Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate we’re showcasing some incredible female founders that inspire us in the fashion, sustainability & parenting space.

As you prepare to bring a new child into the world, you'll no doubt have a million and one things to think about! To help bring a little ease and luxury to your life, we've picked out some of our fave brands and apps for pre and postpartum mothers.

Harriet Pringle, founder of the Narchie homeware marketplace app, shares her expert advice on how to give new life to your home by choosing secondhand, and what to be on the look out for for when hunting for treasures.

Our co-founder Louise Weiss explains our thoughts behind why we're waving bye-bye to gender on dotte, and how we're looking forward to our renewed focus on self-expression and individualism within our marketplace and it's community.

We’ve teamed up with Tiny Travelship to bring you the best family-friendly travel destinations that don’t compromise on style, or sustainability. Read on to discover vacation delights from Montesorri play and complimentary childcare, to solar-powered spas and plastic-free rooms.

From a family of adventurers, dotte member Vikki (find her on Instagram at @wellies.and.wildflowers) shares her 5 go-to tips for dressing little explorers for the great outdoors - keeping them prepared, dry, and ready for nature!

We took a step into our resale collective partner Marmalade Sky’s studio and chatted to their founder Sarah Ives  about the brand, the inspiration behind their designs, and how they counteract waste through their production! 

If you're considering investing in us and need some guidance of what you should be looking out for, we've got you covered. For total confidence throughout the investment process, Michelle Wilk, Investor at Founders Factory, shares her 3 top tips for spotting a good investment opportunity!

Just 2% of Venture Capital investment went to female founders last year...Shocked? We were! Our co-founders Louise and Sam dig a little deeper into the gender investment gap, why women make fantastic investors and how the tides are turning.

On the hunt for genderless babywear for your little bundle of joy? Whether you’re holding out for a surprise, buying for a friend, or the thought of gender-specific labels feel downright archaic; unisex brand Claude & Co has your needs covered.

We caught up with Petya Hristova, founder of kidswear brand The QT – a new addition to our resale collective! We chatted about the creation of the brand, the meaning of the name and why they're on a mission to produce quality clothes that don't harm people or planet.

We're celebrating Global Recycling Day on 18th March by spotlighting some incredibly fashion-forward brands, who recycle and upcycle existing materials to create the coolest clothes, accessories and shoes. This is the future of fashion!

Happy #IWD22 to all the fabulous femmes! Team dotte are marking this year's theme #BreakTheBias by actively calling out gender discrimination in business. Today we're celebrating some of our incredible female peers in fashion, tech, ecom and more.

We were excited to catch up with Emma Hassan, founder of our resale collective partner Turtledove London ahead of our latest online sample sale! We chatted about the creation of the brand, her favourite pieces – and why they're on a mission to produce quality clothes that don't cost the earth.

Have yourself an eco-friendly Christmas this year, with dotte’s guide to sustainable swaps that Santa would be proud of! Ditch the plastic for something just as fantastic, from your festive outfit down to your Christmas dinner.

Did you know by the time your child reaches 5 years old, they’ll have already gone through 10 different sizes of clothing?! With the help from dotte member Eri, here's our guide to creating a capsule wardrobe for your child, so you can make sure they have enough but not an excess!

Guess what?! It's our birthday! One whole year of buying and selling second hand kidswear together – and what a whirlwind it's been. A big thank you for coming on the journey with us... we couldn't have got here without the support of our fabulous community!

With the indulgence of the holiday season fast approaching, Megan Landreth-Smith (the voice behind blog Our Slow Home) shares her guide to having a conscious Christmas, navigating gift buying more responsibly and shifting buying habits altogether, whilst making this Christmas morning one to remember.

We had a fab time popping up with Fashion District Festival in Westfield Stratford City last month! Our absolute highlights include meeting our lovely community, inspiring newbies to join the second hand club, and sharing our world of stylish kidswear IRL.

It’s fair to say that all of us dotters have been working hard to reduce the carbon footprint of our wardrobes… but what about the rest of our home? As part of our reduce month, we’ve spotlighted some fab brands swap out and switch up for a more sustainable lifestyle!

Has your little one got the itch to stitch? Are they a little fashion designer in the making, or curious about how clothes are made? We’ve picked out some amazing summer schools around the country for your child to learn and develop the skill of sewing, creating and executing a project and getting creative through the summer hols. 

We caught up with the inspirational Tobi Obedein, founder of lifestyle platform Black Ballad, which tells human experience through eyes of black British women. Tobi talks to us about what drove her to create Black Ballad, the challenges she has faced and the role that sustainability plays in her life.

Sadly plastic is everywhere and it's inevitable that until things change we can’t completely avoid it. Fortunately for us however, we were able to catch up with our friends in the know over at ecoegg to find out what small swaps can help us all reduce our plastic usage across the home!

