Hackett | - Part 2

History of the Hoodie

The hood is a marvelous invention, perfect for keeping off the rain, protecting our little ears, and creating one of the most popular items of the modern wardrobe, The Hoodie.

The Hoodie is an item we all own, and an object of our wardrobe that encompasses all of our favorite adjectives: comfortable, cozy and casual.

The garment first came into play in the Middle Ages as part of Catholic monk’s tunics, which had long decorative hoods or ‘cowls’; however, the history of the specific style we wear today began in the 1930s, produced by the brand Champion, for workers cold storage warehouses.

The popularity of Champion’s design spread quickly and sportswear designers began to develop entire collections based around the clothing item. By the 1970s, the hoodie was a clothing classic, perfect for sports, camping, chilling, studying, layering, styling and so on…

In countries where children need not wear a uniform, it is the perfect back to school wardrobe piece, and for kids that do wear uniforms, it is a great cover-up on a cold fall day, so, in celebration of the back to school season (which is creeping up far to quickly) we picked out 8 of our favourite hoodies for your children from the world’s best kidswear designers:

1. D&G JUNIOR blue hooded zip-up jumper, £102.00

2. JOHN PAUL GALLIANO newspaper print hoodie, £72.00

3. RALPH LAUREN grey and navy striped hooded jumper, £82.00

4. LITTLE MARC JACOBS miss marc Jacobs jumper dress, £90.50

5. HACKETT red hooded jumper, £66.00

6. RARE THE KID grey hooded sweat top, £96.00

7. JUICY COUTURE regal blue velour tracksuit, £124.95 (only tracksuit top pictured here!)

8. DIESEL grey jumper with coloured print, £46.00

If your children love hoodies as much as we do, send us picture to [email protected] and we will post the picture of your hooded cutie on the Their Little Wardrobe section of our blog!

Their Little Wardrobe: Mason

Mason, Age 5 from Warrington, Cheshire, England, looking very handsome indeed for his School’s Summer Mini Ball in a green and white Hackett Polo and Hackett cargo shorts.

Let us know what you think of Mason’s Hackett kit!

If you would like to include your little fashionista/fashionisto in the Their Little Wardrobe section of our blog, all you need to do is: snap a photo of your fashionable kid(s), let us know who they are wearing and what fun things they are up to in their fabulous outfit, include their age and name, and email it all to [email protected], subject: Their Little Wardrobe!

Pitti Bimbo, Day 2

Today is still just as hot, but rather than complaining about it, today we will embrace it! After all, during winter we complained about being cold, it seems a bit hypocritical to now complain about being hot, doesn’t it?

09:00 – We stop at a air conditioned restaurant (link) but this time, our appetites are big so we sit in and have more of a French breakfast of Hot coffee with (skim) milk and a ham and cheese croissant, though we are in Italy, buyer Vanessa is French, so we had to squeeze a croissant in there somewhere!

09:45 – Once at the show, we go to see Fendi, which has a great collection of checks and stripes for boys and floaty natural dresses with soft prints for girls, and the hottest accessory for both sexes seems to be the Fendi print trilby. (We saw the Fendi fashion show too, which had most of the models wearing chunky almost winter style boots or wellies, paired with summery layers and soft fabric blazers).

11:30 – Galluchi is next, a brand we have just started carrying for this coming AW10 season, but we loved what we ordered so far, so we simply had to go back for more….again: shoes, shoes, shoes, we LOVE shoes!

12:15 – Lunch! We decide we must have some Pizza today, to get back to our Italian eating, so we pop into a little pizzeria and get a slice each as well as a very cold fizzy drink!

13:30 – We go to visit the booth of Imps & Elfs, whose items Alexandalexa.com have been carrying for quite some time. Their ethical, modest and wonderfully tailored clothing brings us back each season, and this season is no different. We still Love it!

15:00 – London based brand Hackett is another full time favourite for us, old school classics with a new age twist, their little debonair gentleman’s wear, represents quintessential British style, which is always fantastic.

16:30 – BOOM! We see the Diesel booth which is full of bright colours, the brand, famous for its urban style, has some show stopping shirts that are loud, demanding and oh so perfect for your little style-setter and of course, AMAZING jeans, which we always rely on Diesel for.

17:45 – Whatever you do, do not say good bye to your florals this season, as we enter the D&G Beachwear booth, we are bombarded with amazing floral prints, combined with frills for girls and fantastic tropical prints for boys. We make a BIG order for next year’s Swimshop wishing we had our own swimwear with us to help us battle the heat!

18:30 – Last, but not least, is Juicy, who is still as girly and glam as can be. They have some great new accessories that have not been offered before, cute t-shirt designs and some changes to the classic track suit that we couldn’t help but love.

19:00 – Time to go to the airport and catch our flight! Tired from the buying and the heat, we think it might not be a working flight, perhaps a sleeping flight instead!

We leave you with this funny picture of Alex (the Alex of Alexandalexa) with one of the Freddie’s Garage guys (who we did not order from, but loved their concept!)

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Christina Moss, one of the founders of Bloom and Blossom (the premium skincare range for mothers, mother’s to be and babies we have been talking about on the blog this whole week) was kind enough to bring her organisations use of minimum ingredients for maximum effect to the children’s fashion world by choosing FIVE ‘ingredients’ for kids SS10 wardrobes, which are sure to have ‘maximum effect’ on your children’s Spring Summer style.