Playful & Stylish Clothes, Shoes & Accessories for Babies, Kids and Tweens
Kodomo is a children’s retailer that sells the cutest items for boys and girls from their stores in Massachusetts (two in Boston and the newest brick and mortar in Chestnut Hill) and online.
All the designers Kodomo partners with are hand-selected for their ethics and business practices and styles are hand-picked for their playfulness – quite a fabulous list that is growing all the time:
- 10 is
- akid
- andorine porto
- atelier choux paris
- atsuyo et akiko
- bacabuche
- bangbang copenhagen
- belle enfant
- bobo choses
- bonheur du jour
- bonton
- boy + girl
- braveling
- cabbages & kings
- elliefunday
- fanny & alexander
- ferm living
- gautier studio
- gray label
- hansa
- hucklebones london
- kukkia
- lapin & me
- little creative factory
- little loveland
- lovelane designs
- luckyboysunday
- maison deux
- mamma couture
- marmar copenhagen
- mini rodini
- modern queen kids
- moi
- molo
- monk & anna
- motoreta
- nico nico
- noodoll
- nununu
- OMY design & play
- pèpè
- picnik
- pom d’api
- popelin
- popupshop
- rock & pebble
- inc
- sons + daughters
- sticky lemon
- the animals observatory
- tinycottons
- treehouse by anja schwerbrock
- tuchinda
- tutu du monde
- whistle & flute
- wolf & rita
- woodstock london
Genesis of Kodomo
For those who wonder, it’s pronounced kuh-doh-moh and it means “child” in Japanese. Founder Jasmine’s favorite memory of her early childhood spent in Japan is the Children’s Day holiday each May, a celebration of children’s personalities and their happiness. She founded Kodomo with this idea to respect the “powerful personalities” of the smallest shoppers and to emulate the happiness they express every day through the merchandise they offer.
And that means slow fashion.
Slow or ethical fashion embraces a transparent clothing creation process. It encompasses all steps taken to bring a garment or an accessory from the concept stage through the design phase, to production and finally to the point of sale. Great consideration is paid to each part of the manufacturing process, such as appropriate wages paid to workers, up-to-date factory conditions and maintenance, fabrics sourced with environmental impact in mind and sustainability and care are at the heart of every business decision.
Kodomo says their customers feel good about what they buy and are “tickled pink” about what they wear.
Don’t doubt it!
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