Igloo

One expects a bit more when everything in the store is a good 40 – 50 percent marked up.
I was after a new baby gift, and thankfully Igloo has this covered. I picked out a few pieces of clothing (Petit Bateau) and a book. Everything was sort of tossed in the bag without any regard for it (it’s expensive stuff, too!) — no gift wrapping offered, not even bags anywhere to be bought. Seems like an oversight.
There is a shoe section in the back that was absolutely rammed with kids and parents. NO THANK YOU. I ordered online at Amazon after waiting forever to be helped and no one coming.
They have a lot of toys, again — all overpriced, but sometimes that’s what you get for the convenience of shopping locally. I’m happy to support small local stores and pay the upcharge but do expect the experience to match. I tried to purchase a ball my son had taken a shine too but after 10 minutes of her trying to ring it up I just said «forget it» and she let me. Weird. This felt rushed and hurried and not overly friendly. It’s a kids store, c’mon people!

So it’s ok in here, but you’re not getting an experience. It mostly sells kids clothes, which are priced at the high end. I went in for a toy — a present for a friend’s kid. I don’t know much about children and needed some help and inspiration. Didn’t find any unfortunately. Then I found myself wondering why I didn’t go across the street to After Noah, which is a toy store like they used to be. So I did.

My daughter just had her hair cut at Igloo. She really enjoyed the experience. The staff where friendly. It was expensive though.

Nice little boutique for little tots and all those fashionable yummy mummies of Islington. Cries of this will look so cute on Crystal oh Poppy looks so lovely in that bonnet are the order of the day.

This shop came as a suggestion from my friend who also has a little monster a.k.a one year old boy. I was telling her how I find it difficult to find toys that will help stimulate my baby’s imagination and development. In the big stores the toys are quite generic and frankly a bit boring. So she said Igloo Kids would be the answer to my problem. She was right! I wanted to play with everything they had, and my girl was trying to grab everything she saw, her favourite was the xylophone and the drum (a future little musician?). They were £8 each and they weren’t plastic, it was wood. We are very pleased with the purchase. In addition, they do a whole lot of other things like clothes, furniture, party favors, fancy dress and stuff for children up to 10 years old. Now, I have to say I am sold with the toy selection but the clothes I think are a bit to expensive, a dress by Ric Rac Blufan will set you back £65, what??? yep, £65.