Global Kids Fashion Week hosted its first virtual runway show during London Fashion Week called ‘Mini Mode Sponsored by Harumika’.

The FW21 event featured the latest see-now-buy-now collections and was comprised of two virtual runway shows that showcased both established and emerging childrenswear designers including Chases Closet (UK), Kate Hill (UK & Spain), Maison Loulabelle (Nigeria), Neeva D London (UK), Rock and Mouse (Latvia) and She’s Fierce by Cara (UK).

For the spring season, Mini Mode linked with Harumika, an award-winning toy brand. Children on the runway wore colorful wigs inspired by VIP Pets Mini Fans line of dolls.

Mini Mode, which was founded in 2018 by UK childrenswear designer, Amanda Rabor, and features fashion for toddlers, kids, and teens.

Maison Loulabelle

Maison Loulabelle

Kate Hill

Rock and Mouse

She’s Fierce by Cara

VIP Pets Mini Fans featuring Chases Closet

VIP Pets Mini Fans featuring Maison Loulabelle

Amanda Rabor of Mini Mode commented on the event in a statement, “This year we have all had to ‘pivot’ and find new ways of reaching out, engaging, and doing what we love. The world has changed and our resilience, adaptability, and forethought are being tested. It has taken us a year to get this vision together and it has been fraught with logistical, emotional, and financial challenges for our designers, yet they have managed to create beautiful collections and share them with us, I commend them all.”

Photos: courtesy of Santoshi Padhiar

Pirelli has allocated a total of 20 test days spread across nine teams for the development of Formula 1’s 2022 18-inch tyres that will be introduced next season.

All current F1 teams except for Williams will take part in the program, with the Grove-based outfit’s absence justified by its inability to supply a mule car for the test.

The program was initiated last week at Jerez with Ferrari and will resume in Bahrain at the end of this month.

In addition to the Sakhir track, Pirelli has earmarked Imola, Barcelona, Paul Ricard, Spielberg, Silverstone, Budapest and Magny-Cours as its venues of choice, with both French tracks hosting wet tyre tests.

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Pirelli F1 boss Mario Isola is hopeful the program will run smoothly until mid-September, but COVID-19 disruptions could force a few changes on F1’s exclusive tyre supplier.

“It’s possible that our planned schedule for this year may have to be modified,” said Isola.

“As a result, we have a back-up plan too. Nonetheless, we have put together a programme that should enable us to pick up solidly from where we left off in 2019 and finalise the specification for a new generation of tyre under fresh regulations that will give Formula 1 a very different look next year.

“Many thanks to all the teams for their support in providing simulations and mule cars, giving us a good base to work from.

“We will be testing both our slick and wet prototype 18-inch tyres for 2022: we started already at Jerez in Spain for three days with Ferrari, and we will end up at France’s Magny-Cours circuit with Alpine in September.”

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