Last Autumn, I received an email from the founder of Papo d'Anjo, Catherine Monteiro de Barros, saying that she was moving on and Papo d'Anjo would cease to exist. This was particularly sad to me because it was a wonderful very high-end, extremely good quality line of children's clothing made in Portugal (all throughout the 17 years that was in existence). Catherine is a British designer married to a Portuguese and she started Papo in England in the 1990's. It was sold exclusively at Harrod's - and eventually spread to the USA, selling at Bergdorf Goodman's and through exclusive trunk shows.
I knew of Papo long before I had my daughter, and then was lucky enough to attend a few of the trunk shows. Their blog is still up and there you can see some of their wonderful clothing. However, the news was not all bad. Catherine was moving on... to design a brand new line, also of children's clothing, for Oscar de La Renta (who I have been fortunate enough to have met a couple of times).
The even better news is that the break is seamless (pun intended?) - the clothing is still made in Portugal, of the wonderful quality that was expected with Papo d'Anjo - and the design still very clearly along the the same lines. And for those of us who used to love the trunk shows... they shall continue as well!
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