what’s hot kids
Designer Bambinas Top fashion houses are now accommodating the smallest customers. While they might not be able wear them forever, who could ever resist these hand-me-downs?
TEA PARTY The perfect birthday gift: a Storybook Tea Kit Company set for kids to host their own afternoon in Wonderland with music, cookies and apple-cinnamon brew. storybook teakit.com.
Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, Stella McCartney, Lanvin, Gucci.
Kelly Sawyer Patricof with her daughters Riley, 6, and Sawyer, 4.
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Alice’s Pawfect Tea-Party Kit, $25.
MOTHER, DESIGNER AND PHILANTHROPIST KELLY SAWYER PATRICOF started volunteering at a Head Start while she was modeling and living in New York, years ago. While continuing to do charitable work, she moved to L.A. with her husband, producer Jamie Patricof, had two little ones of her own and became the creative director of Satine’s private label (the WeHo boutique recently opened a second location on Abbot Kinney). Last year, Sawyer Patricof partnered with friend Norah Weinstein to take over Baby2Baby (baby2baby.org), a local organization supplying gear and clothing to those in need under 12. Out of a gleaming, 6,000-square-foot office-warehouse in the Mid-Wilshire district, the nonprofit provides more than 50,000 kids annually with essentials: diapers, cribs, strollers and gently used clothing. Here, her familyfriendly L.A. musts: • LOST & FOUND A kids store in Hollywood with eclectic wares, furniture and handmade knick knacks. lostandfoundshop.com. • ESCUELA TAQUERIA The best tacos (and they’ll make quesadillas for your kids). 308 N. Stanley Ave., L.A., 323-939-8226. • THE LITTLE SEED My favorite all-natural kids store. thelittleseed. com. • ZIMMER CHILDREN’S MUSEUM The best and only children’s museum—and it’s next to Baby2Baby. zimmermuseum.org. • GRIFFITH PARK The pony rides are the girls’ favorite. laparks.org. • JENNI KAYNE They have such special items that make great gifts and adorable clothes, plus great stuff for me, too! jennikayne.com. •
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