Sonia Rykiel Enfant at Kids Fashion WeekThe first ever virtual Fashion Week for children strutted its stylish stuff this season via online childrenswear retailer Alexandalexa. Not forgetting, of course, the legendary Pitti Bimbo catwalk shows

Isossy Children's mission statement is 'global clothing for kids', reflecting the diversity and vibrancy of the modern world. Their website presents a gallery of collections, which are elegant, playful and a little bit off-centre. The Kids Zone tool

It's that busy time of year again when designers and fashion journalists gather together  to showcase the new Spring/Sumer 2011 collections. Here is Junior's essential guide to the best trade fairs:Fimi Valencia 18–20 JuneSpain's largest

The 20th century was a revolution in children’s dress. Proper childrenswear, such as the all-in-one skeleton suit for boys, and uncorseted empire lines for girls, allowed, at long last, the wearer to actually move.

“A child’s appearance has an awful lot to do with his behaviour,” pronounced Women’s Wear Daily in 1966. “Put a girl in a pretty dress and she behaves like a lady. If you put a boy in something he really likes, he will behave like a well

You may well think pink is for girls and blue is for boys but historically, more often than not, the opposite was true. Instead, boys wore pink because of its associations with the ‘power’ colour red, whilst girls were more likely to be clad in ‘Virgin Mary’ blue.

in 1850 that people might live healthier lives by wearing animal fibres like wool. Not only did it keep children warm, but it also stretched, providing freedom and room for growth.

Until the turn of the 20th century, uncomfortable layers were a staple of children’s clothes: not just to keep warm, but also to protect modesty and add shape to the outer clothes children wore. Sometimes, a few extra layers were just what

Dressing siblings in matching outfits gives the family a neat look – just look at the Beckham boys. But, according to psychologists, dressing siblings identically might not be the best thing for their developing identities. So think before following suit.