I popped into my local baby store today for a car seat accessory and as always I found myself perusing their gorgeous kids clothing (which sadly come complete with a price tag a little too gorgeous for us). The Fred Bare I have seen in the department stores has not thrilled me but the parts of the range my local store had in were to die for. The photo (below) isn’ t great but oh my god I love this sweater. Forget Isabelle, I want to knit if for me! If only I knew enough about sweater design to draft my own version of it. Of course I would need either a better memory or a better photo if I were to attempt making a copy that even vaguely approximated the original.

They also had a gorgeous long line cardi in a pale pink with a single button closure (high on the chest), that doesn’t seem to be on the website, which I would also love to knit for myself. I have to say that finding kids clothing I would like an adult size version of (for the right reasons) is a nice change to finding small people’s clothing modelled on (the wrong) adult’s clothing. I really don’t have any desire to dress Isabelle like Britteny Spears. None of my friends want to dress their daughters (of any age, let alone three year olds) in mini skirts or halter neck tops either so I often find myself wondering who exactly the stores are catering to….