kinchi February 10, 2008

For some reason, I seem to be focused on the munchkins right now.  While cruising through etsy today, I was struck by these adorable dresses by kinchi.  As a mom of two little boys whose idea of “dressing up” is to put on a collared shirt, I am endless lusting for the pint sized girly fashions available today.  Who could resist this funky, bright colored dress?

The fabrics of this dress are all vintage 60’s and 70’s fabrics.  In fact, the orange fabric was the artist’s mom’s curtains before she was born.  The fabric with the small flowers was a sheet in a previous life.   I love the way she uses the center circle to tie all the fabrics together.

Now if I had a little girl, she would definitely need the kinchi whale wrap dress.  It is crafted from  chocolate colored fabric and paired with fabric of bright orange, yellow and pink flowers.   The bodice had a whale applique of the same colored print fabric.   It is sooo cute!

The creative force behind kinchi is a graduate of Amsterdam Fashion Institute, current resident of Rotterdam and a mom. One of the best things about finding this shop now is that she just opened kinchimama, a shop currently consisting of accessories made from all the fun, whimsical vintage fabric featured in her kid’s store.  Look at this cool bag- the greens have me longing for Spring!

Hopefully, we will all get lucky and she will begin offering dresses and skirts patterned after the ones in her kid’s store!