I was proud to introduce you last week to luxury brand caramel baby and child and want to treat you with some more photos of their AW 2013 collection.
They are as old as the (21st) century and are now in their teenage years growing into a global lifestyle brand. They have recently opened a store in Singapore and plan to open more in key fashion cities around the world always retaining their personal feel which is of such importance for founder Eva Karayiannis.
Their vintage inspired pieces and innovative colour palette pushes the boundaries of traditional childrenswear and has attracted famous brand ambassadors like Victoria Beckham, Reese Whiterspoon, Maggie Gyllenhall, Jodie Kidd, Laura Bailey, Camilla Rutherford and Ayda & Robbie Williams. So far nothing new you might say.
However, I loved reading about their fundraising party in May for Natalia Vodianova’s Naked Heart Foundation which funds programmes supporting families bringing up children with special needs and building play parks and playgrounds around Russia.
From what I’ve read Natalia is genuinely passionate about the children in her home country and campaigns tirelessly. Her main yearly event being the Love Ball in Monte-Carlo, rasing a staggering 3.2 million Euros this year thanks to her A-list friends around the world. I’d love to meet her (who wouldn’t!?) and talk some more about her cause as she seems a totally down-to-earth supermodel (if that’s no oxymoron) who enjoys nothing more than being fed by her mum cooking the most delicious Russian dishes.
Her story is another inspirational one as she grew up in poverty helping her mother sell fruit on the street to make ends meet. Her father walked out when Natalia was still a toddler and she grew up with two half-sisters one of whom has cerebral palsy. She left Russia as a teenager forging her career in Paris and is now not only a mother of three but one of the hardest working and campaigning models around. I’ve got nothing but respect for her and am thrilled that caramel baby and child got involved in fund raising for her Naked Heart Foundation.
If you’d like to support the Naked Heart Foundation you can find out more on their website or skip straight to
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Go on… you’re only going to spend your money on skinny lattes otherwise. 😉
Enjoy and I hope you’re inspired!
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