How To Treat Your Child To Unique, Limited Edition Children

By Clinton Arnhold


If you're like many people, you're tired of the run-of-the-mill children's clothing in Northern California. You've learned that buying cheap clothing is often disappointing. The clothes shrink after one washing, or their colors bleed and ruin all the other clothes around them. They're badly sewn, come apart at the seams, and make you vow to never buy mediocre, badly-constructed clothing for your kids ever again.

Thankfully, there are responsible companies in the region who are producing quality products worth consideration. Some of the qualities that make them so great are:

- Children love to wear hand-block printed and hand-loomed finest quality cotton. This clothing has been manufactured in an ethical environment by artisans who use only the best natural dyes

- This apparel can be passed down to younger ones when outgrown because they are stylish, casual, and made to be durable.

- They are designed with original prints, available in either muted or vibrant hues.

- Fine quality children's clothing in Northern California are handmade from heritage textiles, and are guaranteed to be naturally hypoallergenic. Heritage textiles can be wool, silk, or natural cotton and are created by skilled artisans.

One especially beautiful heritage textile is decorated with a pen or "kalam" and is called Kalamkari. Kalamkari got its origin in India in the 13th century, and is made by a very complicated process involving 17 unique steps of fabric decorating. Kalamkari is primary manufactured today in the southeastern State of Andhra Pradesh in India, by families of weavers who learned the craft from previous generations.

The all natural dyes used in these clothes are created using plant stems, flowers, bark, leaves, minerals and choice metals. Each article of apparel is washed as many as 20 times after dying, before the fabric is deemed steadfast and ready for sale.

- Some of the children's clothing is designed with hand-block printing, which has a history of over 250 years of usage in India. First, a design is transferred to a specially prepared wooden block. Each distinct color requires a separate block, which give the appearance of a flat relief carving. Each block is then pressed steadily and firmly on the cloth in a slow and labor-intensive manner which yields unique and artistic results

- T-shirts made from organically certified materials through 100% fair trade practices, feel amazing on one's skin. The cotton is not grown from genetically modified seeds (GMO), and they are fed with only natural fertilizers and no pesticides are utilized. It is a healthy blend of soil that helps control the insects, and the plants are weeded on a regular basis.

Fair trade, as defined by The World Trade Organization, is a partnership that has its basis in transparency, dialog, and respect, that aims to create more equality in international trading practices. The buyers agree to pay an acceptable price that provides the cotton producers and artisans a sustainable livelihood. Consumers who purchase these products get fine quality while doing their part to support social change.

Unique children's clothing is now available in Northern California!




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