Latest in Cool Clothes for Boys
Holiday plaid for Christmas and beyond
With my family spread out around the country, we often spend the holidays alone, which means I don't have the greatest excuse to buy my kids fancy holiday best. So instead, I tend to look for festive clothes that still work the other 364 days
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Back to school clothes that don't wear out by October. Promise.
This year, Polarn O. Pyret is totally cheering me up; their selection of cool, slightly quirky European pieces are the perfect antidote to boring kid clothes
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Holy awesome $10 pair of kids' shoes, Batman
At the end of last summer, I scored my daughter a pair of Zutano canvas shoes on sale. They got her through early fall, through a couple of warm-weather winter vacations, and surprisingly, right through this summer.
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Putting the hip in hippie
So Woodstock and I both celebrated our 40th birthdays this year, the one big difference is that mine isn't being commemorated with ridiculously cool apparel, like this Woodstock kids tee
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A bib of a different stripe
As we mentioned in our back to school shopping guide (you have been to our back to school shopping guide, right?) stripes are huge for this fall.
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Cool Mom Picks loves Psychobaby!
If we just so happened to win the lottery, one of the first places we'd hit on a spending spree would probably be Psychobaby, a Chicago-based boutique that sports some of the hippest clothes, shoes, and gifts for the alternative set.
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Tons of our favorite designers in one store, oh rapture!
If I were walking down the street in Chicago and came across Lollie, owned by sisters Mimi and Alyssa Fron, it would be impossible not to go in.
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Recession chic tip - Shop factory stores and outlets
I realize that shopping at the outlet mall isn't exactly a new concept, except lately, we're finding that even small, indie brands are opening up their own online "factory stores" as an offshoot to their main boutique
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Chubby baby
This hand-appliqued butterfly girls tank dress is the kind of thing you spot in a boutique and immediately need to have. It comes courtesy of the mom-run emporium Chubby Delicious who I first encountered at a Baby Loves Disco party, so you know they've got to be cool.
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Let's go surfin' now
I may have mentioned once or forty times that our family spends a lot of time in the pool. Which means that we buy bathing suits as part of the new baby layette. Problem is, it's not that easy to find cool swimwear sized for surfer dudes under a year old.
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The return of flannel
Dust off your angst-filled Sub Pop vinyl and practice your disenchanted eye roll, because flannel is back big time and you don't have to wait until fall to get your hands on it.
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One of CMP's favorite kindie artists, Symphony Space, rocks out in NYC this Saturday
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The Telegraph just named CMP one of their top 12 websites for families. Thank you Telegraph!
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Charlie's Playhouse wants you to Ask the Kids - ask your kid about evolution and save up to 20% on Charlie's products, plus your kid could end up in their video.
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CMP editor Kristen used Powerpoint to create a really great little slideshow to explain Daddy's current Afghanistan tour of duty to the kids.
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