A Formal Affair This Holiday Season

The 4th of July is just around the corner, but for those of us in the children’s industry, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! With weddings, Thanksgiving gatherings, Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations, and New Year’s parties filling up calendars, your customers are going to need a fabulous selection of formal frocks for their young ladies. The Giggle Guide^® has the details on the frilliest, fanciest, and most elegant styles for tiny tots and teens alike. Us Angels, Calabrese Girl, and Biscotti provide gorgeous dresses, shrugs, gloves, tiaras, hair accessories and more to make sure every girl is pretty as a picture!

Us Angels Makes Girls Look Heavenly

Us Angels was started in 1998 by two galpals who wanted to ensure quality formal wear for children. Miriam Jacob and Norma Sawdy have established a solid record of success — the quality of products, from sashes to gowns to gloves, is exceptional. The most recent Us Angels catalog, the Flower Girl - Beautiful Color 2011 collection, displays the brand’s ability to make beautiful flower girl dresses that, while sharing the same classic look, are as unique as the occasion.

The gowns favor soft whites and pinks, but variations in beige and pastel green are also available. The dresses fit infants, toddlers, and older children sizes 4-16.

Other collections include the Holiday and Communion collections. Consumers, working with their local retailer, can select a dress and then add a sash or flower in a variety of colors to add personalized finishing touches.

Depend on Us Angels for quality, selection and outstanding service. Also see their newest brand, Blush, at www.usangels.com

Calabrese Girl Creates Unmatched Beauty and Value

Joan Calabrese had an affinity for fashion design as a small child. She designed doll clothes, and as a young adult won a scholarship to Philadelphia’s Academy of Fine Arts. She didn’t choose to attend, but it hardly derailed her career. Years later, Joan’s dresses would be spotted by Tom Morotta of Saks Fifth Avenue, and his influence would help Joan’s creations catch the eye of Linda Berman, Bergdorf Goodman, and Neiman Marcus.

According to Joan, Calabrese Girl came from a need to keep her designs affordable, and subsequently, keep them hers. “There was a great deal of copying of my designs,” said Joan, “and I decided that the only designer who should be copying my designs in the affordable range was, is, and will continue to be — me.”

Joan Calabrese has a reputation for being one of the best for a reason. “I believe we offer the world something new: beauty, great classy design, fabulous quality, historically great customer service, great and quick growth, and all this for a fair and affordable price.”

The Calabrese Girls collection speaks for itself at www.calabresegirl.com. Buyers can find and personalize a dress by searching size, neckline, waistline, silhouette, sleeve style, length, train, fabric, jacket, and color family.

Kate Mack and Biscotti Dress for Success

Biscotti is growing around the world, one beautiful dress and international retailer at a time. With retailers in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, it’s no argument Biscotti’s modern charm and eternal style has brought universal success and recognition.

Having been in the children’s market since 1986, Kate Mack and Biscotti, Inc. have earned a case full of design awards for Best Girls’ Swimwear, Best Girls’ Outwear, and Best Dresses. This is largely because the main designer and owner, Bernadette Reiss, designs apparel beyond the traditional white frill. Some of the creations feature a stunning look with rippling wave-like frills skirting down the back of the gown. Still others are smooth and understated, with a bit of fancy trim — like icing on a cake — at the hem and collar.

Biscotti designs dresses for infants and older children alike. For memorable dresses that become highlights of a girl’s childhood, rely upon www.Biscottiinc.com