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Our Sol Little Girls Cotton Smocked Dress featured again!

Administrator — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:28:05 +0000

As posted on Glimpse.ca (April 30, 2009):

PerryWinkles Princess
You know, I never ever have considered myself a “girly girl”. Nope, I hated dresses and skirts, bows & frills were not my thing, and even doing my hair up nice or wearing jewelry rarely happened. I didn’t even like the color pink. But then I had my own baby girl and EVERYTHING changed! haha. All of a sudden I see how adorable and gorgeous dresses can be. And not only is my baby girl wearing pink…but so am I!! Even an abundance of hair clips, bows, and little necklaces have made their way into my home. And I must admit…I love it. PerryWinkles Kids sent Emily the most gorgeous dress ever. It’s the real deal. PerryWinkles Kids has the most adorable hand-smocked dresses for little girls – perfect for special occasions or even for just wearing around the house or to the shopping mall. Besides the fact that these dresses are absolutely precious, they’re also made from natural fibres (such as incredibly soft pima cotton) and are 100% machine washable!! If you have a little girl, I’m sure you know how hard it is to find a beautiful dress for her that is cute, comfy AND easy to clean!

The dress that our little princess is wearing is the Sol Sleeveless Smocked dress. It is made of a soft and VERY comfy cotton. Nothing itchy, nothing scratchy, nothing too heavy or too hot. This sweet dress is perfect a special occasion or for running, playing and wearing all summer long if you wish!

Posted by Andrea, Glimpse.ca

Our Sol Smocked Dress is featured in Upscale Baby Blog!

Administrator — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:23:32 +0000

As featured in Upscale Baby Blog (April 4, 2009):
“Perry Winkles Kids is the joint effort of a Canadian mother-daughter design team. They make a wide variety of dresses to suit any occasion. Their new spring and summer line includes this great Smocked SOL Dress. I love the simple elegance of this look. It would be perfect for Easter, or any other big day. It is fancy enough for dressy occasions, but I can also see it being dressed down for a stroll through the park or a romp on the beach.

It is made from soft white cotton and the hand embroidery is in pink. Best of all, it is machine washable. You can purchase one for $80 at perrywinkleskids.com. While you are there, check out the rest of this up-and-coming line. It is available in sizes from 2T to 6.”

Maria

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PerryWinkles Kids featured in urbanmoms.ca

Administrator — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:17:03 +0000

http://www.urbanmoms.ca/marketplace/2009/03/perrywinkles-kids.html

By Kath on March 31, 2009 8:56 PM

Our mission here at the Marketplace is to bring you the stories of businesses created and run by Canadian moms. This week we bring you Maria’s story:My name is Maria Montero and I am the owner of PerryWinkles Kids, a designer and manufacturer of fine children’s clothing, specializing in stylish smocked dresses for little girls.

We are a mother-daughter team, with myself and my mother the co-owners of this business. I am the mom of two beautiful girls who are the inspiration for many of our designs. We created PerryWinkles when we found a need in today’s market for dressier, yet practical, little girls’ clothes. As moms ourselves, with busy schedules, we value practicality and so our dresses are all machine-washable and comfortable enough for every-day use. Also, we use only natural fabrics like 100% pima cotton. We aim to dress little girls in upstanding quality dresses that they can run around in bare feet in as well as dress up for special occasions.

This year’s spring and summer lines feature delicate touches in the Babies line and playful elegance in the Little Girls line. The Babies line features a romper decorated with a dainty and feminine floral design for a baby’s first few months of life, and a delicate bishop-style dress in a thin 100% cotton fabric, also hand-smocked in a floral design. The Little Girls line includes Daniela, a sleeveless, hand-smocked dress in a feminine floral printed fabric; Evelyn, a classic, short-sleeve pique cotton dress with hand-smocked bodice and smart ribbon detail on the skirt; and Katherine, a fun, apple-green and pink dress in a soft Oxford cotton fabric.

