The other day I was invited to the Mothercare AW16 Press Show, and as it was my first week of maternity leave, I was like, yeah! A sneak peak at the new Autumn Winter range – yes please.
It was held at a gallery just off Oxford St – a great location so I could go shopping afterwards 🙂 Inside I was greeted by the team and given an elderflower drink to walk around with. Myleene Klass was having a photo shoot done at the front with her new My K range. There were loads of women mingling and chatting, but me being me just wanted to have a look at the clothes. The whole place was decorated in black and white cartoon wallpaper as the theme was ‘Colour your way through’, and there were marker pens so we could colour in the walls. The was also a photo props area so you could take a selfie and if you put it on Instagram with #MothercareAW16, you got the photo printed out instantly.
There are three designer ranges – My K by Myleene Klass, Little Bird by Jools Oliver and for the first time Smile by Julian MacDonald (you know, that Welsh judge off Britain’s Next Top Model). I’ll show you my favourites from the range here:
My K by Myleene Klass
If you’re a fan off monochrome, you will love this range. I overheard Myleene say that she wanted to create a range that broke the gender barriers, a range suitable for boys and girls. My fave is the grey top with the black velvet bunny.
Little Bird by Jools Oliver
The idea behind the Little Bird range is nostalgia, hence the retro look, and she’s gone with a harvest fruit and vegetable theme for AW16. My faves are the train top which I think would be a hit with Tyler, and the Good Morning pjs – just so cheery. The retro Monday to Friday pants are pretty cool too.
Smile by Julian MacDonald
For girls he’s go gone with a kooky pink rabbit theme with so monochrome outfits in there too. My fave in the hooded pink romper with the bunny print. The shade of pink is not a sickly pastel pink, so it passes my pink test 😉
For boys he has gone with a blue and orange tiger theme, but there were 3 rather out there black and white outfits, including the little tuxedo one above.
Mothercare own-brand
In the basement the Mothercare range was set up. I loved the nursery area, although that may be because my baby is due in a month! They have these new pastel coloured cots for £69.
I also loved this print on a pillowcase, so assuming that’s a new duvet cover set to come out.
There was a new Peter Rabbit range for 0-12months, and it’s in my fave colour combo – white, black and yellow, Love this blanket, and the little scratch mittens.
They also had a new maternity range that now includes an active wear collection for the sporty mums-to-be out there, ie not me! And their own brand clothes and toys from the ELC collection. Nothing really stood out for me, it kind of looked like existing ranges.
So that’s it, I hope you enjoyed having a sneak peak at the new Mothercare AW16 range. They’ll be available to buy from August 2016. Do you like anything you see?
Sabrina x
Ah super cute bits! I love all the bright clothes and the grey bunny jumper is so sweet! x
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I love that bunny jumper, they should do a mama version! X
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Ahh I love this…from the colour in wallpaper to the ranges. They really do have some gorgeous bits in mother care and with new baba boy coming soon I can’t wait to pop in and have a look 🙂
Thanks for giving us a sneaky peak of whats to come! x
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Hehe, baby shopping is so much fun isn’t it! X
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I’ve always loved items from Jools Oliver’s ranges for Mothercare… I can’t wait to see her new range.
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Yeah her clothes are so cool and retro! The new range is great X
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I’m so torn – I love the monochrome but Little Bird by Jools is just so pretty with all its colours! x
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I love both too – different outfits for different moods! X
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I love the Julian McDonald collection – I love bright colours! Can’t wait for these to hit the shops! #marvmondays
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I love seeing the new designs, I was really interested to see how he’d do baby clothes! X
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Nice start to your maternity leave and great to see the range of styles there. Thanks for sharing. #TwinklyTuesday
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Hehe, yes I’m glad I had something fun to do for my first week of maternity leave! X
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Excellent pieces for Autumn Winter! Love the styles x
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Yeah babies are going to look good this autumn winter! X
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I love the Little Bird range, I think I will be heading on down when baby arrives … or maybe before 🙂 #TwinklyTuesdays
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It is such a cool range, so retro. Yeah go on, go shopping now 😉 X
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Woweeeee you were so lucky to go to the preview! Love all the monochrome with the flash of colour! #Twinklytuesday
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I did feel lucky, it was way better than being at work! Xx
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Absolutely love the monochrome clothing. I must sneak in once it’s in store. I do buy a good bit in mothercare but it fits my oldest better than my youngest for some reason.
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It’s cool isn’t it, I’m going to sneak in store too hehe! Xx
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Ooh looks like there will be some lovely bits hitting the store for A/W! Reading this has actually made me super excited for Autumn, my favourite season! Eeeek xo
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Yes there are some lovely trends, something to look forward to when it get a bit colder! Xx
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This range looks so good and the event sounds nice too. I’m not sure where our local mothercare is x
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It’s quite stylish for Mothercare! I’m sure you can find one near you if you google it, or there’s online shopping! X
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What a fantastic press show to be invited to! It looks like it was a lovely day. How great that you got a sneak peek at their upcoming ranges, I would love this and would totally want to buy some bits. Love the look of the baby K range and cant wait to see that out in their stores! Glad you had a fun day, thanks for sharing it on #MarvMondays. Emily
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It was a lovely day. I haven’t been to many days like this before so it was really exciting! X
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That bunny jumper is super cute. Looks like you had a fab day. I love the Little Bird range, such gorgeous bright colours. x
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I love it, I want one for myself! xx
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