Interview with Mogens Jensen, founding father of MOLO children vogue model.

Molo is a model that wants no introduction—just lately honored with the Greatest Children Vogue Heritage Model award on the Junior Fashion Awards, it has lengthy been a beloved favourite in kids’s vogue. Famend for its distinctive prints, distinctive high quality, and effortlessly cool model, Molo persistently delivers standout items that captivate each kids and oldsters alike. Every merchandise is thoughtfully designed to mix consolation with cutting-edge vogue, making Molo the go-to alternative for individuals who need their children to feel and appear improbable. We had the consideration of sitting down with Mogens Jepsen, the founding father of Molo, to debate the model’s previous and future, the youngsters’s vogue business, and a few of his cherished childhood reminiscences. Whether or not you’re new to Molo or a long-time fan, this dialog provides an enchanting glimpse into the creativity and imaginative and prescient behind the model.

JS: Thanks, Mogens, for taking the time to talk with us! Are you able to share your journey with us? How did you start designing clothes particularly for youngsters, and what impressed you to concentrate on this area of interest?

MJ: Molo began with the concept of fixing kids’s vogue, which was lower than vibrant and vibrant again then. As an alternative, the concept was to create a model with a powerful persona, many colors, and a playful expression.

Molo was created in an house in Copenhagen, with a small group doing every part.  Initially, we designed solely a small assortment for ages 2 to eight, after which we expanded the vary to incorporate clothes for infants, equipment, outerwear, and swimwear masking as much as 16 years. {The marketplace} has additionally modified enormously. Molo began with just a few markets worldwide and is now an internationally recognized kidswear model.

JS: Molo is a standout identify within the kids’s vogue business—what do you consider units the model aside and contributes to its enduring success?

MJ: For the reason that starting, Molo has had a powerful storytelling and model imaginative and prescient. We consider that kids come first, and our garments have at all times mirrored this. I believe our mission to empower kids in a accountable and playful approach actually speaks to each dad and mom and kids.

From early on in our model historical past, we have now additionally been centered on the significance of transparency and certification with regards to duty, which I consider has made us stand out available in the market. I’m extremely proud that Molo is now GOTS*, GRS*, and OCS* licensed.

JS: What are some distinctive challenges and joys you’ve encountered in working with kids’s vogue?

MJ: As Molo has grown through the years, one factor that stands out as each a problem and a pleasure is incorporating totally different cultures and climates into our model. We work laborious to make sure that Molo is a model children like to put on and discover wherever they dwell.

JS: Might you inform us a few favorite piece from new assortment? (SS25)

MJ: Having the platform and model that we do, we take the job of chatting with kids very critically. That’s the reason we put a whole lot of care and a spotlight into our storytelling and the message we ship out worldwide. With the brand new assortment ‘You Matter,’ we inform kids their voices and actions matter. Naturally, this makes our new cardigans, Burt and Gilly, a few of my favourites from the gathering. The cardigans are embellished with vital messages like ‘braveness,’ ‘equality,’ ‘variety’, and ‘you matter.’ True assertion items.

JS: How would you describe your private model, and does it affect the model?

MJ: At Molo, we have now an extremely gifted design studio with wonderful designers working laborious to proceed creating the ‘finest assortment ever’ every season. As a lot as I’m concerned within the collections, I don’t assume my private model considerably impacts their work.

JS: What’s your favourite place on this planet?

MJ: At our headquarters in Copenhagen, but when I might select multiple place, I like touring the world with Molo. I’m so lucky to fulfill our wonderful gross sales representatives, new clients, and new markets worldwide.

JS: What’s your favourite childhood reminiscence?

MJ: I’m privileged to have grown up on a farm. It was a improbable upbringing with the chance to typically be near my dad and mom, a number of animals and the character round us. After I encounter the fantastic odor of freshly minimize grass from the meadows in the summertime, it offers me a singular flash again to my childhood. It’s magical.

JS: Horses typically characteristic in your collections—is there a private story behind this recurring motif?

MJ: From elevating my children, I’ve skilled their love for all animals, so naturally, the animal kingdom is an enormous a part of all Molo collections. Horses are magnificent creatures, very smart, very social, and simply so stunning, and I like seeing them featured in our collections. They match proper in.

JS: As somebody with a profitable model, what recommendation would you give to younger entrepreneurs aspiring to enter the youngsters’s vogue business?

MJ: The enterprise has modified a lot since we began. What I’ve skilled as important is being aware, respectful, agile, and always open to alter.

JS: Wanting forward, the place do you see Molo within the subsequent 5 years? Are there any thrilling initiatives or developments on the horizon?

MJ: I’m extremely excited concerning the adventures that Molo will embark upon within the subsequent couple of years. We want to develop globally and work always to enhance and evolve our accountable practices.

JS: How do you envision the way forward for the retail and vogue market, significantly in gentle of latest tendencies and modifications?

MJ: Regardless of having to repeat myself, I consider that retail and vogue manufacturers must work on methods to enhance themselves by way of duty. It’s essential to make it on this business, and I consider we owe it to future generations.

JS: Do you see social media as a supply of affection, hate, or a mixture of each?

MJ: Social media can foster each hate and, thankfully, a lot love. At Molo, we have now been blessed with a stable and supportive group of people that actually help and love our model.

JS: Lastly, what do you concentrate on Junior Fashion?

MJ: Junior Fashion has been on the frontier of making a group for kidswear vogue fans. I get pleasure from following your tackle progressive and kidswear and being part of your pretty community. The way in which you encourage playfulness and hues makes Junior Fashion an ideal match for Molo.

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