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After more than a decade of bringing you quality ethically made clothing, it is time for me to hand over the business to a new owner.

With peas, veggies, pelicans and flowers the new season Duns prints are fun and colourful. PLUS we have a brand new range of women's tops and dresses.

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It's secretly been in our shop for a while, getting a good test run from Hoopla Kids 1, 2, 3 + friends, and I can happily report that we love the gear from Little Green Radicals.

We decided to stock their range of twill jeans, seersucker pants, and thick jersey joggers with a couple of matching t-shirts. We also have shorts and tunic dresses in twill cotton, as well as the mega cute bubble bottoms! All perfect for those busy summer days heading our way.

As a brand, Little Green Radicals make very good clothing. The pieces are made from organic cotton, and produced in ethical, fair trade factories. And all the siblings can wear the fun, unisex prints. Three giant ticks from us!

For Fashion Revolution Week earlier this year, Little Green Radicals sent us some pictures and information about their factory and processes. 

Here's a couple of reviews from our crew, as we tested the gear over the last few months...

Here Hoopla Kid Two is wearing the blue Beach Ball Star Joggers. These jersey pants have nice deep pockets, are made of thick cotton to withstand heavy wearing, and are super comfy. Hoopla Kid 2 has stated that these are his favourite every day, all the time (it's true). 

When we first opened the parcel from Little Green Radicals, the first thing we noticed was how soft the clothing was. So buttery and comfy to wear. We were interested to see how long the pants, in particular, would last for active kids who climb and jump 80% of the day! But after multiple wears and washes (dried on the line and in the dryer), they are still in perfect condition. We love the little detailing on the cuffs, and bonus - the red of the pants match the red on the DUNS Sweden Umbrella top perfectly.

The jeans (seen here in Pillar Box Red) are long, with adjustable waistbands, zip fly, and plenty of pockets.

The gorgeous Beach Hut seersucker pants have the added advantage of being pants or long shorts when you role them up to the button band on the side leg. This was great on a recent beach-side holiday! These pants come in a lighter weight cotton than the jeans, but have still held up beautifully to hard use and washing. Like the jeans, they've deep pockets and adjustable waistbands to extend the wear as your children grow.

And I even got up to some nifty recycling with the brand's great fabric tags! More to come on that later... 

From now until midnight 10th September, get $10 off all of our onesies, AND we’ll donate $10 to the Wellington Free Ambulance for their Onesie Day.
We 💛  Wellington Free Ambulance because it is the only ambulance service in the Greater Wellington and Wairarapa regions, and they are the only ones in the country who are FREE.

So grab a fancy new onesie for your small person, and we’ll share the love with the Wellington Free Ambulance.

Use the code 'ONESIEDAY' at the checkout to get your $10 discount.

We'd love to see your little ones supporting Onesie Day. Tag us in your instagram and facebook photos of them in their Hoopla onesies.

Promotion runs until midnight Monday 10th September

P.S. New season DUNS Sweden onesies have just arrived in time too. Kites! Forests! Mushrooms! 

We're excited to present...

The new Spring collection from Duns Sweden!

Featuring friendly Kites, cheerful Mushrooms and the beautiful Rowanberry, as well as the return of the very popular Wind in the Willows and Forest Life prints.

We have a full range of tops, dresses, zip suits and dungarees.

Be sure to check out the range of women's tops in short and long sleeves too.

Our final re-stock of Moromini's super cool 'Circus' and 'Drums Please' prints are online now. We also have more Slugs & Snails tights in stock in lovely new prints and more sizes. Don't miss out as this will be the last shipment through in time for winter.

We've loaded up a bunch of Slugs & Snails gear in the store, just in time for cooler weather! 

Slugs & Snails make wonderfully fun unisex tights for kids and adults in Oeko Tex certified and GOTS certified organic cotton. We also stock a range of their pixie hoodies (made from GOTS certified organic cotton), and terrific kids corduroy dungarees in red and blue.

Check them out now before they are all snapped up!

You can also see our clothing in action on Instagram and facebook