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Choosing Kids' Shoes for healthy, happy feet

  Why podiatrist approved, healthy footwear is so important As parents, we want the best for our children... we want them to be healthy, happy, and safe. And when it comes to choosing shoes for ou...

WHAT SHALL I DO WITH MY OLD SHOES?

We all have shoes that we don't know what do do with, even though they’re worn out and no longer fit. Even more so if you have kids... But what should you do with your old shoes? There are a few o...

KIDS FEET GROW! HOW DO WE COMBAT THE WASTE THAT COMES WITH BRINGING UP KIDS?

    If you’re a parent, you’ll be very familiar with that frustration of buying a gorgeous pair of shoes for your child, only to find they’ve grown out of them just a few months later.   As a mum ...

JUNIOR DESIGN AWARDS - BEST CHILDREN'S FOOTWEAR COLLECTION

2022 was a great year for ZIG+STAR, but one of our highlights was winning the Junior Magazine Junior Design Award for "Best Children's Footwear Collection"... and not only that, we won Platinum!  ...

THE ZIG+STAR MISSION...TO MAKE KIDS SHOES MORE SUSTAINABLE

 Whenever I meet other parents and tell them I own a kids’ footwear brand, there’s usually a common theme to the conversation. There’s something about the experience of repeatedly buying expensive...

CIRCULARITY IS THE FUTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Making sure the Earth is well looked after for the next generation is of the utmost important. We need to consider the choices we make when buying products. Have you ever asked yourself ‘can I be ...

A GUIDE TO BUYING KIDS' SHOES ONLINE

There are a few basic things you need to think about when buying kids shoes online... - What size are they? Kids feet grow fast… up to the age of three, they can grow up to half a size every 2-3 m...

CONSCIOUSLY UNISEX KIDS SHOES

In recent studies with 3 to 6 year olds, when asked what was most important to them, 44% of girls said being pretty; 1 in 8 boys said being tough. From the age of 6, children associated traits lik...

STARTING A KIDS' FOOTWEAR BRAND - WHAT I'VE LEARNT SO FAR

Or "The Highs and Lows of a Lockdown Launch" So it’s 14 weeks since I’ve launched Zig+Star… the idea I’d been working on for 2 years... starting in very normal times, but taking in some very surre...

DEVELOPING A KIDS' FOOTWEAR BRAND FROM SCRATCH

I think I was probably sitting in the kitchen drinking my tenth cup of tea, possibly day dreaming, definitely looking at a big pile of washing up… But I distinctly remember the feeling of…. This ...

GIVING KIDS' THE FREEDOM TO TAKE BIG STEPS

If I could wish for one thing for my children, it would be freedom…. freedom to be whoever they want to be… freedom to explore... freedom to express themselves…As soon as I became a parent, I was ...

CHOOSE WELL, MAKE IT LAST

Approximately 300 million shoes reach landfill annually, and that number is growing every year. With the rise of fast and disposable fashion, more and products end up in landfill… Either through ...