Warm and fashionable accesories for kids

Hola a todos,

Sé que estamos en verano y que lo que menos apetece es pensar en ropa de abrigo pero no he podido evitarlo al descubrir una web llamada Cabbages & Kings. Esta web está fundada por Alexandra Gizela ya que cuando, en 2010 dio a luz a su primera hija, no encontró ninguna ropa de bebé calentita, duradera y a la moda que la convenciera por lo que se lanzó a hacerlo ella misma creando Cabbages & Kings donde crea prendas de lana confeccionadas después por artesanos peruanos de Sumaq Ruracc, un grupo de habla quechua de los Andes. Este grupo trabaja en colaboración con una red de comunidades, iglesias y ONGs llamada Bridge of Hope cuyo objetivo es fortalecer las capacidades de las comunidades locales participantes. La verdad es que cuando lo leí me gustó mucho la idea y me recordó un poco a cómo empecé con Pintolines, pues no encontraba pinturas para los niños que me gustaran y decidí crearlas yo misma. Me falta la parte de colaboración pero todo se andará...

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Hi everyone,

I know we are in summer and here in Spain it's too hard to think about warm clothes but I couldn't help it when I discoverd Cabbages & Kings website. This web was founded by Alexandra Gizela because when she gave birth to her first child she couldn't find warm, durable, yet fashionable clothing so she decided to create herself. And so Cabbages & Kings was born.They are a strong supporter of fair trade and strives to build bridges between artisans of excellence and socially responsible consumers.

All of their accessories are hand made by the Sumaq Ruracc, a Quechua-speaking group that live in an Andean Valley in Peru that work in collaboration with a network made up of 14 community groups, churches and non-governmental organizations called Bridge of Hope that work to strengthen the capacities of local, participating institutions and base communities.

I really like the idea because is useful and because it was created in a similar way as Pintolines, I couldn't find original and unique paintings for my kids so I decided to created myself. I'm working on the collaborative part, it will come someday...

http://www.cabbagesandkingsny.com/