Go Wild With Next Bloggers Event

We've been to the zoo, zoo, zoo!!

 

Paige and I attended the Go Wild With Next Blogger  Event at London Zoo last week and had an amazing day!

 

It was lovely to see the Next team again, though last year it was a heatwave in Oxfordshire and this year even the penguins looked frozen!

 

 

 

The welcome was very warm from the Next lovelies, including this time the  buyers and designers for the range and it was nice to mingle with other bloggers.

The blogger teenies were well catered for with a pop up play area and an up close and personal meet with meerkats, 

We were treated to a lovely lunch, and best of all browse the new Next kidswear Spring/Summer 2013.

 

 

 

 

Paige and I couldn't wait to look through the ranges and loved the new Next stories, I adored the boys Shipwrecked story and Paige who is very girly love Paradise Lost we both agreed the Style Tribe will be a favourite this year, she adores giraffes and took lots of photos of the range and the real thing outside in the zoo!

 

What struck us both this year was the accessories that every fashion miss or mister just has to have, handbags, headbands, caps, and sunglasses team up with the clothing to give the finishing touches.

 

The designer we spoke to said that the team want to make sure that each piece has coordinating accessories, shoes,bags or backpacks. Each bold print will match up to a selection of plain tops,shrugs or jackets.  I agreed there is nothing worse than finding a lovely dress and there being no shoes to match it up.

 

 

 

Next really have thought the season through, in fact so much so they were working on the new collections a year or two in advance. Each story (more about those below) piece earns its place and is chosen carefully, the buyers travel all over the world to bring the stories to life, creating a storyboard that finds its way eventually to a Next store near you!

 

 

Next Stories

 

Cuba, vibrant colour palette and punchy prints, with oversized polka dots, tropical floral designs and in great shades of jade and aqua and flashes of bright fluro. Prints included bold stripes, over sized polka dots, tropical floral designs and in great shades of jade and aqua. This range will be fab for the long hot summer we so need,  I can see this being snapped up for holidays!

 

 

 

Paradise Lost, for the girly girl, chalky pastel shades, dusky blues and creamy pinks, brought up to date with hints of bold peach. I loved the faded denim,

 

 

 

Style Tribe, brings an urban edge with strong tribal influences, featuring monochrome as the focal palette mixed with strong ochre tones.  This has cheeky animal motifs and silhouette prints for the younger children, for the older kids a range of safari pieces!

 

 

90's Bright is in your face bold, think Fresh Prince, 90's TV and music, snap back caps, hi top, sunnies complementing tie dye and geometric prints! Retro tops are really in at the moment and I loved this Nirvana tee!

 

50's Smart, a preppy mix and match trend for the boys. Blazers, chinos and floral and striped shirts, the little 'English Gent' can stroll along in boat shoes, flat caps and cute bow ties!

 

 

Shipwrecked, has been updated with tropical beachwear, Hawaiian and photographic prints.

 

Paige is buying the Ditsy Floral Print Cagoule, after talking to the buyer and her higlighting the prize and that it would easily fit her,  note to Mums of older teens, the Next range goes right through to 16 years and Paige and I both fit into the largest sizes.

We had a perfect day out thanks to Next, hope you get a taste of the fab range and manage to snaffle a few items for your wild child!!

http://www.next.co.uk/