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Daisy Hambro : Tobias Clothing

Thank goodness for Tobias Clothing. Mens small boutique clothing brands are so few and far between and most of those that are around miss the mark completely. Not Tobias. Tobias Clothing is an ethical fashion brand designing mens conformable and stylish mens casual cotton and linen shirts. Even my husband likes them, now that’s something!

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Daisy Hambro started Tobias in 2012, when she was living in India. It was all thanks to her husband – hence the name Tobias.

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He had a shirt which he had bought when he was 17 and wore so often it was threadbare.

It got to the point where he couldn’t go on wearing it, so I asked a local tailor to copy it and put different prints and colours on the collars and cuffs.

 

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When people started admiring it the idea of the business came about. Daisy now has a collection of 16 different cotton and linen shirts each with their individual splash of colour on the collar and cuffs.

 

10% of all the proceeds go directly to the Akanksha Foundation, who educated under privileged children in Mumbai.

Now that’s incentive to buy a shirt!

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Daisy’s Favourites

Hotel : Samode Haveli, amazing hotel in Jaipur

Restaurant : Kricket, I love the one in Brixton and there is a new one opening up in Soho, which is really exciting.

Website : Gather and See 

Shop : The Keep Boutique

Holiday destination : For the beach – Ashwem in Goa and for more of the city life, Jaipur in Rajasthan.

Parenting Tip : ‘None that we can put into action just yet but come February, when our baby is due, hopefully I will be inundated with them!’

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Tobias is featured in Gift Ideas For Dad.

Fashion Little Spotlight

We Are All : Australian Childrenswear Brand

More often than not, when I find a really inspiring or original Instagram feed, it is often an account from Down Under. In my personal experience, I think they are one step ahead with their campaigns, designs and they are excellent at social media!! So I wasn’t surprised to stumble across a new player, the gorgeous brand We Are All who are launching across the UK.

Chantel and Rebecca are friends who bonded over being mothers and the trials and tribulations that come with it. They also had success in their professional careers and were looking for something they could work on together that played to both of those parts of our lives.

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Given their complimentary backgrounds (Chantel is in Buying and Merchandise, Rebecca in Marketing and Management) starting a clothing line seemed like a logical use of their skills. So after a buying trip to Paris about 12 months ago, they finalized their intentions and got to work on We Are All!

 

 

The brand is aimed at parents who are looking for clothes that are stylish, well made, and that are appropriate for the way kids move. For them, the quality of the fabric is important.

Children are so active so we wanted to create clothes that lasted rather than disposal fashion that you wear a handful of times and are forced to throw out because it shrinks or goes out of shape.

 

 

In terms of style, they looked at what was happening with fashion globally then applied it in a way that is appropriate for children.

We custom design all of our prints so we are creating unique pieces that won’t be seen anywhere else.

 

 

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As you can see from the photos of their London launch at the Spring Restaurant, Somerset House, they are doing exactly that.

The bright vivid display at Somerset House.

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A close up of the stylish We Are All bags.

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A wide range of cool Boys T Shirts.

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The dress I have my on… I love this Alexis Dress.

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Their Favourites

Shop : We love Colette in Paris. They have a great mix of cool and high end brands. I don’t think we’ve ever left there empty-handed!

Website : Apart from the We Are All website (!!!), a lot of online shopping is done from the sofa without the crowds. Net-a-Porter and Matches Fashion get a good run in our houses.

Restaurant : Caviar Kaspia in Paris is always great for the food, the service and the people watching. The carafes of Vodka always help too.

Hotel : For the launch of We Are All, Rebecca is staying at The Edition in London this trip and it is certainly full of atmosphere. There’s a cool, buzzy element to the place that is intoxicating!

Holiday destination : Byron Bay in Australia is amazing. It has beautiful beaches, weather, food and so many great things to do as a family. Otherwise the Amalfi Coast in Italy.

Parenting tip :

I think as mums we are always responsible for keeping everyone organized, on time, fed and clean and often forget to just slow down and be present with our children. It’s definitely something that we’re conscious of – to just hang out and connect with our children in a relaxed, fun way. Those moments are so precious to us both as
mums as well as our gorgeous children.

 

Free Shipping To The UK Throughout November!

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Products

May The Force Be With You : Star Wars

Name me a little boy (and lots of girls!) who doesn’t like Star Wars and I will… be very suprised. There is ‘Star Wars‘ everything nowadays and John Lewis is selling it all, especially in anticipation of the new film that opens in December.

From Lego sets and figures, they have it covered. Not to mention they are now selling Furby’s… Do you know what these toys can do? So funny!

Lego Luke Skywalker £19.99

Buy LEGO Star Wars Luke Skywalker Online at johnlewis.com

Lego Clone Turbo Tanker £78.69

Buy LEGO Star Wars 75151 Clone Turbo Tank Online at johnlewis.com

Death Star Planetarium £21.60

For the budding scientist…

Buy Star Wars Science Death Star Planetarium Online at johnlewis.com

 

 

 

Mashers £15.99

Mashers are a big hit in our house. Any style masher goes with eachother. We currently have 1/3 Darth Vader, 1/3 Transformer and 1/3 Spiderman floating around!

Buy Star Wars Hero Mashers, Assorted Online at johnlewis.com

Hot Wheels Star Wars Cars £25.99

For the vehicle lover.

Buy Hot Wheels Star Wars Character Cars, Pack of 5 Online at johnlewis.com

Star Wars Advent Calander £24.99

The Advent Calander of Advent calanders!

Buy LEGO Star Wars 75146 Advent Calendar Online at johnlewis.com

The interractive toy market is booming and the latest brand John Lewis has added to it’s extensive interractive department is the Furby! It is designed for children 6 and up but I know my 2 year old would like to get her mits on it too. Move over Ipad, there is a new toy in town (although you can connect it to your Ipad for even more fun – feed him and even raise virtual siblings (!)

Buy Furby Connect, Pink Online at johnlewis.com

The Furby Connect friend is really chatty and will love to talk to you! With colourful eyes that display more than 150 animations, you’ll always know what Furby is thinking or feeling. You can pet, tickle, or shake Furby, even turn Furby upside down or move their antenna like a joystick to see how Furby reacts!

Buy Furby Connect, Teal Online at johnlewis.com

When they are tired and it’s time for bed, your Furby Connect can join them – just put their sleep mask on and they’ll be snoozing away with your little one. Anything to get them to sleep! They come in Pink, Purple, Blue and Teal.

Pink Furby £96

Go on, you know they will love it…

 

Buy Furby Connect, Pink Online at johnlewis.com

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