We loaded up the minivan on Saturday to make the trek down to NYC for the ENK Children’s Club trade show.

The Children’s Club features kid’s fashion wholesalers – hundreds of them – in one place at one time.  It’s a shopper’s dream, but to retailers it’s next season’s blueprint.  We spent 7 hours on Sunday with Ella (in her Micralite Stroller) cruising the booths.

Tons of great stuff was on display:  unique clothes from the American companies, and – as always – the very best in outerwear fashion from the Europeans.  We’re still sorting through all of our pictures and orders, but here’s a sneak peak at 5 of vendors (in no particular order) that we found to be most exciting:

First off were the shoes at Livie and Luca.  The booth was beautiful, and the owners/designers were exceptionally sweet, approachable, and excited about their shoe brand.  The shoes themselves might just be the cutest we’ve seen:

The Vendors' Personalities Matched the Look of the Shoes: Warm, inviting, and approachable

Vincent Shoes, out of Sweden, was another brand we fell in love with.  Can’t wait to see our kids in these.  Vincent is already huge throughout Europe, and will become a household name within 5 years in the USA.

Vincent: Cute *and* Practical

And though we’re not sure we understand the double entendre in the name, the “Old Soles” sold us at our first look:

Old Soles for Pre-Walkeing Kids

As for the outerwear, we’re excited to be bringing in this gem from Mack and Co:

Look out Dicky Barrett, here comes Mack and Co

Finally a peak at new styles from both Reset and Lemon Loves Lime, two of our our perennial favorites:

Classic Wool Reset

Reset Down Jacket

Assorted Goodies from Lemon Loves Lime

We’ll be tweeting when each of these orders come in.  Til then, looking forward to seeing you in the store!

PS: Big thanks to Lucas’ father Stephen Friedlaender “Papa” and Nancy for watching both Maya and Ethan all day in Manhattan.