If you’ve been shopping around for baby and children’s clothing, you’ll often see references to the ‘Oeko Tex Standard‘ and it’s likely that you’ll assume it means something of importance, but you may not know why.

The idea behind this standard is that globally, there is uniform testing and certification of textiles at all stages of production. This ensures that not only are manufacturers able to buy in their raw materials with confidence, but for you as the consumer, when you see that the clothing you are considering purchased has been certified with this standard, you can rest assured that the fabric has been tested for over 100 harmful chemicals. You can not only have confidence in the quality of the fabric but also that your child’s skin is not coming into contact with them.

There are varying ways that this standard may appear when you are checking out clothing so for instance, when browsing our Lille Barn collection, you see that all of the dyes used are free from heavy chemicals that meet Oeko Tex Standards and with the Katvig collection, the entire item has been tested to the strictest levels of the standard. As it is, both brands use eco friendly fabrics so for instance with Lille Barn who use fabrics like merino wool which is naturally full of brilliant eco friendly properties and produced in a ethical manner, their concerns are to ensure that they don’t ‘pollute’ their merino. An example of their range is our fuschia striped merino playsuit which is £30.

Katvig uses a mix of fabrics to ensure stretch and fit such as the very eco friendly bamboo plus cotton and elastane and so everything, right down to the dye and the thread used is put through rigourous tests to ensure high quality. An example of their collection is the green flying high print hoody made from bamboo which is £17.

All in all, the Oeko Tex Standard is about an extra vote of confidence.

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Here at Yellow Lolly, we’ve pulled together a stylish and eclectic mix of the must have Scandinavian brands, Katvig, Ej Sikke Lej, Mini A Ture, Kik Kid, Moonkids, and Lille Barn for autumn winter. There is a fantastic mix of brights, prints, and practical with a focus on wearability, durability, and style to take your child through the two seasons. Here is a quick overview:

The Katvig collection is a mix of their trademark stripes and Midi Apple prints and some eclectic new additions with the introduction of the Chess and Japan prints. This is wearable, practical, high fashion clothing at a superb quality with much of the collection organic cotton and the very versatile bamboo, plus some smatterings of velvet and wool. It has fantastic basics such as long sleeved body’s, all-in-ones, t-shirts, hoodies, leggings and tracksuit bottoms, plus winter accessories and a star turn out of the Powder Fairy Brown Velvet dress which features the fairy cow print that debuted in the summer.

Our Ej Sikke Lej collection is to die for! Well known for their distinctive Nutty, Big Owl, and Crazy Owl prints which have made an appearance again with some new colours added, the killer pieces for this season have to be the fabulous overalls and playsuits. All of them are practical yet stunning to look at, in retro velour and corduroy, and floaty poplin cotton. There’s also plenty of cotton basics that you won’t want to hide away.

Mini A Ture’s collection is functional, nostalgic, and a bit more subtle than some of our other brands, but nonetheless effortlessly stylish. From dusty rose basics, to denim and tweed dungarees, to bang on trend check shirts and blouses, plus their smocks and knits in whimsical knits and prints, you’ll be wanting some of this gear in adult sizes! We love the fleece lined winter jackets which are selling fast!

Kik Kid’s clothing follows the shape and form of your child and what emerges is a collection of functional, stylish clothing in delightful brights. If you want bold colour contrasts without prints or uber stylish statement pieces that you can mix and match, their pieces are fantastic. Our collection has great basics in this seasons petrol blue, vibrant pink, dark red, dark grey, and deep green and we’re especially excited that their edgy boiler suits with their elbow patches have made a return.

Our Lille Barn collection is a wonderful mix of statement pieces in eco friendly merino wool which amongst its many features will keep your child warm in winter and cool in summer, and is brilliant on delicate skin. We have playsuits, dresses, jumpers, scarves, hats, and mittens in their beautiful knits which are a high quality buy and brilliant value.

The very retro Moonkids is a new addition to our store and with the exception of the dresses, has supercool unisex pieces that are stretchy, practical, yet oh so bright. Our collection has cool playsuits, polos, and skinny rib trousers in can’t miss you stripes and edgy dresses in retro colour contrasts that will transport you straight back to the 70s.

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In October you could win Toby the pull along dog by French manufacturer Vilac. A classic toy that will look great in the nursery or kids room long after he’s done being played with!

Especially for those who are anti plastic, Toby is very cute and cool! From French manufacturer Vilac he is a little wooden pull along dog with rubber ringed chunky red wheels and a cute bell at his neck. He has been sprayed with a hard lacquer which gives him a lovely glossy finish and comes in a cardboard kennel gift box. As he is a design classic, he wont need to be confined to a toy box and can sit proud on any shelf long after he has been played with. Toby is worth £29.90

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