Category — Little Bits

Forget the t-shirt: I’ve discovered the perfect souvenir gift: small, inexpensive, and comes in all sizes and colors: Socks!

A recent weekend in Vermont yielded these adorable moose themed sockies for my favorite 2 year old niece and nephew. I even bought a pair in xlarge for one of our fave guy friends celebrating his 56th!

My trip to Holland found me wearing these hot pink delft socks

Guests visiting me in NYC love to take home these subway map patterned socks

One of my favorite gift shops is Little Miss Matched, where I can find colorful, mismatched 3-to-a-pair socks for kids of every age: and even little coin purses made out of socks

A perfect baby shower gift is this adorable boxed set of Trumpettes

And of course, what would a Notre Dame fan do without a pair of Go Irish socks

Who Knew? Sock it to me!

Moi attended a black tie at the Waldorf last week (I like to keep mentioning that…it makes me happy!) and one of Moi table companions was an UES Mom who was lamenting the problems of tracking down some cute Little Bit togs by Stella McCartney for GapKids and BabyGap.  As I wasn’t in Little Bit shopping mode at that particular moment (my delectable trio des chocolats was being served) I sort of drifted through her trials, until I realized that the problem was this collection is in short supply!

Just arriving in Gap stores last week perfectly timed for the holiday season, not every store carries the Stella GapKids collection: it’s only in select stores, in limited quantities. How’s that for creating demand:  designer to the stars (Stella McCartney is regularly seen on gal-pals Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Moore, and Madonna), young mother of 3, environmentalist, celebrity since birth (surely you’ve heard of Paul McCartney hint: Beatles! and wife Linda hint: animal rights activist and vegetarian cookbook author) and lots of PR in all the fashion and celebrity mags!

The collection follows the designer’s aesthetics:

• mini-me, of the moment styling with leggings, military jackets, winter shorts, hi-tops and hoodies
• vegetarian and organic conviction: no leather or fur products
• high-moderate prices starting at $14 for leggings up to $98 for jackets and dresses

On-line or or at a Gap store near you…if you’re lucky! Better hurry, this stuff is too cute and Mommies everywhere will be snatching it up…rumour has it Angelina has already stocked up!

Halloween is Saturday and the streets will be filled with spooky creatures, fairy princesses, super heros, pirates and every kind of sports and action and cartoon character.

pink satin elephant ears

What’s your Little Bit wearing?

Sunday was Trick or Treat on Southport with shop-to-shop trick or treating and face painting, pumpkin decorating, and lots of games and prizes (and a few cocktails were served for the double-wide stroller pushers). Two of my favorite little party animals strutted their Halloween costumes for the crowds and the cameras.

little panda with shiny red shoes

Baby K’s adorable elephant bunting  for newborns from Annie’s Costumes had pink satin ears big enough to carry her off in a Windy City gust, and her big sister niece M had a panda outfit from Baby Ultimate perfectly set off by her ruby red Dorothy shoes.

Be warned: Saturday these two little tricksters will be full of tricks if you don’t have your treats ready!

                                                                                                                                                       …this photo cracked me up, so I had to include it too, don’t you just love them!

party animals - ready to crash

I’m suuuuuurrrrrrrre they want you to have a little more cover up, but Yummy Mummy on Lexington in NYC is showing it can be REALLY convenient to breast feed your Little Bit.

These peek-a-boos make it really easy to breast feed!

New baby girl niece arrived last week…need a tres chic baby gift. Headed to Bloomies childrens’ department, and checked out Tori Spelling’s new baby clothes line, Little Maven. Tres cute! A little expensive, but for a Tori fan like my sister,  a dress from Little Maven was a sure thing…gotta be the cool aunt.

The best thing about buying the dress at Bloomies is that my sister lives in Chicago…and can exchange the dress if necessary. Gotta love Bloomingdales!

baby K's new dress