#THANKYOUPARTY LA (Mommy Blogger, Social Media Influencers),

Kirsten Jones

Hi! I'm Kirsten Jones, the Editor-in-Chief of MINI Outfitter Magazine. I’m a 33-year-old single mom and natural born entrepreneur! I graduated from Hofstra University with a business degree and currently reside outside of Washington, D.C.

I started MINI Outfitter in 2014 when I was pregnant with my first child, a beautiful baby girl.  I love dressing up, but I also love my sneakers and sweatpants and I wanted my daughter to have the same options. Unique clothing options were so hard to find in stores, so I took to browsing online.  I discovered an abundance of talent on Etsy... women and other creative entrepreneurs like myself who were making high quality, unique children's clothing. Through Etsy, I found more and more brands and then found a small community on Instagram.   I had a magazine when I was 12 until I was 20 years old, so naturally I had an "AH HA!" moment and decided to start a magazine to support my discovery.

I created MINI Outfitter to house all of these brands in one place for parents, as well as to create a platform of support for emerging and independent designers fellow moms who took risks to make their goals a reality.

After having my daughter, the importance of convenience was all too clear. In 2017, I launched an extension of our magazine, a Mobile App (available on iPhone and Android) for parents to shop from home, conveniently. The App provides a curated selection of clothing as well as styled outfits, to keep kids looking sharp and fresh without parents having to very much except press “Add to Cart,”

Many of the brands that launched when we began are now international brands sold in luxury department stores like Barney’s New York and Nordstrom. Haus of Jr., AKID, Gunner and Lux, to name a few. The children's fashion industry is the most rapidly growing sector in fashion!