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5 Summertime Faves at Babesta

1. Visor by Mini Rodini 

2.Water shoe by Native 

3. Sunscreen by MD Moms 

4. Sunglasses by Babiators 

5. Unicorn swimsuit by Munster Kids 

Sale Extravaganza at Babesta

We’re heading into Memorial Day weekend, and to ensure that those wardrobes are up to snuff, we’re offering 30% off some of the best brands at Babesta.  Mini Rodini, La Miniatura, Anais & I and Munster Kids are all on sale, so you can be sure your little one will rock the beaches this season!

To take advantage of this, just click on the links for the brands, add to cart, and enter the code SPRING2012 when checking out. Got confused? Just give us a ring at 646 290 5508 and we’ll get it done for you! 

Shop La Miniatura

Shop Mini Rodini

Shop Anais &  I 

Shop Munster Kids

Heaven on Earth: Customizable Chocolate Bars at Chocomize

I just stumbled upon something amazing and had to share. Chocomize.com. Customizable Belgian chocolate bars. Just choose your chocolate and the goodies you want in it and voila.

My creation of choice:

milk chocolate, sour patch kids, toffee, peanuts, pretzels and M&Ms. AMAZING. I will update the post when it comes and gets devoured. 

And if you feel bad about the decadence of your purchase, make up for it by directing some funds toward a great charity, like the Michael J. Fox Foundation at checkout.

www.chocomize.com

Jeffrey Sebelia's La Miniatura Now At Babesta!

We welcome La Miniatura Kids to Babesta's curated selection of kids' fashion. We're super stoked, as the designs are so funky and cool for boys - and we all know that boys need more great designers to shake up the closets! Who better than Jeffrey Sebelia, uber-designer & Project Runway bad boy. www.babesta.com/La-Miniatura/

Skools In! If you're in the Bay Area Check Out Art Exhibit "Small Pieces of the City" by New Skool Designer Nate1

One of our favorite kids' designers is exhibiting his art in his home town of San Francisco this Friday, April 6th, and if you're in the area, definitely go! Nate1 (the guy behind New Skool to any Babesta fans) has taken off his headphones and picked up his paintbrush (truth be told, he probably left the headphones on!) and come out of a fine arts hiatus. The exhibit will also feature artists Heather Robinson, Colleen Mauer Designs and Geoffrey Campen. It will be at Secession Art & Design, 3361 Mission Street, SF CA. www.secessionsf.com. If you want to check out Nate's awesome kids' designs, go to New Skool at Babesta

Rockin' the Golf Course - Only in Vegas, Baby

I am Soooo Vegas-bound. Very exited to read that KISS by Monster Mini Golf, a rock n’ roll themed 18-hole indoor golf attraction, is set to open March 15 in Las Vegas, Nev. The venerable Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer will open the course any day now!

According to reports in Licensing News, "the attraction is a glow-in-the-dark, custom designed indoor mini golf course that will also include an arcade, a KISS gift shop billed as the “largest in the world,” a KISS gallery, the “Hotter than Hell” wedding chapel, a private VIP room, FANtastic KISS theme event rooms and the Rock N’ Roll All Nite café."

This isn't your dad's mini-golf. . . 

Some must bring-alongs for the all-night baby rocker: The Rockaybe Baby Compilation CD, and a Sourpuss Snaptee 

 

 

Sweet & Shabby Chic Little Victorian found on Sharona Design

Somewhere between a playhouse and a dream house, this diminuative Victorian cottage in the Catskills was featured on Sharona Design and is simply irresistable (so much so, I needed to repost!). So so shabby chic...i can imagine it for a pint sized girly girl with an old soul. Filled with vintage stuffed animals, a place to tuck away and read and have elaborate tea parties in her best Anais and I frock.  tiny victorian cottage « Sharona Design.

Retail in Detail: An Inside Look at Babesta

We’re right now scouring the markets and websites, getting word of mouth tips from clients, and getting called by designers daily. (If you have some fresh fashion intel, please share it!) We’re on our quest to find the latest and greatest out there for an Autumn/Winter 2012 “Babesta.” A Babesta, mind you, is a cool city kid who has no time to do the digging, but wants the dopest duds, raddest wheels and most coo-worthy crib on the block. When I look around the store, I am stoked to say that there is a reason why every garment, stroller and has floor space at Babesta – passes the dope, rad and coo-worthy test - and we’re just waiting to tell you why.

Two of Babesta’s fave brands below from two of our most beloved regions for cool clothes–Sweden and Australia. Mini Rodini and Munster Kids are always crowd pleasers for their cool graphics and comfy fit.

Shown Above: Mini Rodini: Alligator snap tee; Tuxedo bathing suit (amazing!) Munster Kids: Pow Bang Boom tee; Diamond print board shorts; batty cap

Five Questions for Anais & I Designer, Jane D'Haene

I'm crazy about Anais & I's super-fun balloon animal theme this season and wanted to get to the bottom of what inspired it! I was lucky to catch designer Jane D'Haene this morning to get the scoop. 

What's your favorite balloon animal & why?  

Hmmmmm.  This is difficult questions... My personal favorite will be

elephant.  I just really like the color choice and I really like elephant.

If you ask my Anais, she likes poodle, Lucas likes Dinosaur and Nicholas

likes Elephant too.:)

Why did you decide to do balloon animals// & do you know (this is a

tribeca question) Raggidy Supreme (the balloon animal maker who entertains

at Cirque Rouge? (just wondering!)

No. I didn't know about it.  Balloon Animal serious idea came from my dear

friend, our illustrator, Maia Larkin.  She gave me one sketch and I thought

it was brilliant and that weekend we went to Tribeca Film festival.  I saw

so many children lining up to get balloons and thought this is just perfect.

I ended up taking crazy amount of pictures of every children's balloons.  

Why did you decide to go into home goods/pillows, etc.?

As you know, I have an interior/architecture background.  Home goods are the

area I always wanted to get into.  I also would love to design furniture for

children's room.  I made one stuffed animal chair for my son and I would

love to continue developing this area.

 

What are you most looking forward to this season (in general - a trip,

event, etc.) 

Right now, I am looking forward to our family trip next week.  I've been

working so hard I feel I could use little break to get inspiration for my

next collection.  But most of I miss being silly with my children.  I just

want to stay in bed, cuddle, kiss my children as long as I can.  I want them

more than anything.  They are my inspirations.

 

What do you like best about springtime? What do you like best about

designing a spring collection.

I'm definitely a spring/summer person.  It makes me happier.  Being in New

York, I really enjoy four seasons but I like Spring and summer most.  Love

seeing more people on the street, love seeing trees, flowers and just more

energies everywhere.

Spring/summer collection is in some ways more challenging because I prefer

to design much simpler body.  And I pay much more attention to comfort.  My

children's wears my design.  I have to make sure they are comfortable and

looks great.  Spring/Summer is about lighter fabric, lighter colors, simpler

design.  

 

Check out the new Anais & I collection here and be sure to send us your feedback! We hope you love it as much as we do!!!