As featured today at urbanmoms.ca

Maria – PerryWinkles Kids

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PerryWinkles Kids launches its Spring/Summer 09 Collection

Administrator — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:33:16 +0000

PerryWinkles Kids has just launched its new collection of little girls’ smocked dresses and we are very excited about it. The new collection is full of lively, girly and adorable new creations that are perfect for every little girl’s special occasions this Spring and Summer. And as always, all of our little girls’ dresses are hand-smocked and made of 100% high quality pima cotton, which makes them machine-washable.

Choose from some of our new floral cotton print dresses, like the Alesia or the Rose dress. Or if you like the classic styles more, you will love the pique cotton Tatiana dresses and the gorgeous Linda collection. Pair up one of our beautiful dresses with one of our new for an even more polished look. Our smocked dresses are perfect for special occasions like weddings, anniversary parties, birthday parties, religious events, or when you want your little girl to look a little bit more dressy in an age-appropriate outfit. We have styles for little girls from newborn to toddlers to size 6. All our dresses up to size 12months/1T come with matching bloomers.

As always, enjoy free shipping on orders over $150. All our orders ship within 24 hours.

Maria

PerryWinkles Kids – fine little girl smocked dresses

Come visit us at Bialik Boutique Market on December 1st

Administrator — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:38:48 +0000

Come and do some hoilday shopping at Bialik Boutique Market in Toronto this Monday. The 7th Annual Boutique Market at Bialik Hebrew Day School will take place on December 1st, between 2-8pm. Shop from over 60 vendors, this is the largest school Boutique event in Toronto. With over 60 artists, vendors and craftspeople showcasing unique giftware, housewares, clothing art & more, you won’t leave empty handed. PerryWinkles Kids, fine girls’ smocked dresses, will be there with our current collection of Fall and Holiday smocked dresses for little girls, along with our Spring and Summer dresses and cotton cardigans. Food & Refreshments available for sale at the Market Cafe. Bialik Hebrew Day School, 2760 Bathurst St., Toronto.

Maria

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PerryWinkles Kids dresses now available at Toronto’s Sick Kids Hospital

Administrator — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:57:26 +0000

We are pleased to announce that you can now shop for PerryWinkles Kids’ collection of smocked girls’ dresses and cardigans at The 5 Fifty 5 Shop at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. The gift shop is operated by the Hospital’s Women’s Auxiliary volunteers and proceeds are directed toward patient-related projects.

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada’s most research-intensive hospital and the largest centre dedicated to improving children’s health in the country. As innovators in child health, SickKids improves the health of children by integrating care, research and teaching.

With a staff that includes professionals from all disciplines of health care and research, SickKids provides the best in complex and specialized care by creating scientific and clinical advancements, sharing knowledge and expertise and championing the development of an accessible, comprehensive and sustainable child health system.

PerryWinkles Kids specializes in little girls’ comfortable, trendy and practical girls’ hand-smocked dresses, in sizes from newborn to size 6. PerryWinkles Kids works only with machine-washable high-quality natural fabrics, like soft pima cotton, that are easy to care for.

Maria

PerryWinkles Kids – fine girls’ clothing

Viyella

Administrator — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:16:38 +0000

One of our favourite fabrics to work with for our Fall and Winter collections of little girls’ hand-smocked dresses is viyella (vī yel′ə, vi-). This gorgeous fabric is made of natural fibres and is soft and cozy, making it perfect for dresses for every little girl during the colder months. For the 2008 Fall and 2009 Winter we used viyella in our stunning and unique new Jane hand-smocked dress.

What is viyella? This soft, light, flannel-like fabric is made of a blend of lamb’s wool (merino wool) and fine cotton. It was first woven in 1893 in England and originally made made of 55 per cent merino wool and 45 per cent cotton in a twill weave. The name Viyella is based on the unusually-named valley road, Via Gellia, near Matlock in England, where in 1890 Hollins & Co., the first makers of viyella, acquired a mill used for the early production of viyella. Viyella was a soft dress-weight fabric which was more resistant to shrinkage than any comparable pure wool alternative. It rapidly became the most famous and coveted cloth in the world, renowned for its durability and softness. Viyella was the first fabric to be branded.

