My daughter had gotten quite a bit of wear out of her fall clothes the last couple of years and I only had to add a few pieces here and there, but this year she finally grew out of those clothes and had to get a whole new wardrobe.  Typically I buy 80% of her clothes from Mini Boden, 20% from Nordstrom and all of her jeans from GapKids; it’s pretty easy to shop for her this way.   This year I was disappointed to find that she can’t fit Mini Boden shirts because she is at the top of the combined size (i.e. they size 7/8 and she wears an 8…she wore their 7/8 size last year) and she needed shirts more than anything.   I went to GapKids where there was nothing exciting to buy but jeans.  Bloomingdale’s, Gymboree and Lucky Brand Kids were all a bust too.   My fail-safe, the place that never lets me down–Nordstrom–didn’t even have fall clothes out yet (it was mid-September; they really need to rectify their buying schedule).    What was I going to do?

Luckily it stays hot in Georgia most of September, so I had some time to surf around….and around and around.  It was so hard finding cute clothes for my daughter online!  FINALLY I found LaBella Flora Children’s Boutique and this is where I bought most of her new clothes.  They have the cutest clothes for baby girls all the way up to age 14!   I have seen some of the brands they carry, like Flowers By Zoe, at Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom, but never so much in one place.   And I was introduced to some new children’s designers that I had never heard of, but will be looking for again in the future.  My daughter had a great time picking out her clothes, but had to have a limit or she would have gotten so much more.   Bottoms from Mini Boden and dark-washed skinny jeans from GapKids completed her wardrobe.    Per her instructions, all her pants and jeans had to be skinny this year.   My only rule is that she had to be able to move comfortably in her pants; they couldn’t be so skinny to prevent her from running, playing and sitting “criss-cross applesauce” on the floor.

Thankfully she can still wear her red peacoat and polka-dot green dressier coat from Mini Boden that I bought last year, so that’s an expense saved.   Converse are her shoes of choice so she got 2 pair of low-top Chucks in navy and in gray from Zappos.com.    Short tan moccasin boots from local children’s shoe store, Sprong, and black suede slouchy Steve Madden boots from Nordstrom gives her choices for different looks.  Sadly she can’t wear UGGs this year because of the sizing.   I got most of her tights and leggings from Target, but look at these cute socks I bought from Mini Boden; they are packaged so nicely that they could be a gift.

Excited to finally receive all her clothes in the mail, Girly put on a fashion show for Funkidivagirl.com readers.

She loves this 2 piece Flowers By Zoe outfit.  What’s not to love; it’s tie-dyed and has a blinging peace sign!

This Hannah Banana 2 piece outfit is her favorite; it’s very rocker-chick chic.  I like that she can wear it dressed up with the boots or to school with the Chucks.

This shirt by Morfs is super cool.  The candy necklace is made from recycled fleece and the sleeves are tie-dyed tube socks.  The silver belt is Mini Boden as is the orange plush cord skirt.  The funki gray leopard tights are from Target.

Here’s the same orange Mini Boden skirt, Boden purple leggings and a shirt made by Lemon.  The smiley faces are studded; so cute!

The same Lemon shirt with green “Funky Slim Fit Jeans” (gotta love the name!) from Mini Boden.  She loves these pants; I think that they will be getting a lot of wear!

The same green Mini Boden pants with a Flowers By Zoe shirt.  Do you see a theme here, tie-dye and peace signs?  I swear I had nothing to do with it!

Another Flowers By Zoe shirt with another pair of Mini Boden pants, this time in a brown cord.

This Flowers By Zoe hoody is in the same vein as the shirt; it has a cool design on the back as well.  She will wear this as a fall jacket everyday to school.

You might remember this skirt from a shopping trip with Girly this summer; I wanted her to wear it in the fall as well, so I found this Flowers By Zoe shirt to match.  The peace sign has rhinestones.  I wish that I could wear it…bling and peace signs, that’s my thing!

Of course all of the shirts can be worn with her skinny jeans or denim skirt from GapKids, so she has lots of options.  My husband calls Girly “my little doll” because I like to dress her up, but hey, she needed clothes; right?  I can’t let her walk around naked and cold.   So she might as well look cute!

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