We caught up with Katie Walsh, founder of the incredible circular fashion label, The Re-Pete Project (which creates timeless, high quality breathable outerwear entirely from recycled single-use plastic) to find out what drove her to launch the brand – and how The Circular Economy has influenced her life.

The Mum Club is an amazing free membership organisation offering tips, information and insight to women – who happen to have children! We took 5 minutes out of co-founder Jessica Lawes' busy scheduled to chat all things TMC, her outlook on sustainability, shopping secondhand and her one top piece of advice for new mums.

By shopping secondhand for kidswear, we've already skipped past any production nasties by buying clothes that already exist - woohoo! But what about the garment DNA of the clothes already in your little one's wardrobe? We’re giving you the label lowdown with the dotte garment cheat sheet, breaking down what the labels in their clothes really mean.

Give it up for the movers + shakers in the textile game. We're featuring some awesome brands (for us grown ups!) that are making every stitch count. Gold stars for their use of innovative materials, conscious supply chains and circularity throughout their brands! Go check them out ⬇️

With sustainable fashion more in-vogue than ever before, shoppers are starting to raise their eyebrow at brands sustainability claims… and rightly so. With the rise of sustainable fashion has come a tidal wave of greenwash; so what is greenwashing and why is it getting us down?

We recently joined The Re:directory (created to be the modern day directory for innovative sustainable small businesses), and caught up with incredible founder Leigh Morris about her journey, the issues facing the fashion industry and how we can all make a difference to the planet.

We've picked out some incredible kidswear upcyclers and repurposers, currently leading the charge in combating waste and slowing fashion down! From regenerating waste fabric to creating gorgeous new pieces out of vintage materials, these are our ones to watch...

We're thrilled to be teaming up with the fabulous boutique Dear Jude for our next online pop up shop, bringing you some of your fav kidswear brands! We caught up pre-launch with fabulous Founder Catherine Crossley, to found out more about the sustainability ethos at Dear Jude's core... and some exciting news for the next few months!

We were lucky enough to catch-up with Bárbara Perino, entrepreneur extraordinaire and founder of the fabulous Lemon magazine, the ultimate destination for modern mums and dads! Barbara gave us the lowdown on why she created Lemon and how, as parents, we can become more eco-conscious with ease.

What is dotte co-founder Sam's favourite secondhand item in her little one's closet? And does it match up with daughter Lotte's choice?! We caught up with Sam about her must-have and best value purchases... as well as her own favourite childhood item, the one she never wanted to grow out of (it had to be velvet!)

We all know that fast fashion and over-consumption is bad for the planet - so why do we do it? Our co-founder (and resident neuroscientist!) Louise Weiss shares her perspective on what drives our shopping habits – and how we can overcome this toxic addiction by finding a new way to get our fix (one that doesn't cost the earth).

Ever wondered how to shop preloved for your kids? Sometimes it can feel even more overwhelming than shopping brand new, right? Wrong! We spoke with secondhand guru and dotte member Josefina Boston to get the lowdown. From the best fabrics to the perfect sizing, find out exactly how to make shopping secondhand work for you.

We're SO excited to be teaming up with sustainably produced kidswear brand Piupia, as they become an Official Resale Partner! We chatted with Piupia's fab Founder Claudia Carvalho, to find out more about the start of the fashion line – and how to embrace sustainability both as a parent and a brand.

In the second instalment of our Everyday Pioneer series, we caught up with Coral, founder of the gorgeous sustainable children's clothing collection Emiko Studios. Handmade in Manchester by recycling waste into one-off pieces, Coral chats to us more about how the brand got started and why.

We were excited to catch up with dotte hero Ellie Besley-Gould, and the force behind eco-conscious platform The Greenish, on her five top Christmas hacks to make your festive season that little bit greener but not more complicated (you might actually look forward to doing them!)

In the dotte spirit of spreading goodwill and joy, we're announcing our first ever Christmas competition! Get crafty with the kids and decorate our special Xmas Jumper to be in with the chance to win a gorgeous handmade piece of clothing from our competition partner, Emiko Studios.

Celebrity stylist and super chic mum Aimee Croysdill, spills the beans on her top 15 Christmas stocking fillers! Temporary tattoos to finger puppets to spy cameras, everything that makes the cut is under £30, sustainable and in support of small businesses – a complete festive treat!

In the first of our new series "In the loop...", we spoke with Coral Atkinson, mother of three and owner of decor brand Velveteen Babies (we're in awe!), to find out how long she's been shopping secondhand, her fav brands, and the one item in her kids wardrobe that she couldn't live without.

We're so excited to welcome Beau Loves into the dotte family, joining us as an Official Resale Partner! To launch the partnership, we caught up with Creative Director and Designer Faye Wilde on its beginnings and inspiration – and why sustainability is becoming such an important part of its future.