French fashion houses often start with an adult line prêt-à-porter  line and trickle down to children’s wear. High-end children’s clothier, Bonpoint, however, has done quite the opposite.

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 68th Street. Read More