Tips on Dressing Up Kids For Beach: How to Be Beach Ready?

 Dressing up kids for beach is another very troublesome matter for mothers. Often the dresses are either long or don't go with the weather or the little one doesn't approve of it. Here's how you can be beach ready always! A few Beach outing essentials-- 

a) Sunscreen-- This is not a clothing item but the most important thing to wear, you might take of those clothes at that time this is the only layering that will save you from the harmful UV rays. So, for sun-friendly healthy skin please make sure you carry this. 

b) Extra Clothing-- Always carry an extra pair of clothing for your little one. A shorts and a tee that can easily fit in your handbag and you can just go ahead with a change whenever the worn clothes have been messed up to the core. And also carry a plastic bag for wet clothes just in case you have water babies ;)

c) Head Gears-- Our traditional head gears are a blessing in a disguise, they not only become a trendy accessory to flaunt, but a great sun-saviour. It helps your tresses from direct sun exposure and also from any dirt or beach sand to spoil your hair.  You should make sure to cover your little one's head with one of these head gears so that they can be saved from any such troubles later on. This way you can easily avoid a hard day of shampooing their hair later on;)

d) Colourful- Go for bright rainbow clothes, let the browns of the beaches speak aloud with the colours on your little one. The pictures look great with colours and so do your kids. The colours compliment the subte surroundings. So, please dress up your little one in vibrant hues and see the magic unfold in front of your eyes. 

e) Less or No Accessories -- Avoid bangles or bracelets or any such accessories. Go for hair beads may be a minimal neck piece. This helps the kid to let go completely. They don't have to worry about the bangle getting into the sand while they make sand castles or the ring floating away in the water. You can also breathe and rest without any worries about what they may or may not loose. Let them be kids. 

f) Loose Clothes: Go for shirts and breezy clothes. Please make sure not to put any tight figure hugging dresses. Your pictures will look great in that flowing dress and his flowing shirt. Let the waves and the breeze near the beach enthrall your senses and give you the required break.  

Hope these tips will help you. If you have any other question please leave it in the comments and Little Weavers will be more than happy to answer your queries. You can check our vibrant ethnic African clothes for Kids @ www.littleweavers.com 

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Tips for Dressing up Your Little Ones

So, how many times have you thought what colour will suit your girl and which accessory to club with the dress? We bet, you are tired of going through so many options and end up more than confused. 

1. Know Your Kid: 

A kid can never pull off a dress if he or she is not fond of that colour. Know what your kid likes and what not. Develope a taste for colours and then add in two or three of your child's favorite colors to his or her wardrobe. Kids can pull off any color they like -- just look for shades that flatter.

2. Accessorize Well

For Accessories go for one simple rule, if you are going for a very bright patterned dress, keep the accessory in monotone that is, single colour. You can choose the brightest colour from the vibrant outfit. If the dress is a monotone pastel then you should go for a vibrant accessory. Too much colour on both sides might just mellow own the entire effect. So, when you pair patterned pieces next to each other, a solid accessory gives the eye somewhere to rest.

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3. Play with all Colours: 

We at Little Weavers are all about keeping our culture alive and one thing that our culture an clothing is very particular about is --colours. We see a lot of it around us. Perhaps, we are part of one of the few countries where men are as colourful as woman without any unease. So, teach your kids the values of colours in life so, that it can be passed on. 

4. Coordinate Colours but don’t match

Don't try and match everything to the outfit. Find something that goes well. For example try neutral basics for lowers and tame it up with a bright top. You can then coordinate a multi colour accessory that compliments the entire outfit. You don't want to overdo a particular colour by putting in same earrings, same headgear or the same colour shoes. So, remember coordinate but don't match!  

5. Refresh Their Wardrobes

Make sure, to refresh your little one's clothing from time to time. Buy new ones on every special occassion. Like one for the family holiday, this way they can cherish and relate to a particular dress "this is the one we bought for my first day at school" 

What’s your little one’s favorite colour of clothing? What was yours as a kid? Let us know below!

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Nigerian Batik: Little Weavers

We, Nigerians, have always been very fond of dressing up. Thanks to the rich cultural past of Batik looking good has never been difficult.

The reviving of traditional methods of weaving and dying in Nigeria, particularly the art of making adire, brought back the vibrant past of Nigeria to the International Fashion Stage. Adire is a colorful dyed cloth found throughout Africa. The best known and most valuable, adire, is a deep blue cloth made by the Yoruba of Nigeria. The design is created by a process called resist dying, which prevents dye from being absorbed by some parts of the cloth.

