Play Shoes | Buckwheat
A shoe that goes through the washing machine changes what a child is allowed to do in it. The rest of the day does not have to be arranged around k...
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Pieces Of Everyday Magic ~ A Childhood, Not A Season
Pieces Of Everyday Magic
Same palette every year, prints shared across spring, summer, autumn and winter, that pair perfectly no matter the age, gender or weather.
A shoe that goes through the washing machine changes what a child is allowed to do in it. The rest of the day does not have to be arranged around k...
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A 2.6cm case on a 22cm band is a watch drawn to a child's wrist, not an adult's watch made smaller.Buckwheat Plaid is the print on this GRECH &...
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Ribbon straps get retied at the edge of the pool, usually by the child wearing them. It is a small thing, and it is also the difference between a s...
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Still damp from yesterday and on again this morning ~ which is roughly how swim works with young children.The GRECH & CO. Short Sleeve Rashguar...
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The cut-out heart on the back is the part they show you first ~ over one shoulder, mid-run.The Sweetheart 1 Piece Swimsuit in Buckwheat Plaid is GR...
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At a certain age a dress is judged on one thing: whether it moves the way they want it to. This one has enough fabric in the skirt for a proper twi...
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Hot stones on the walk down, then straight into the water without stopping to change. One pair covers both halves of that, which is the whole reaso...
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Side pockets on swim trunks fill up. A shell, a flat stone, something that was clearly worth keeping ~ they come out of the water heavier than they...
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Rain is rarely the reason a child wants to stay inside ~ it is usually the reason they want to go out. A pair of rain boots is most of what turns t...
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GRECH & CO. makes this beanie in a Baby size and a Kids size, in one knit and one color. The Fern on the smaller one is the Fern on the larger ...
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Mesh is an honest material for a children's shoe. It breathes, it washes, and it does not need much looking after.The Play Shoes in Fern are childr...
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Water resistant to 3 ATM covers splashes and rain, and stops there. It is a watch to take off before swimming, which is easier to know on the first...
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Mid size is the one that gets worn most ~ big enough to read as a bow, small enough not to overwhelm a small head or a thin braid.The GRECH & C...
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A front zipper is a small design decision with a daily consequence: the pull tab has to work in wet hands, because at the water's edge those are th...
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Three parts, each with a job: a neoprene outer, an elastic cloth lining against the foot, and a flexible EVA sole underneath.That is the whole of G...
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Still damp from yesterday and on again this morning ~ which is roughly how swim works around here.GRECH & CO.'s Short Sleeve Rashguard Swimsuit...
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A slide is the sandal a child puts on standing up, on their own, in about a second. That is most of the reason it becomes the pair that actually ge...
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Some dresses get saved for occasions. This one is cut in cotton jersey, which is why it ends up in the ordinary rotation instead ~ worn to school, ...
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Swim shoes only get used when they are easy to bring, and these are light enough that the swim bag can simply keep them from one swim to the next.T...
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Most of a swimming day happens out of the water ~ the digging, the eating, the long walk back. Swim trunks are what a child stays in for all of it,...
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Straps that let out are the difference between a swimsuit that fits this summer and one that still fits the next. These are set on sliders, let out...
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The front section is the part that falls forward over a drawing, a book, a bowl of cereal. Snap clips are the simplest answer to it, and having thr...
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Kids' slippers ~ a grip sole for the school cloakroom and the kitchen tiles at home. One size, and it sits with the rest of the range rather than r...
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Swim lessons midweek, the lake in August, the shallow end at the far side of a long afternoon. A rashguard earns its place by being the one thing t...
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Sizes 23 through 29 is a wide stretch of childhood for one shoe to cover, and that is the point: the same sandal and the same Laguna all the way up...
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There is a stretch of most warm days that happens half in the water and half out of it: the shallow end, the stream at the bottom of the field, the...
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Some days turn out to include water without planning to, and a shoe that can be worn in it is simpler than one that has to come off first.GRECH &am...
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The color blocks on this dial are not decoration. Each one is a five-minute step, numbered, and that is the bridge between reading the hour and rea...
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It goes on last, takes a second, and is usually the part the child gets to choose. A fair amount of ceremony for a hair clip.The GRECH & CO. Fa...
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Handed down, a swimsuit only works if it still looks like the one on the shelf.The GRECH & CO. Long Sleeve Rashguard Ruffle Swimsuit in Scandi ...
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Putting your own shoes on is one of the first things a child manages without help, and a strap small hands can work themselves is what makes that p...
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Most swimwear gets bought for one week of the year and quietly retired at the end of it. Scandi Floral is not drawn on that clock ~ it is a GRECH &...
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A swimsuit earns its place by how many times it goes back on, not by how it looks the first day out.The Short Sleeve Rashguard Swimsuit in Scandi F...
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Care is usually where a children's sandal gets complicated. This one asks for a damp cloth and nothing else.This is GRECH & CO.'s children's sl...
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Scandi Floral appears on more than one piece in the range, which is what keeps a swimsuit from being the odd thing in a bag packed in a hurry.The S...
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Enough fabric in the skirt that the twirl actually works. It sounds like a small thing until you have watched it tested, immediately, in the kitche...
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Most swim shoes look like every other swim shoe. Scandi Floral is how this pair gets spotted across a busy pool deck and picked up again at the end...
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A floral is a print here, not a category ~ Scandi Floral is for whichever child reaches for it.GRECH & CO.'s Swim Trunks in Scandi Floral are c...
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Kids' slippers ~ a grip sole for the school cloakroom and the kitchen tiles at home. One size, and it sits with the rest of the range rather than r...
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The size run here starts at 22 and ends at 35, which means the same shoe in the same color can be on two different children in one family at the sa...
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Ears are the part that feels the cold first, and a hat only helps if it stays down over them. The wide rib is what does that work ~ it opens to go ...
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In a lot of families the swim bag never fully gets unpacked ~ lessons on a Tuesday, the pool on the weekend, and whatever the next few months turn ...
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A canvas shoe holds water. Mesh lets it straight through, which is the whole reason these are built the way they are.Play Shoes in Sand are childre...
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Kids' slippers ~ a grip sole for the school cloakroom and the kitchen tiles at home. One size, and it sits with the rest of the range rather than r...
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Choosing children's shoes is easier when the color already agrees with everything else in the drawer.Fog is the gray in the GRECH & CO. palette...
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A watch is one of the few things a child puts on in the morning and still has on at dinner. That makes the ordinary details the ones that decide wh...
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Children change direction constantly, and a sole that bends where the foot bends moves with them instead of against them.The Play Shoes in Clay are...
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From Janet
We believe in designing Pieces Of Everyday Magic that will travel through childhood over time. Pieces that will collect stories and share adventures with children and families around the world.
Everyday essentials that live calmly in each room of the home, where each print carries its footprint cohesively from the entryway to the kitchen table to the closet ~ a universe that blends the aesthetic preferences of a child and an adult.
We look forward to sharing more of our plans on how we want to grow our community together, and how we will continue to share our movement and purpose through A Childhood, Not A Season. I hope you join us and share in Pieces Of Everyday Magic ~ The Movement.
Most Warmly,
Janet Grech
Founder + Full-Time Mama of Four
GRECH & CO. | Pieces Of Everyday Magic