Petra runs Spruced Goose with passion, she sources childrenswear from all over Europe and the…read moreUnited States and offers something different to the usual childrenswear store. She makes sure that you are 100% satisfied with every purchase.

From the owner: Spruced Goose offers a unique collection of colourful and quirky clothes and gifts for children…read morefrom 0 to teens. We provide excellent customer service and ship worldwide. Browse our collection online at www.sprucedgoose.com or instore now!

Kids Chaos is a designer kids clothing store situated on Manchester Road in Swinton, not too far…read morefrom Victoria Park. It's easily accessible and has a couple of parking spaces for your convenience. The actual shop is a small unit yet packed full of vibrant and unique clothes and is colourful and 'funky' in style and design both exterior and interior. It's worth a look but keep in mind it isn't at all cheap, so make sure you take your flexible plastic friend with you!

Highly stylish clothing for kids. The kind of clothes I'd like to deck my own children out in if it…read moreweren't for the fact that they're a: independent and thus do not listen to my recommendations: b: my missus equally does not listen to me, especially when it comes to clothes for the children c: it wasn't so expensive. Lovely looking, well made keks, shirts and skirts for kids up to 16 years of age, highly visual and slightly hippyish looking (you'll know what I mean) it's just a shame I'd need to re mortgage just to purchase a nice sweater for the four year old. Have a look for their occasional sales and you might bag a bargain for a gift. Oilily (which sounds more like a deli) has stores across the world, but as far as I know this Manchester store is the only UK branch.

From the outside, Monsoon looks like it is colourful, young and trendy. Inside, you'll soon…read morediscover that it's full of very nice clothes for yummy mummies. Not a bad thing, just different to my first impressions. They do have a really good range called Fusion, which is aimed at younger women and offers quirky spins on modern classics. My girlfriend always raves about this Monsoon because the mirrors in the changing rooms are apparently massive. I wouldn't know, being a boy and all and not in the habit of trying on clothes from Monsoon. I did notice that they had an awesome children's range. Literally, make a kid, buy it cute clothes from Monsoon and just gaze adoringly at it forever more.

I love Monsoon & this one is deceptively large. They seem to have their whole range in this store &…read morethere are fitting rooms located at the back of the store. It's mostly women's clothes but they also stock children's clothes. Next to Monsoon there is Accessorize & you can walk through from one shop to the other. Accessorize sell a huge range of bags, jewellery & various fashion accessories. Not the cheapest of shops but they do have very good sales & the clothes are of excellent quality. Beautiful clothes especially for that special occasion. Well worth a visit. Very nice staff.

Accessorize in the Trafford centre is a shop which specialises in selling scarves, earrings,…read morebrooches, handbags, pashminas and shawls, hats, necklaces and so much more. It's like a bazaar in there! The prices are a bit higher than say Clare's Accessories but the goods are much better made and higher quality. I like this shop as if your outfit needs that little extra something you can be sure to find it in here. It isn't tacky and it's a very nice shop with lots to choose from. The staff are nice and helpful and the offers and sales they do are great. I recommend it.

The amount of items in this shop is un real its every girls dream to be let loose in this shop…read more Bags, scarves, necklaces, rings the list is endless and even though its a little extra pricing its great quality and can complete any outfit. Every piece is individual and lovely.

This is about as old-fashioned a clothing shop as you could imagine, but it fills a vital niche and…read moredoes it brilliantly. From its outdoor signage, to the wooden counter, to the cash-register and the hand-written receipts you could be stepping into shops from days of old, and yet Petites Modes is, on occasion, packed to the rafters with shoppers attempting to kit-out their youngsters in school uniforms, club uniforms (brownies, Cubs, scouts and all such affiliated organisations). They also cater for more formal childrenswear such as christening and confirmation attire. Don't be fooled by the rather formal and (dare I say) stuffy window displays. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable and provide a personal service to each and every customer. They cater for all schools in the local area, primary level upwards. I doubt that this will become a regular haunt for many people, but for the twice-a-year school uniform shop, this place is really a one-stop-shop. Highly recommended.

After a wasted journey somewhere else to buy a scout shirt, tried to call before heading there…read more Rang twice for ages & no-one picked the phone up, so headed there. Another wasted journey as only had shirts & even small was way too big. They had no blouses & couldn't tell me if would be smaller but said they could order one. The point of going to the shop was for sizing!! Complete waste of time. Also when asked if there phone had been working, they said was that you we were too busy to answer. Thus is why people but on-line rather than go to shops now!!

Ive been dreaming of Jean Genie! A little shop on trendy Beech Road in Chorlton Cum Hardy, it was…read moreconceived by two visionaries : Zoe and Vic and look how their baby is growing up!!! Antique wardrobes stuffed with jeans call out your name. Now, I have always been turned off by shops selling a lot of denim- maybe too much blue puts me in a blue mood. This is not the case at Jean Genie as my denim phobia is banished by the brightly coloured t- shirts which punctuate the room. I saw a fetching red Superman retro design which my liitle boy would have pestered me for. Well established names such as Wrangler, American Appararel,Hilfiger and Levi link hands with less mainstream brands like Junk Food to which I am a complete convert! I was in the mood for something a little different and Zoe showed me the Junk Food Alice in Wonderland t-shirts which had just arrived. How very topical and truly tempting. Sizes are quite small, I am a 10 and need a medium but there are several styles of one genre. Men's hoodies and tee's paternally protect clothing for bambinos, OMG how cute, there are t-shirts for little ones here. Zoe explained to me how they operate a bespoke t-shirt printing service and I think they are onto a winner. Starting from a reasonable £20 you can take in any design you wish, from a photo, to your 5 year old's self-portrait and Jean Genie will transform it into a t-shirt that everyone will notice. Prices increase if the design is hand drawn as opposed to pdf, and also if you want them to use a variety of colours. I left with my £32.50 and worth every penny, Alice in Wonderland top and with an idea for my fashionista daughter's birthday. I was given the shop's innovative flyer( a frisbee) which will give me 10% off my next purchase and as Arnie says...."I'll be back!"