We are happy to introduce to you, Chelsea and her company Chelsea Baby! Some of the cutest baby shoes & hair bows we have seen! Many of the shoes & headbands have a snap on feature so you can change out the accessories for a new look! Lucky for us, we had a little cyber chat with Chelsea to find out all the details on Chelsea Baby!
{Tell us about yourself and your business, Chelsea Baby.}
I attended the Fashion Institute of Technology for Accessory Design and there was taught how to create shoes and handbags from the bottom up. While attending FIT in interned for the DONGHIA NYC Showroom and fell in love with their product and sense of luxury that the textile industry evoked. After FIT I was asked to represent DONGHIA as an outside sales representative. I was thrilled! I lived in NYC for the next three and a half years representing the DONGHIA line and then was asked to manage a showroom at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago so I left NYC and took another leap. From Chicago I came back to my roots and was asked to represent the Scherping Westphal Showroom at International Market Square. Where for the next four and a half years I would travel the five state Midwest Region selling textiles such as Clarence House, Osborne & Little, Designers Guild etc... If you are familiar with any of these designers you know where I get my inspiration from! These lines are filled with the most amazing colors and patterns and are always on the cutting edge! After working with designers for the majority of my career I thought to myself.. I am a designer too and I am going to start my own line. So that's just what I did. I made it happen. The journey has been the most amazing experience of my life. I believe that people come into your life for a reason. if you don't acknowledge them or the fact that they were placed before you then its an opportunity missed. I have had many serendipidous moments throughout building the Chelsea Baby brand and I have enveloped them all with open arms. I could not have done it without my family and my "G" we are, and have been on a great path and I am so excited for what the future holds.
{What inspired the name?}
Chelsea Baby is a catchy name for a company and can pertain to many different products without sounding too juvenile. All of the Chelsea Baby shoes are named after people that I LOVE and have been influential in my life. Some of the names are a bit crazy I know but that's just how I wanted my collection to be represented. The best feature of the shoes is the Chelsea Baby Logo which is de bossed on the bottom of each and every Chelsea Baby shoe. The logo which is TM is designed after my Nana's antique broach, which my very talented brother Brooks designed! Now that is GENUINE!
{You recently extended the line with headbands. What made you decide to bring them on? LOVE them by the way.}
We want to constantly be evolving as a brand and make everything we create interchangeable luxurious and whimsical. The headbands were a great addition to our collection because they appeal to the new born baby, the toddler, older sister and even tween! The headbands make fabulous pony tail holders too, just twist around and snap on one of our Bouquets and you have another look!
{Shelley girls shoes $42.50} |
{What is your best seller?}
Our most popular shoes and accessory sales change form week to week. For awhile the BOW-WOW shoes were selling like crazy and then when we landed the OK Magazine article where Jessica Alba had the SHELLY shoes we couldn't keep them is stock! PRESS is also a big factor in the popularity of our brand. Our clients have gone crazy for the snap on and off option that Chelsea Baby has to offer. Every Mom loves the fact that they can buy one pair of shoes and add on bow ties or bouquets for a plethora of different looks. The fact that our shoes are MACHINE WASHABLE makes our product shine in the eyes of Moms! Babies shoes get yucky, and being that our shoes are made with only the highest quality materials makes them a best seller in every way!
{Bucky boys shoes $42.50} |
Chelsea Baby is currently working on Signature onsies with interchangeble snap on and off options and the most luxurious Baptism Collection you have ever seen! Going forward we would love to add diaper bags, blankets and cribbing!
Shop Chelsea Baby today to get some of theses FABULOUS shoes & hair bows for your babes!
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Thank you to Rachel Florio of Rachel Florio PR for connecting us with Chelsea baby!
How adorable! Sighing over them as I am a mom of all boys...
ReplyDeletexo Cathy