Best Children's Clothing Brands: A Curated Splendid Edit

2026-03-19 · By Splendid

The light in Bali is not like light anywhere else. It arrives softly, turns cotton golden, makes even the simplest dress feel like something worth keeping. It is not a coincidence that some of the most beautiful childrenswear being made right now comes from here – and from the wide, open brightness of coastal Australia – places where getting dressed happens close to the water, and the outdoor life is not a weekend choice but simply the way things are.

Every piece here carries something – a provenance, a craft, a particular beauty that a girl will remember long after she has grown out of them. The brands here are small, slow, and deeply intentional. Choose well. Shop slowly.

In 1989, in Seminyak, Sue Hadinata made a few cotton dresses for her daughters. Friends asked where they were from. More friends asked. Kidsagogo was born from that question – and more than three decades on, it remains one of the most quietly revered names in children’s fashion, still made in Bali, still rooted in the same unhurried spirit.

Nothing here is trend-chasing. The pieces are 100% cotton – custom-dyed and custom-printed in shades drawn directly from the island: hibiscus reds, the precise blue of a Canggu afternoon sky, the deep green of a banana leaf catching the light. Each garment is finished with hand-embroidery that speaks to Balinese craft tradition. There is a patience in the work that you can feel when you hold it.

The Lucie Dress, with its embroidered tiered skirt and hand-embroidered detail, is exactly the kind of piece designed for a girl who will actually wear it. The Santina Jumpsuit, with its smocked chest and lace-trimmed hem, is the kind of thing a little girl will want to live in all summer. Everything holds up to real play – to running, swimming, digging in sand and climbing trees. Sizes run from 18 months through to 8–9 years.

SHOP KIDSAGOGO

Every warm-weather wardrobe – at any age – needs a hat. Lorna Murray’s are among the most beautiful you will find anywhere: each one hand-woven from organically grown grass fibres on traditional looms, certified UPF 50+, and designed to fold flat for the kind of travel that good childrenswear should always accommodate.

The Sea Foam Capri Child – pale green thread through natural fibre in a geometric pattern – is fresh and decidedly coastal. The Avoca Mayfair Child is its warmer counterpart: white thread in a diagonal weave with soft apricot trimming, made for golden-hour light and the end of long, slow days.

SHOP LORNA MURRAY

Designed in Perth and handmade by artisans in Bali, Little Morbry occupies the quieter, more considered end of the slow fashion movement. The materials are high-quality linen and cotton. The fits are relaxed, generous, and cut to move with a child rather than against her – which, in practice, means they go everywhere.

The Tulle Party Dress in rose pink delivers precisely on its name: a party dress a little girl will want to wear to every occasion, including ones that are not parties. The Rodeo Short Overalls – soft cotton canvas in Little Morbry’s own print – are the kind of thing that goes with everything and survives anything. A true year-round staple.

SHOP LITTLE MORBRY

Sunday Siblings was founded by three mamas on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula – women who grew up in large families and wanted to make clothing that felt true to the life they were actually living: long lunches, children moving between rooms, things passed from one sibling to the next. That philosophy is stitched into everything.

The clothes are high-quality, durable and genuinely fun – designed to be worn hard, washed often and still look good enough to pass to the next child in line. The Sunday Sweetheart Dress is exactly the kind of thing you reach for on a warm morning: a sleeveless, lightweight knitted dress scattered with hearts, soft and breathable and made for sunny days and easy play. The Lunar Dress in Red + Pink is terry towelling done beautifully – a relaxed fit in contrasting pink and red with a playful piping detail down each side. Beyond the dresses, the brand’s signature cotton knit blanket is the kind of thing you buy for a new arrival and end up reaching for years later – soft, beautiful and built to last across siblings and friends, which in a world of disposable fashion feels quietly radical.

SHOP SUNDAY SIBLINGS

Some brands whisper. Wylde the Label does not. The Australian label is built for little girls who don’t blend in – bold prints, irreverent graphics, the kind of colour combinations that feel genuinely joyful rather than carefully considered. It is childrenswear as self-expression, and the little ones who wear it tend to have very strong opinions about wearing anything else.

Everything is made in 100% cotton, which matters when clothes are being lived in the way Wylde pieces are meant to be lived in – worn hard, washed often, and still looking brilliant for the next round of play. The sizing runs from 0 to 5 years, a range that catches some of the most personality-rich years of early childhood. The Savanna Dress is the standout hero: an all-over zebra stripe print in a relaxed, easy silhouette designed for movement and everyday adventures. It is the kind of dress a girl puts on and immediately runs somewhere. The Sorbet Dress is its colour-saturated counterpart – bursting with playful sorbet shades, breezy and made for beach days, twirls, and being the best-dressed mini in the room. This is the brand for the girl who already knows exactly what she wants to wear.

SHOP WYLDE THE LABEL

The best children’s clothing, like the best children’s holidays, is never about perfection. It is about leaving room – for grass stains and salt water, for colours discovered and textures felt, for the small, sunlit moments that quietly become a childhood. These five brands understand that. They make things slowly, with care, and with the kind of intention that lasts longer than any trend. Shop slowly. Choose well. And let them run.

PhotographyAll photography by Splendid Magazine, captured on the Leica M Series and Apple iPhone 17 Pro.