this season, with some sixties-inspired tshirts.

Autumn Winter 2005 is our first full season with Roxy Life by Quiksilver, which includes a fantastic Kelly Jacket in pink and black, which converts from a coat to a gilet (body-warmer or waistcoat) by zipping out the sleeves. There are some fab tshirts and jeans too. The younger girls range ‘Teenie Wahine’ starts at age 2 to age 8, and has pretty sixties-inspired floral print tshirts and skirts, a great denim pinafore, and a funky puffa jacket in white or hot pink, with wild floral lining – shower-proof and very cosy!

Floriane Girls is one of our top-end labels, offering stylish, high quality fashion with sophistication. This season there is a lovely Chanel-inspired pink checked skirt, very dressy and suitable for any occasion; there is also a lovely brown cord skirt, with lots of fabric for a more casual look. Both would look great with boots! Tops to match both include a dressy pale pink long-sleeved tshirt with subtle sequined bows, and two horse-riding themed long-sleeved tshirts, both screen-printed, one with girl dressed in riding gear and the other an arty print of girl and dressage horse. All absolutely stunning.

Ruth Lednik is a British designer who started out in craft fairs designing, making and selling reversible clothing direct to the public. She has now expanded, and although some clothes are made at home in Oxfordshire, demand has led her to increase production and out-source much of her manufacturing to a carefully selected company in Eastern Europe, where her sales and marketing partner and husband, Jorge Lednik, hails from. Ruth Lednik was recommended to me by a customer when I first opened Cotswold Kids, and I am thrilled to carry her collection. This autumn/winter season, there are reversible duffle coats in tartan one side, red fleece the other, long-line jackets in pink or navy/grey boucle fleece with plain fleece on reverse, blue cord with floral print on reverse, and a funky cream with green leaf design reversible with a cerise pink fleece (looks fab, honestly!). There are matching Ruth Lednik trousers (cord bootlegs for girls, cord straight trousers for boys), frilled skirt, pinafore dress, sweaters to match or contrast with the skirts, trousers and pinafores, fleece sweaters, and matching reversible gilet (waistcoat or bodywarmer), and scarves and reversible hats. All Ruth Lednik fashion is washable, and extremely well made. Sizing is generous, catering from toddlers up to age 8.

This autumn-winter is our first season with Little Darlings.

Little Darlings was founded by Paula Finnerty and Julian Carter in 1987. Paula is now recognised as being ”one of the most influential of UK childrenswear designers”. Aged just 18 she won the Prince of Wales award for design, and from this the business quickly flourished.

At 19 Paula was commissioned to create outfits for the British royals William and Harry and later, an assignment to design a new wardrobe for the Crown Prince of Thailand’s daughter led her to her being flown to the Royal Palace in Thailand.
Many personalities including Jamie and Jools Oliver, Carol Smiley and Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen all choose Little Darlings for their kids.
Little Darlings is now renowned for its stylish collections of girls clothing and christeningwear which are sold worldwide. Little Darlings success is undoubtedly attributable to its uncompromising dedication to creative design, quality production and customer service.

This season we the Little Darlings ‘Paris’ collection, including the Little Darlings Paris dress set, Little Darlings Paris pinafore, Little Darlings Paris trousers, Little Darlings Paris skirt and Little Darlings Paris sweaters, plus the fabulous Little Darlings Paris faux-sheepskin gilet (waistcoat or body-warmer) and Little Darlings Paris faux-sheepskin coat.

Little Darlings is one of our top-end labels, and the prices reflect their exclusivity.

Lily Rio is a spin-off label from the same designers as Little Darlings. Lily Rio is a much more affordable fashion range, and is providing very popular. This season at Cotswold Kids we have the ‘Peruvian Flower’ story and the ‘Dainty Denim’, both including pinafore dress sets, trouser and top sets and skirt and sweater sets. Lily Rio is lovely for any occasion, and affordable enough to be worn every day.

SULK is the grown-up label of Little Darlings, catering for girls up to age 12. It is much more fashion-led, and definitely for the girl who wants to be noticed. SULK is now a leading tweenage brand giving parents and their children the choice of stylish beautiful clothes which kids like to wear and parents approve of. The success of SULK is undoubtedly attributable to its uncompromising dedication to creative design, quality production and customer service.