There are two very important people trying to keep this art alive. First, Nike Davies Okundaye, Nigeria’s most famous fabric artist, runs her art centers to teach resist dye techniques of making Nigerian batik. 

Second, Sangodare, who has exhibited his batiks all over the world, both with his mother Susanne Wenger, and in solo exhibitions.  Exhibitions have been held in Nigeria, Austria, Germany, the UK, France, Germany, the USA, Brazil and Cuba.  In 2010, Sangodare won Nigeria’s prestigious National Art Competition Golden Jubilee Award.

Clothes at Little Weavers are these essentially “Nigerian” batik prints that combine artistic expression with cultural designs that have specific meanings.

It is said that Nigerian Batik skills are the most developed resist-dyeing skills. The Yoruba make adire cloths using two important methods of resist. The first one being adire eleso which involves tied and stitched and adire eleko that uses starch paste. There are different types of resist dying methods used to create adire cloth designs. Oniko is a method of tying patterns into the cloth. Eleko designs are stencilled or painted onto the cloth with starch (usually from cassava or yam).

While another method, called Alabere, uses raffia to stitch designs into the fabric. Once the designs are complete, the white cloth is then dipped into a deep blue dye. When dry, the fabric is untied, or the starch and stitches are removed, to reveal a beautiful design.

Another very popular pattern or fabric of clothing is Kente. It has become a symbol of Africa outside of the continent. Kente cloth used to be known as the “cloth of kings.” It is a traditional and distinctive type of cloth woven of strips and checks. You will find glimpses of these patterns, fabrics and art at Little Weavers.

It was said that the “Nigerian- batik” designs are like a “sign” – when you wear them, the designs signify your village of origin. Today, we have come a long way from there and the designs at little weavers represent your rich cultural past and the right values for the kids.

It is also known that the skills of Nigerian Batik are passed from generations to generation for instance from mother to child as inheritance. Little Weavers is just one of those mediums to pass on this inheritance to the future of the country. 

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Little Weavers – Weaving Magic

On the face of it, Little Weavers is a premium afrocentric couture brand. But, in reality, Little Weavers is not only about kids fashion or accessories inspired by African designs. If you shop at Little Weavers, you are actually passing on the core African values and culture to the next generation.

It is about keeping the “culture” alive in them.  Our clothes are the innovative fruits of our culture and history that inspires us and we wish to inspire others to adhere to it.

The moment we speak of African culture we think about Jazz, Break Dance, Reggae or Zumba.  We often ignore the rich past of clothing, attire and handloom of our country. We want you think about our cultural heritage of weaving and clothing. Did you know our tradition of weaving in Africa dates back to about 3000 B.C.?

Symbols and there meanings 

 Every design, pattern and colour at Little Weavers is chosen for both visual effect and their symbolic meanings. Our clothing certainly, defines our culture. So, Little Weavers aims at creating that cultural consciousness amidst our future generation staying in Nigeria and African Diaspora. The textile arts are among one of Africa’s most significant craft forms.

Nigeria is bustling with Afrocentric clothing and fashion. Last week we saw one of the biggest fashion events of the country. It was the first time the African Fashion Week London (AFWL), dedicated to African Fashion took place in Nigeria. AFWL is an annual event created in 2011 which has showcased over 200 African designers, 50% of which are Nigerians.

It is the time when the world is ready to take notice of our rich colours, the patterns, the textures and the symbols that are known to be part of our being. Only an African knows the importance and uniqueness of Nigerian Batik. There are numerous varieties in which the art of Batik is performed using vibrant colours. Little Weavers also has such varieties in floral and geometric patterns.

Every pattern in African culture has a meaning like a star in the circle means “Congratulations” or a heart with a spade in the middle means “Courage”. Our clothes have a life and meaning of their own. Let your kids breathe the essence of true African identity.

You can find our store at Awolowo Road in Ikoyi and you can find clothes for ages 0-19. What more? We also feature wonderful African accessories for the moms.

Little Weavers Store at Awolowo Road in Ikoyi

Little Weavers has plans to go global and to soon open stores in other Nigerian cities, Dubai, UK and USA.

Hope you are ready to be part of our aim to take African couture to the global stage. Do visit us as our Little Weavers somewhere are weaving the threads of magic for your little ones.

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