The viyella we use at PerryWinkles Kids is made in Peru, with local merino wool and 100% pima cotton – absolutely gorgeous, soft, elegant and cozy.

After today’s gorgeous and warm day in the East coast, it’s hard to imagine our little princesses will be needing warmer outfits.

Maria

PerryWinkles Kids – fine girls’ smocked dresses

PerryWinkles Kids – Announcing our new Fall/Winter Collection of little girl’s dresses

Administrator — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:36:46 +0000

We are thrilled to announce our Fall & Winter Dress Collection for little girls and baby girls, just in time for back to school and all their special occasion during the colder months. We have found gorgeous viyellas, heavy cotton, veloure and baby corduroy and have decorated them with stunning and unique smocking patterns, to keep your little princess cozy, comfortable and stylish during the Fall and Winter seasons. As always, practicality is was a key consideration and all our new designs are machine-washable, to keep up with today’s mom’s busy schedules.

Our new collection of little girls’ dresses include beautiful hand-smocked designs, like the Jane style in pink viyella. As well, your little princess will dazzle in her first day of school in one of our new blue or red corduroy jumpers and viyella shirts. We have other new additions to our collection, like brand new styles of cotton cardigans and nylon tights.

PerryWinkles Kids – fine smocked girls’ dresses

Vote Now for PerryWinkles Kids to be Canada’s top Mom Entrepreneur!

Administrator — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:44:10 +0000

PerryWinkles Kids has been nominated to be Canada’s top Mom Entrepreneur and we need your votes to help us win.

SavvyMom Media has put PerryWinkles Kids’ name into the ring to win The SavvyMom Mom Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a reader’s choice contest designed to find Canada’s top Mom Entrepreneur. The winner will be announced in the fall, and will be rewarded with a $17,000 prize that was designed to help take that business into the next level.

PerryWinkles Kids, a Canadian-based children’s wear company, designs and manufactures fine children’s clothing, specializing in stylish, practical and comfortable girls’ smocked dresses from newborn to size 6T. Our daughters and grand-daughters are the inspiration for all of our hand-smocked dresses’ designs. Practicality to fit today’s moms’ busy schedules is a priority – all of our little girls’ dresses are made of 100% pima cotton and are machine-washable.

Go to the following link and make sure to cast your vote for us!
http://www.momentrepreneuraward.ca/MomBio.aspx?momID=286
Thanks!

Maria

PerryWinkles Kids

Great resource for apparel start-ups

Administrator — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:42:24 +0000

If you are a start-up company in the apparel industry, I highly recommend a site called Fashion Incubator. Fashion Incubator offers great advice for apparel manufacturing and the fashion business in general, particularly for small businesses. It has been an invaluable source of information for my business of girls’ stylish smocked dresses. I have found very useful resources on how to build a line sheet for my Spring/Summer line of little girl dresses, advice on the role of sales reps in the clothing industry, and comments on the pros and cons of having a website when you are also trying to sell to retailers. Kathleen Fasanella, who has nearly 27 years of experience in the apparel industry, writes nearly all the material on the site. Subscribing to receive their emails is free. Along the same line, I recommend Toronto Fashion Incubator. This site, with a focus on Toronto, ‘nurtures and supports fashion entrepreneurs’. The content is nevertheless not free; you can become a member for $130…..which I still haven’t done. I’m tempted to join to gain access to interesting seminars and information, such as a list of retailers in Canada and the U.S. and Sales Reps. As a small business in the children’s clothing business, with limited funds for professional advice, these sites have become extremely useful as a source of information to guide me through the intricacies of having a small business designing and manufacturing little girls’ dresses.

Maria

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