A Fashion School For Tweens in New York City

We thought that this find was particularly appropriate to share during New York Fashion Week: a fashion school just for kids in Manhattan (and even better, if you're just visiting New York for the day, they have one-day programs too!). The Fashion Class was started by Parsons grad Kerri Quigley as an after-school program in Manhattan. She teaches classes in clothing art and design, fashion history, and accessory design and sewing. Kids use real equipment and get to keep their creations. 'Sounds like heaven for the Project Runway -obsessed tween!

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What's Cool For Tweens in September: MsTwixt's Calendar

• Sept 4 Tavi Gevinson's "Rookie" magazine launches
• Sept 8 Fashion's Night Out
• Sept 11 Grandparents Day
• Sept 8-15 New York Fashion Week (#NYFW)! (full schedule here)
• Sept 11 NYFW: Victoria Beckham at 10am, Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. & Harajuku Lovers at 2:30pm
• Sept 12 NYFW: Rachel Zoe at 3pm, Betsey Johnson at 6pm, Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne at 6pm
• Sept 13 NYFW: J.Crew at 930am
• Sept 13 Missoni for Target collection available (a must-have for tween scarves, mittens)
• Sept 13 International Chocolate Day
• Sept 14 NYFW: Gap at 5pm
• Sept 17 Sprint For A Cure Kids' 100-Yard Dash by FourSeasons
• Sept 18 "Fred the Movie" airs on Nick
• Sept 20 Material Girl's 1st Birthday Party at Macy's in NYC
• Sept 21 New American Girl dolls welcome party at American Girl DC, "Fete for Cecile and Marie-Grace"
• Sept 22 National White Chocolate Day
• Sept 23 "Dolphin Tale" opens
• Sept 24-25 National Book Festival on the National Mall
• Sept 24-25 Life is Good Music Festival
• Sept 30 "Jessie" Disney Channel premiere

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Tween Fashion Week News: Kiernan Shipka Wears MiuMiu

Tween star Kiernan Shipka, star of MadMen and Cats & Dogs among other movies, is a fantastic tween fashion icon. She always wears age appropriate fashions and dresses with flair and style. Last night at the Emmy Awards Creative Dinner she wore an outfit by MiuMiu and very sweet open-toe flats. During this New York Fashion Week, it's great to see a tween having fun with fashion.

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New York Fashion Week - Designers To Watch With Your Tween

Fashion Week is in full swing in New York through Thursday, kicking off with Fashion's Night Out last Thursday (see our coverage of FNO here). Here's are the designer's shows we're watching with our tweens:

Sept 11 Victoria Beckham at 10am, Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. & Harajuku Lovers at 2:30pm

Sept 12 Rachel Zoe at 3pm, Betsey Johnson at 6pm, Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne at 6pm

Sept 13 J.Crew at 930am

Sept 14 Gap at 5pm

The full schedule for NYFW is here.

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Tween Fashion Blogger Tavi is a Justin Bieber Fan

'Turns out that Justin Bieber's appeal extends to the high-brow couture crowd: tween fashion blogger Tavi is a fan.

Ms. Gevinson took time out to see "Never Say Never" during Fashion Week and was hooked. She writes, "I am pro-JB because someone has to be a tween dreamboat pop boy and he's not going away, but what started out for me as 'I'm just gonna embrace him' has become a bit of an obsession. Plus he started out playing on steps outside a theater."

I have to say it's comforting to know that one of the most important new youth voices is still a young girl at heart who has to do homework and has teeny-bopper crushes.

Photo credit: thestylerookie.com

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It's Fashion Week: One Last Tween Brand

Fashion Week has come to a close, and we have brought you a few new fashion brands that really work for tweens. Here's one last pick for you: Converse. But not just regular Converse - Marimekko Converse. Yup, Chucks are being made for a limited time in classic, graphic prints from the Finnish fashion house. We think that the combination of an All-American style with retro-Euro-patterns is incredibly cool. We especially love the black and white ones.

From converse.com, about $80

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Fashion at The Grammys

The Grammy Awards are a night for fashion as well as music. Here's some photos of favorite tween stars from this year's show:

Justin Bieber wore a white tux from D&G

Lea Michele from Glee wore Emilio Pucci

Selena Gomez wore J.Mendel

Willow Smith wore her usual inventive ensembles

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It's Fashion Week: More Cool Tween Brands

In our continuing series during Fashion Week, we're bringing you cool brands that your tween won't see on everybody else in the lunch room. Earlier we brought you beautiful knits Charlotte Tarantola and fun prints from t-bags girls; today's designer is Custo Girls from Barcelona, Spain.

Custo is a bright, funky line for girls that draws its inspiration from a blend of urban and beach artistic influences. Their latest collection includes fun anime drawings that liven up normally plain winter coats. This line is tough to find but worth seeking out for its uniqueness and fun edge. Here are some photos of our favorite pieces:

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It's Fashion Week: More New Tween Brands

As this is Fashion Week, we thought we'd highlight a few tween fashion brands that you may not have heard of. We told you about Charlotte Tarantola's fabulous sweaters; now here's some fun, easy dresses to pair with them from Los Angeles designer t-bags girls. (Moms may be familiar with this designer from their women's or maternity lines.)

