Super adorable, fashionable clothing for babies and kids from Chocolat et Tartine Paris. I simply love the cool black, grey and pink combination.

Cute yet stylish combination from the Caramel Baby & Child Spring/Summer 2010 look book. Really digging the checked trench + muted seafoam green combination.

I gave my niece a small purse the other day and she asked me, “what should this go with?”

I told her that she could pair it with anything she like from her wardrobe.

“But this is cool grey. My wardrobe consists mostly of warm colours.” And no, it wasn’t said in an annoying precocious tone, she was really trying to learn more about colour-matching. This girl, just 7 years of age, has developed an eye for what works and what doesn’t. She avoids pink clothing even though she likes the colour because it doesn’t look good on her (her mother on the other hand is into the girls-should-wear-pink thing). In contrast, I let my mother do all the shopping for me until I was 12!

This lead me to thinking, is having good style really an innate ability? Is this why some people look so effortlessly fashionable while I struggle to maintain a semblance of order.

Were you fashionable as a child? Did your parents/environment influence your style?

Lovin the stylish kids’ line Little by Paul and Joe.

From paulandjoe.com