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HARVARD GALS LAUNCH POSHLING.COM

Posted by bostonista on 5/24/2011 at 9:00AM | No Comments

Lately, it seems that the celebrity style spotlight has centered on a younger crowd. So much younger, in fact, that many of the fashionistas gracing the pages of People only come up to our knees. Yes, we’re talking about the influx of impeccably dressed Hollywood offspring. (Think Suri Cruise, who has an entire fashion blog dedicated to her at age five.) If you’re wondering how to make your tot look like Little Miss Cruise without spending the tabloid-estimated one million dollars that her mom and dad have shelled out, look no further than Poshling.com, a social commerce site that offers deals on luxury children’s clothes.

The website was founded at Harvard Business School by best friends Leah Tucker and Sonali Mathur and delivers boutique and designer brands at sample-sale prices. Members vote for their favorite items in categories like “best-looking diaper bag” and “best maternity dress for the office.” Based on the results, Poshling doles out exclusive discounts on high-end items like Belabumbum maternity lingerie and Baby CZ cashmere sweaters. Membership is free, and gets you deals of up to 65 percent off children’s and maternity products.

While researching for the business, Tucker found that new moms struggle to figure out what products and brands to buy for their children. “For many mothers, it would be valuable to connect with other moms to see what they recommend,” she says. “Our mission is to change the way moms shop.” Watch out Suri, there’s a new batch of baby big-shots-in-the-making.

Ally Betker contributes to Boston’s online fashion and style coverage.

PREVIEW: STEP INTO SPRING EVENT

Posted by Anne Vickman on 3/31/2011 at 8:08AM | No Comments

By: Sarah Burns

It may still be barren outside, but you can get an early eyeful of spring thaw this Friday, April 1, at the Mall at Chestnut Hill’s Step Into Spring Event. Check out planted gardens, sculptures, floral arrangements, and garden settings by local landscape artists, horticulturalists, florists, and gardeners (including Winston Flowers, Earthworks, and Twig Boston), which will be on display in common areas of the mall through May 15.

The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is sponsoring a VIP party for the unveiling, which will feature cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a drawing demonstration by botanical artist and instructor Mathilde Duffy.

For even more flower power, visit on April 16 for an arts and crafts show for kids, a student fashion show, and a showcase of spring looks by Bloomingdales, Brooks Brothers, Kate Spade.

$35, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m., 199 Boylston St., Chestnut Hill, 617-965-3038, masshort.org, buy tickets here.

PRODUCT REVIEW: OLELO BOARD GAME

Posted by Tanya Pai on 1/12/2011 at 1:27PM | No Comments

By: Tanya Pai

When it comes to playing games, it often feels like our Wii-centric culture doesn’t put a high premium on face-to-face interaction. But Mary Ann Cyr of Norwell-based Little Squash Productions has developed a board game that’s literally a conversation starter. Olelo, named for the Hawaiian verb meaning to talk or tell, is appropriate for any age, and encourages families and friends to share stories and develop listening skills. READ MORE

TOTAL RECOIL!

Posted by A. J. Downey on 12/6/2010 at 1:10PM | No Comments

By: Sarah Burns

Our city’s winter weather can lead to a major case of the stir-crazies. If you’re literally ready to bounce off the walls, hit up Sky Zone Boston, the Northeast’s first indoor trampoline park.

Owner Stella Downie teamed up with the Las Vegas-based Sky Zone franchise two years ago to bring their patented court design-10,000 square feet of interconnected grid tramps-to the 20,000 square-foot Hyde Park warehouse facility. The secret to the bounce, says Downie, who also opened Stellabella Toys in Cambridge, is the system of cables and chains that support the walled trampoline bed. The trampolines are built without traditional steel bars (which have less give and can pose a safety hazard) to allow for higher jumps.

GENIUS GEAR

Posted by A. J. Downey on 9/29/2010 at 11:24AM | No Comments

By Anne Vickman

Westwood resident Megan Kelleher, a financial industry executive and mom of three, was struck with inspiration for her new clothing line, Tutortogs, at a family picnic in Cape Cod.

“I was with my siblings and their babies,” she explains. “I had on a striped shirt and the two babies were in a bouncy seat, staring at me, with their heads moving in unison as I walked.” A week earlier, Kelleher had noticed her own daughter Maia eyeballing the same shirt. “That was my a-ha moment,” she says.

The coincidence sparked a curiosity, which resulted in a collection of high-contrast clothing for moms and newborns. Alongside Dr. Linda Bram, a child-development specialist who runs a private practice in Lexington, Kelleher learned that a baby’s sense of vision develops in the first year, as the nerve cells that control the ability to focus begin to form.

So, Kelleher tested several patterns on a focus group (thanks to those nieces and nephews), and the ones that elicited the most goo’s and ga’s were chosen for the line. “They’re attracted to optic designs,” says Kelleher. “And that’s our aim, to aid in infants’ visual development during this crucial time and beyond.”

Four different patterns are available — dots, stripes, racing checks, and ladybugs — but Kelleher is working on new patterns like butterflies, letters, numbers, and musical instruments. She also has plans to incorporate loungewear and is considering a line of duds for dads, too.

$38-$48, tutortogshop.com.

BOSTONISTA LOVES: MOMMY FASHION

Posted by Rachel Baker on 11/5/2008 at 4:31PM | No Comments

1225919131 Yes, the life of a Bostonista involves many perks, many of which come from sitting the next cube over from Chowder: Impromptu pumpkin pie tastings, the introduction to our new favorite citrus, free booze.

And since Chowder became a mother last May, our eyes have been opened to a whole world of baby stuff that we never really paid attention to before. READ MORE

NO FISHNETS ALLOWED: CHARITY HALLOWEEN EVENTS

Posted by Brigid Sweeney on 10/30/2008 at 2:41PM | No Comments

1225392011 In a concerted effort to divest October 31st of its slutty-costume focus, we’re bringing you a new Halloween angle: charity. Yeah, Christmas is still a few months away, but just because there isn’t snow on the ground doesn’t mean you can’t get a jump-start on giving to good causes.

Tomorrow’s holiday offers ample opportunity to give back to the local community while having a safe, enjoyable—and demurely costumed—time.

THE LITTLE MERMAID

Posted by Michele Orecklin on 1/29/2008 at 11:06AM | No Comments

There was a time when I could spend hours, days, even entire vacations, shopping for myself. I could make lists and lists of things without which my life would be incomplete: sweaters, boots, scarves, sunglasses, CDs, coasters, cheese trays, duvet covers, coffee-table books, earrings, scented candles. And each of these items had to be exactly right: the skirt that hit the spot on my thigh to the most flattering effect, the jeans that flared to just the right proportion so I could wear them with either boots or flats.

In other words, I was self-involved and materialistic. I was single without a child.

I was reminded of those glorious days last night when I spent several hours of my post-work evening shopping online for warm-weather clothing for my two-year-old daughter for a beach vacation we’ll be taking at the end of the month. READ MORE

IT’S A GIRL! BUT DOES IT HAVE TO DRESS LIKE ONE?

Posted by Michele Orecklin on 12/14/2007 at 2:32PM | No Comments

Yesterday I was reminded, not for the first time, what a profound act of narcissism raising a child can be. After finally managing to get myself and my two-year-old daughter, Sam, dressed and ready to go outside, I noticed that we were both wearing jeans and brown turtleneck sweaters. “One of us has got to change,” I told her. I elected myself, since it takes me a fraction of the time to put clothes on my own body as it does to put them on hers.

It was not, I admit, unusual for us to leave the house in danger of looking a little too prepared to enter a mother/daughter beauty pageant. READ MORE

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