T-bags recently launched their line for girls and uses vibrant prints and super soft fabrics to make dresses that drape remarkably well on tweens. The cuts are age-appropriate and really fun to wear.

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Fun Fashion Blogs For Tweens

It's Fashion Week, and if your tween is into fashion, here are a few blogs you might enjoy reading together:

• Tween fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson has been writing about fashion for years now. Her writing is years ahead of her age, as is her very sophisticated style. She is a great role model for girls following their own hearts and speaking their minds regardless of peer pressure. Her blog is called The Style Rookie.
• Lola Lourdes, Madonna's daughter, writes on the Material Girl blog about her independent style, the bands she's listening to, and her latest vintage obsession.
• Cynthia Rowley is a well known designer with a quirky, fun style. Her blog includes photos of her latest lines but also snaps from recent trips and musings on fun art.
• Kate Spade is now a fashion icon, and her colorful and retro style extends to her blog. A section called "Behind the Curtain" includes her recommendations for museum exhibits, office supplies, and nail polish.
• Cecilia Cassini is a 10-year old designer with an Audrey-Hepburn-like sense of style and whimsy. She blogs irregularly, but her posts are fun to read, and she includes pictures of her latest work and design inspirations.

What other fashion blogs do you read? Please add to this list!

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Tweens and Fashion Week: The New Tween Style Stars

Fashion Week kicked-off in New York today, and there's a ton going on. We couldn't help but notice that a slew of tween movie stars are now being dressed by MAJOR designers, and this is going to seriously expand the exposure tweens have to big-name fashion (more so than even Project Runway).

Here's a Who's Who of who's wearing who among tween celebs:

• Chloe Moretz, age 13, has recently worn Stella McCartney, Proenza Schouler, Christian Dior, and Chanel (!)
• 9-year old Willow Smith has accompanied her parents to European fashion shows for years now. She was interviewed this week by Teen Vogue about her style (we call it fierce!) and cites Dolce and Gabbana as a favorite.
• Elle Fanning is only 12 and already wearing Marchesa and Rodarte.
• Hailee Steinfeld is now 14 but already Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "True Grit" (did you know that she's in EVERY frame of that film?). She's been dressed by Prabal Gurung and Prada.
• Kiernan Shipka of "Mad Men" fame is 11 years old and favors the young silhouettes of Papo d'Anjo.
• First Tween Malia Obama wore New York designer Chris Benz to the Chinese State Dinner earlier this month.

The above list is for red carpet occasions only as tweens generally keep it cool, casual and comfortable - but it IS interesting to note how much more attention is being paid to tween fashion of late.

Which other tween stars have great fashion sense?

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It's Fashion Week: We're Bringing You Some Cool Tween Fashion Brands

In the spirit of New York Fashion Week, we're bringing you some cool tween fashion brands you and your tween may not yet have discovered.

First up: sweet knits from Charlotte Tarantola Girls. We discovered the line this past holiday season, and our tweens love her sweaters.

Ms. Tarantola is one of the few designers we've seen in a long time who makes sweaters just for tweens that are colorful, comfortable, and truly hip. Nothing too cutesy - just beautiful fine-gauge knits with well-proportioned lines (and these passed the "itch test"!). Price points are $33-$85.

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New York Fashion Week Starts Thursday!

Our favorite fashion blogger, Tavi, is on her way to New York right now for Fashion Week. How cute does she look in this recent outfit?! And she's sporting a vintage Girl Scout patch! You can follow her posts from Fashion Week on her blog, Style Rookie, and we'll be posting updates as well (but she's much more serious than we are about couture).

If you're in New York this week, let us know what you think! You may also want to check out the new skating rink in Bryant Park, The Pond, while you're there. You can buy Fast Pass timed tickets to skip the wait in line, and hot chocolate is available on site at the Ice Bites cafe. (Note: the shows are by Lincoln Center, not Bryant Park this time.)

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What's Cool for Tweens in February: MsTwixt's Calendar

Ms Twixt's Calendar

• Feb 1 "Mockingjay", final book in the "Hunger Games" series, released
• Feb 1 Meg Cabot (author of The Princess Diaries) birthday!
• Feb 3 Chinese New Year - Year of the Rabbit
• Feb 5 National Girls & Women in Sports Day
• Feb 6 Washington DC's Chinese New Year Parade
• Feb 6 Super Bowl Sunday
• Feb 9 National Pizza Pie Day!
• Feb 9 Emma Roberts birthday!
• Feb 10-17 New York Fashion Week
• Feb 11 Justin Bieber 3-D movie, "Never Say Never" opens
• Feb 11 Taylor Lautner's birthday!
• Feb 11 Gnomeo and Juliet 3-D movie opens
• Feb 12 Jennifer Stone's birthday!
• Feb 12 Judy Blume's birthday!
• Feb 13 - Grammy Awards (Lady Gaga, Katy Perry perform)
• Feb 15 Glee's theme this week is Justin Bieber
• Feb 15 National Gumdrop Day
• Feb 17 Meaghan Martin's birthday!
• Feb 18 "Tiger Mother" Amy Chua speaks at Politics & Prose
• Feb 18 "I Am Number Four" movie opens starring "Alex Rider's" Alex Pettyfer
• Feb 19 National Mint Chocolate Day
• Feb 26 Christine Carter, author of "Raising Happiness", leads parrent workshop in Bethesda, MD

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