This season Cotswold Kids has two SULK fashion themes: ‘Chocca Mocca’ and ‘Horsing Around’. Chocca Mocca comprises stylish coffee-coloured, faux-fur trimmed suedette dress, skirt, fully faux-fur lined gilet (waistcoat or body warmer) and hooded coat, with cream sweaters and flared trousers to match. There’s also a cute bag, and matching tights. ‘Horsing Around’ is a stylish theme for your horse-loving daughter, in pink and black, including faux-ponyskin skirt and dress, plus pink accessories including back-pack bag in the shape of a pony, ruched scarf in softest pink velour, plus matching pink tights. We’ve taken the trouser from the Pen Pal story to match up with the Horsing Around theme, as we felt this was practical and stylish, whilst coordinating well. From the “Doodle” story, we have the faux-fur roll-neck waistcoat, which goes beautifully with the “Horsing Around” theme. The black quilted coat and matching hat, both trimmed with pink faux-fur, fits with both the “Doodle” and “Horsing Around” themes. We also have the Hubba Bubba pink back-pack, which is great fun in hot-pink faux-fur, and the Posh Pooch poodle bag. If you need a stylish raincoat, look no further than the “SULK mac”, a great all-year-round raincoat, in white or pale pink, with SULK lettering. The mac is cotton-lined, so it’s comfortable as well as practical, and is useful all-year-round. The white SULK mac has black SULK lettering and a black zip to contrast, and the pale pink SULK mac has white SULK lettering. But for a stylish mix-and-match, themed wardrobe, look no further than Chocca Mocca and Horsing Around. For SULK accessories, try the “Posh Pooch” poodle bag, the “Horsing Around” pink back-pack, the “Hubba Bubba” hot pink back-pack, the “Doodle” pink fluffy cat large handbag or the “Chocca Mocca” faux fur small handbag. Also, there are SULK cream tights with SULK lettering, to match the “Chocca Mocca”, in sizes 2-4 and 4-6.

SULK, Little Darlings, Abella, Ruth Lednik and Lily Rio are all British labels, and their sizing tends to be much more generous than the French. Although they fit children of average build, they really suit children of a larger build, and it’s great to see those girls ‘with a bit of a tummy’ fitting into something so fashionable and not necessarily having to buy something 3 sizes bigger and having Mummy take up hems.

Many people come to Cotswold Kids for that ‘posh frock’ or party dress, and there’s always a good choice, all year round, including summer dresses by SULK, Abella, D’Arcy Brown, Sarah Louise, Lily Rio and some of the more casual labels have pretty dresses included in their collections i.e. Mayoral and Alphabet. Although some customers come along with their heart’s set on a pretty frock, often they may go away with something else – perhaps a two-piece skirt and top set, just as pretty, or team their dress with matching items, a bolero jacket or cardigan, and other coordinating separates, to create the perfect capsule wardrobe. We still have some Balu party-wear in stock, suitable not only as party outfits but for winter weddings.

For boys, our British label is Sting, and this autumn winter we have concentrated on smart trousers and shirts, plus some fashion, from 6 months up to age 7. There is some fashion, including jeans and a denim jacket. Again, being a British label, Sting clothing is roomier and suitable not only for boys of average build but those who are of a sturdy build. This season we also have lots of Sting winter coats, great for school, in navy, grey and khaki green, up to age 7.

More boys coats can be found by Wipette, an American rainwear label, and hence generously sized. There’s a great black raincoat, fully lined, which is very practical all year round. Plus for the little fireman in your life, a fireman’s rain mac, available with matching fireman’s wellies. The Wellington boots are available in only three sizes (6-7, 8 and 9) and are selling fast.

There are girls raincoats also by Wipette, including a shiny pink number with butterflies and lilac striped lining, and paler pink flower decorated mac. Don’t forget the Abella reversible poncho which has a shower-proof side as well as the pink fluffy side.

Coco is another British label, again with generously sized clothes, which means your sturdy 1-year-old can fit into 12-18 months sized clothes and not have to buy age 2+ like you would have to with French labels such as Petit Bateau, for example.

