Tea Collection ~ Review

I found out about Tea collection clothing a few years ago, and absolutely loved their styles for children, so I was quite excited when I was asked if I wanted to review some items from their new collection.  Tea sets itself apart from other clothiers with their cosmopolitan take on clothing.  Here it is in the words of Emily Meyer, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer

Travel opens anyone’s heart and mind to people and places that we don’t know. The clothing we create at Tea transforms the foreign world into a smaller, friendlier and more familiar place. We believe that we bring a little bit of that world home to you.

I love to travel, and I love learning about and experiencing different cultures so I really appreciate that Tea brings a taste of the world to us through their clothing line. For the fall, Tea has introduced two new collections…

Just a hop and a skip south of the border took us to Modern Mexico. First stop, Mexico City. We fell in love with gardens and courtyards, pottery and painted patterns of blue. We strolled through many manicured gardens (some of them secret) and had our first encounter with the mythical Mesoamerican Nahual influences. They set us off on a journey to find our protective animal spirits….We came back home ready to try our own hand at mixing contemporary kitsch with Mexican folk art and layering floral and plaid patterns and textures with embroidery. We took sarape patterns and brought them to life in striped splendor on ponchos and hoodies. The magic of Mexico came back with us in two-tone azul patterns, flower prints and colorful graphics with a Mayan and pop culture spirit. We know you’ll love how it comes to life in our back-to-school clothes.

From the “super stripes and magical Mayan jaguars” of Jardin Azul collection to the Mercado Mexicano collection where Modern Mexico pop culture meets designer children’s clothing you’ll get fashion with a touch of Mexico.  I absolutely love the Mercado Mexico collection!  I think the luchador and mariachi tees are too funny, and I’m just a fan of the modern Mexico look in general.

I was sent the Hombres Stripe Henley and Jaquares de Chiapas tee from the Jardin Azul collection, as well as the Surplus Playwear Pants for Little Brother.  The pants are a little tight around his fairly large belly and thighs, but he’ll probably slim down a little as he grows. (sorry my pictures are all blurry; I didn’t realize that there was a certain child’s fingerprints all over the lens. 🙂

Looking so cool in his Chiapas tee!

Henley and Surplus pants combo (he's wearing this very shirt today!)

Big Brother got the Hombres Stripe Henley and Equipo Nahual Tee as well as the Super Side Stripe Pants from the Jardin Azul collection.  Unlike Little Brother with the portly belly, Big Brother is ultra slender and the pants were too big for his waist.  Size aside, the pants are very cute and very high quality as far as little boys pants go.

Super Side Stripe Pants on the skinny mini

Equipo Nahual Tee

What a tease!

I am very impressed with the quality and creativity of Tea clothing!

Buy It:

Tea creates collections for women, babies, boys, and girls.  You can purchase them at http://www.teacollection.com.  Pieces start at $10.

Disclosure: I was provided with the above mentioned products, by the company, at no charge to myself, in order to facilitate a review.  All opinions are honest and are entirely my own.