Due in stores Friday, September 7, the fall/winter 2012 UNIQLO Kids collection will keep city boys and girls, from 3 months to 12 years old, stylish for all their many affairs.

"We are excited to launch our new UNIQLO Kids and Babies collection in the U.S.,” said Mr. Shin Odake, UNIQLO USA’s Chief Executive Officer. “Adding this product category is a natural step for us as we widen our consumer base.”

Specifically designed to cater to kids’ lifestyles, the versatile UNIQLO line will encompass outerwear, active options, casual wear and formal wear selections.

“UNIQLO Kids reflects the key categories of our adult product offering, yet it’s tailored to fit the active lifestyle that kid's have,” Mr. Shin Odake explained to Scooter.

“For example, we applied a 'dry function' to minimize sweat as kids are active and run around; specially sewn pockets prevent tearing or ripping.”

It appears as though the collection will fit nicely with New York City youngsters who indulge in plenty of indoor/outdoor recreation and play. For parents tired of losing track of their kids’ clothes at friends’ homes, schools or camps, Mr. Shin Odake said that UNIQLO has “even incorporated name tags sewn into the insides of garments for children to write their names so they don’t lose or misplace their belongings.”

Sounds like that’s one less headache for parents and guardians come autumn!

Mom and Bonpoint Artistic Director Christine Innamorato starts with kids' wear and moves up. She not only designs modern looks for young children, but also an adult line with her 24-year-old daughter, as well as a teenage line, YAM, which in French stands for “I’m over it” or “I’m over Bonpoint,” modeled after the younger line.

Innamorato started with the company in 2006, and last week met the U.S. press for the first time at the New York flagship store on Madison at 68^th Street.

Her favorite part of showcasing collections is the opportunity to have an “easy-going chat.” She also enjoys the chance to meet future mothers and create a shared experience for them – bringing them together to look, share pictures and talk amongst one another.

Designing clothes for children as a mother herself has allowed Ms. Innamorato to find the “right balance between a mum’s fashion desires and the necessity of purchasing practical and comfortable clothes to dress her children," she said.

Key to the DNA of Bonpoint are refined colors and the ability to mix and match. In her role, Ms. Innamorato attempts to “shake up the lines, harmoniously mixing her creative impulse with the poetic and delicate universe of Bonpoint.”

For infant and toddler collections, she prefers cashmere, which she cited as the perfect gift -- “even in the summer.”

Fascinated by the fashion industry at a young age, Ms. Innamorato was educated at the Beaux Arts and fashion school ESMOD in Paris. After graduating from ESMOD, she began collaborating with Cacharel, where she designed for eight years, and later on met Bonpoint founder Marie-France Cohen.

Ms. Innamorato finds inspiration in her travels - “fired by the flea markets, second hand clothes shops and exhibitions" - her everyday life and the “spontaneity, childish simplicity" of the children for whom she designs.

Bonpoint has 110 stores in 27 countries. Christine has traveled extensively and noted that “Bonpoint is everywhere the same – same collections, same decorations – always the same statement everywhere.”

Ms. Cohen opened the first Bonpoint boutique in Paris in 1975, but Bonpoint’s U.S. stores were some of the first to open up outside of France and remain a key market for the company.

Bonpoint has three stores in Manhattan at 805 and 1269 Madison Avenue and 392 Bleecker Street.