Cotswold Kids is renowned in North Oxfordshire and West Oxfordshire for christening and baptism wear, with customers travelling from other counties (Northamptonshire, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Gloucestershire) for the choice and customer service, at the best possible prices. The ranges include Little Darlings, Collins and Hall and Sarah Louise, and it is also possible to order Pretty Originals too. If the style or size you need is not in stock we can usually arrange delivery in just a few working days. All ranges provide christening gowns, christening rompers, christening dresses, christening bloomer sets, christening shawls, christening bibs, christening shoes and other accessories; other special occasion outfits are also available in these ranges, and some customers often choose a traditional or special occasion dress from the Sarah Louise or Abella fashion ranges as an alternative to the traditional gown or christening outfit. There are some unisex christening gowns available to enable the family to purchase a single heirloom gown that will suit boys and girls, and be passed down through the generations. All outfits are supplied with plenty of acid-free tissue for long-term storage. Heirloom gowns and other christening or baptism outfits are usually made of silk, and we can also recommend a specialist dry-cleaning company to take care of your special outfit.

The Little Darlings christening range provides a wide choice of traditional christening gowns, christening rompers and christening dress sets plus many styles with a more contemporary feel. There are also winter velvet dresses, suits and capes, for christenings or other special occasions such as weddings. Some outfits are available in sizes up to 4 years, although christening gowns tend to be limited to babies under 12 months. If you would like a gown for the main christening service but worry about the party afterwards and think you’ll need another outfit, there is one girl’s style that has a removable skirt, which leaves a pretty dress with the same look in one outfit. Little Darlings have recently increased their range of christening gowns, and special occasion outfits and party dresses.

Collins and Hall have a beautiful range of gowns and christening outfits, providing a choice of ornate, traditional heirloom gowns to those giving a more contemporary look

Size guide text

I want to be sure I get your order right first time. So please take note of the individual size guide advice for each manufacturer or clothing label you purchase, as they do vary. The minimum information you should have to hand is your child’s height (or weight or length in the case of babies). Depending on the item, you may also need other measurements such as chest, waist, inside leg, inside sleeve, foot or head circumference, and body length (nape of neck to crotch). I would particularly advise caution when ordering christening wear if your child is on the border of 2 sizes, and if you wish to buy a romper or dungaree and your child is long in the body, then it may be necessary to purchase the next size up. Do telephone or email for advice prior to ordering, if you are at all unsure.

Girls

Floriane, Alphabet, Chipie, MDP and 3 Pommes are all French labels, and although many skirts and trousers have adjustable waist-bands, are typically French sizes and therefore slim-fitting. Mayoral, although Spanish, is also slim-fitting, as is Roxy. If your daughter is a more typical northern European build, please tell us her chest and waist measurement, and we will be happy to advise on suitable styles and sizing.

Bigger girls can generally be sure of a generous fit with SULK, Abella, Ruth Lednik and Sarah Louise, and other ranges such as Lily Rio and m.ma.me can usually be bought ‘on-size’, or even sometimes a size smaller if the child is petite.

Boys

3 Pommes, Alphabet and 3 Pommes are all French labels, and although not as slim-fitting as the girls ranges, many trousers have adjustable waist-bands. Mayoral is also slim-fitting, as is Quiksilver, although the latter has adjustable waist-bands too. Generally, I sell the tshirts and jackets up a size. If your son is broad around the middle, please tell us his chest and waist measurement, and we will be happy to advise on suitable styles and sizing.

Bigger boys can generally be sure of a generous fit with SULK, Abella, Ruth Lednik and Sarah Louise. More generously sized ranges for boys include Sting, Coco, m.ma.me and Dani, which can generally be bought ‘on-size’, and even sometimes a size smaller if the child is petite.
Vanilla Park

Vanilla Park is a lovely collection of French-inspired clothing designed and created by British mums. They have gone to great lengths to ensure that the clothes they create are excellent quality, comfortable to wear and great value for money - as well as looking fantastic. Many Vanilla Park garments are hand finished and all are individually checked to ensure that they are perfect when they reach you. To make life simple, most of the collection is presented as entire outfits, with lovely touches like the quality wooden hanger and bags (back-packs for the boys, tote bags for the girls). Being British, the sizing is generous and realistic, so you can buy on-size for the average child. All clothing is 100% cotton, beautifully finished and lovely and comfy to wear.