By Clinton Arnhold


If you're like many people, you're tired of the run-of-the-mill children's clothing in Northern California. You've learned that buying cheap clothing is often disappointing. The clothes shrink after one washing, or their colors bleed and ruin all the other clothes around them. They're badly sewn, come apart at the seams, and make you vow to never buy mediocre, badly-constructed clothing for your kids ever again.

So what is your alternative? There are companies producing quality children's clothing in Northern California right now! Here's a list of some of the myriad good qualities of this clothing:

- Kids love the feel of fine quality, hand-loomed cotton in cute hand-block prints. Parents like that the products are ethically manufactured by skilled artisans using top rate natural dyes.

- These stylishly casual items are durably made to last long enough to even be passed down to other kids as they are outgrown.

- All of the prints are original and come in a variety of both vibrant and muted colors.

- Fine quality children's clothing in Northern California are handmade from heritage textiles, and are guaranteed to be naturally hypoallergenic. Heritage textiles can be wool, silk, or natural cotton and are created by skilled artisans.

One especially beautiful heritage textile is decorated with a pen or "kalam" and is called Kalamkari. Kalamkari got its origin in India in the 13th century, and is made by a very complicated process involving 17 unique steps of fabric decorating. Kalamkari is primary manufactured today in the southeastern State of Andhra Pradesh in India, by families of weavers who learned the craft from previous generations.

The dyes in this clothing are all natural, and are made from flowers, stems, leaves, bark, naturally occurring metals, and minerals. Each item of clothing is washed after each color is applied, and can be washed 20 times before the fabric is ready to be sold.

- hand-block printing, which has been used in India for more than 250 years, is used to create the designs on some of the clothes. It is a process where an image is transferred to special blocks, one for each distinct color, giving the impression of a relief carving. The wooden applicators are firmly pressed to the cloth by hand in a process that is both slow and quite labor intensive, to create the artistic patterns.

- Few things feel better against the skin than 100% fair trade t-shirts made with certified organic materials. The cotton is grown without the use of genetically modified (GMO) seeds, synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Healthy growing soil helps maintain a fine balance of only beneficial insect influence, and any weeds are removed as soon as they appear in the fields.

The World Trade Organization's definition of fair trade is a business partnership based in open dialog, mutual respect and full transparency, in order to promote better equality in the practices of international trading. Buyers pay an amount that is adequate enough that the artisans and cotton producers can sustain an acceptable livelihood. In exchange, consumers get quality products while encouraging positive social change.

Unique children's clothing is now available in Northern California!




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