Breast Cancer Awareness and Kids

Many little kids love pink, others do not. Some know what breast cancer really is and others may only think it is a ribbon to match their pretty shirt. Cancer may just be a word to your child. Your child may have only heard the word and seen the change in facial expressions when the word is mentioned. They now say about 1 in 8 women in America will be diagnosed with breast cancer. 

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Happy Birthday Zuma Rossdale!

FAME

A big day is coming up for Zuma Rossdale, youngest son of Gwen Stephanie and Gavin Rossdale. He is turning 3-years-old this Sunday, August 21st. Hope you have a rock star day Zuma!

He sure would look the part in our new Fall 2011 Vroom! Collection for boys. This stripe shirt and stonewash denim jeans will have him rollin’ in style in no time.

Le Top "Vroom!" Collection Stripe Shirt and Stonewash Denim Jeans

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Kate Hudson has a BOY!

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Kate Hudson, 32, had thought she was having a girl, but this past weekend she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy! The actress and her fiancé, Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy, welcomed a “healthy baby boy” on Saturday, July 9 in Los Angeles. Hudson didn’t want to know the sex of her unborn baby, but had a feeling it was a girl!

Hudson has a 7 1/2-year-old son, Ryder Russell, with her ex-husband, Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson. This is Bellamy’s first child. So what is this little boo’s name? It has yet to be revealed…speaking of revealing, Le Top Baby‘s latest pre-fall collection just launched today on our e-boutique! We think the Le Top Baby “Woodland Friends” collection footed coverall would be too-cute for this handsome little boy.

Le Top Baby "Woodland Friends" footed coverall

Your little fawn will be snug and stylish in this blue woodland friends print cotton footed  coverall with asymmetrical wrap styling. Subdued autumn colors and mini fawn  embroidery on chest with coordinating forest friends on footies finish this sweet fall look. Side and underneath snaps for easy on and off.

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Le Top Darlings of the Day: Natalie and Kylie

We think lovely Natalie (3-years-old) and her little sister Kylie (16 months) are the bees knees. Kylie is even a model for our Le Top Fall 2011 campaign! We can’t wait to share the photos with you. Congratulations to stunning siblings Natalie and Kylie for being our Le Top Darlings of the Day!

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Photographer Marcy Maloy: An inside look at a professional photographer and working with Le Top!

Marcy and a Le Top model

The Le Top brand is known for working with vendors for years – one person we adore working with is our fashion photographer extraordinaire, Marcy Maloy. She photographs our seasonal campaigns but is also now part of the “Le Top family.” Marcy was on her way to Paris and we were able to squeeze out some of her time to interview her and give you and inside look from a photographer’s eyes on her passion for her career and photographing children. Read below for Part #1 of the interview. Tomorrow will be Part 2!

What advice can you offer parents for the top 3-5 tips on how to photograph a child? Portrait and snapshot.
Marcy:

1. Always be ready!!! i.e. parents should keep their camera very accessible at all times. Most digital cameras are small so no excuses…Keep it in your purse or in the kitchen or just always nearby…and make sure the batteries are charged.  Special moments come and go quickly.
2. Don’t direct your child. They will probably start hamming it up anyway, ruining a perfectly great moment…but if you just ignore them, they will usually go back to doing what they were doing. 
3. Never ask your child’s permission to take his or photo.  Just start snapping without making a big deal of it and if they complain ignore them.  The idea is to try to get them to forget you and go back into their world so you can get something special. If you take enough photos it will be like a reality show and they will eventually forget that you are documenting their lives…and remember, some of the most priceless moments are when they are crying or have a dirty face or are mad at you. I used to shoot my daughters when they were mad at me or at something, and that would make them Really Mad!!  I got some priceless moments.

What do you find challenging at a children’s photo shoot?
Marcy: The thing I find most challenging at a photo shoot is taking the energy of the room and the parents down so that I can get the child calm enough to capture a magical moment. Many times the parents are so nervous that their child won’t do “good” that they have ironically created a “no win” situation. Sometimes I will catch a parent off camera hissing at their kid to do “what the lady says.”

Tell us your most funny “stage mom” moment (a.k.a. crazy mom or parent trying to get their child to pose or do something funny).
Marcy: The most hysterical funny moment I remember is when I looked just behind me and a determined Dad was actually doing a somersault on the concrete floor to get his daughter to laugh! It was incredible! I asked him to please stop, the child is terrified, and has no idea why or what’s going on or why their parents are acting so weird. I can’t ban a parent from the set especially if a child is young. Because the presence of their mom or dad is a calming factor, even though the parent is actually the nervous one.

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