Nipper Legacy Collection

Nipper Legacy Collection Archival catalogue collection
Digital pattern releases pending
Est. 1980 North Laines

10 years on… ❤️💛💙No. 1 is my son Max, now aged 10—and the reason Nipper began in the first place!Here he is with seven o...
12/09/2026

10 years on… ❤️💛💙

No. 1 is my son Max, now aged 10—and the reason Nipper began in the first place!

Here he is with seven of our young models outside the Brighton shop, wearing pieces from the Autumn/Winter 1989/90 collection.

I’ve numbered each child and matched their outfits to the original catalogue illustrations—full of bold checks, playful prints and wonderful primary colours.

Can you match all eight? 😊

Nipper was founded by Bernadette Felton (now Bernadette Gosling, and Julia Scoging.

Illustrations by Julia Scoging

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/8d2daf32b0.html

BrightonHistory FashionArchive AutumnWinte

Well, it’s September and officially the start of autumn—so it’s time for some cosy Nipper! 🍂🧥Thank you to Shelley Chell ...
05/09/2026

Well, it’s September and officially the start of autumn—so it’s time for some cosy Nipper! 🍂🧥

Thank you to Shelley Chell for inspiring this week’s post. ❤️

“What goes around comes around…”

From our 1992 Nipper catalogue: our wonderfully cosy, rainproof padded jacket, made in two colourways ❤️💙 and modelled here by Shelley’s gorgeous twins.

And now, more than 30 years later, Boden has a very similar look! 😊

Just like Dolly Parton’s RIP what a legend 🤩 iconic “Coat of Many Colors,” this Nipper jacket celebrates the charm of colourful tartan, timeless design and cosy autumn style. ❤️💙

TimelessDesign Boden DollyPartonRIP

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/0c61ed5eda.html

TO BE WORN AGAIN — some 42 years later 💛Photo Circa 1983. Max, about four years old, wearing an early pair of Nipper sho...
22/08/2026

TO BE WORN AGAIN — some 42 years later 💛

Photo Circa 1983. Max, about four years old, wearing an early pair of Nipper shorts with braces. There’s no catalogue reference for this particular pair — just a family photograph and the garment itself.

The style continued. This striped version appeared in the Nipper collection 1992

STYLE 27 - catalogue SS 1992
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/2d94916742.html

Having survived — the elastic tired, but the fabric still crisp and very much wearable. A little repair, some new elastic and they’re ready for another small boy.

This time my beautiful grandson Isaac, shorts teamed here with a cut down 2nd generation Nipper T-shirt - a design created around the Nipper bricks - Alphabet - now worn by another generation.

This is exactly what TO BE WORN AGAIN means.

Our clothes weren’t designed to be disposable. They were made to be worn, loved, handed down, repaired — and sometimes rediscovered more than forty years later. 💛💙

My make up & hair by my daughter in law Gabi Gabi Alzani Cook

BritishChildrenswear ChildrenswearArchive FashionArchive DesignArchive VintageChildrenswear SustainableFashion MuseumArchive

STYLE BIBLE • STYLE 01 💙💛The quintessential Nipper style — Baby Baggies.Style 01 began right at the start of Nipper: roo...
20/08/2026

STYLE BIBLE • STYLE 01 💙💛

The quintessential Nipper style — Baby Baggies.

Style 01 began right at the start of Nipper: roomy, practical trousers with an elasticated waist, adjustable braces and plenty of freedom for little bodies to move and grow.

The classic version was denim early versions seen here from 1981, 1988, they became one of those deceptively simple designs that just worked.

And the story carried on…

An original 1999 archive pair survives complete with its swing ticket and production pattern. In 2019 another vintage pair was back being worn by a new generation — and in 2026, here they are again on my grandson Isaac. 💙💛

More than 45 years after Style 01 first appeared, the Baby Baggies are still doing exactly what they were designed to do:

to be worn, handed down — and worn again.

📖 STYLE 01 now added to the Nipper Legacy Collection Style Bible.

BritishChildrenswear ChildrenswearArchive VintageChildrenswear MadeInEngland FashionArchive DesignArchive WornAgain

FROM THE NIPPER STYLE BIBLE 💛💙One dress. Two seasons.Style 178 first appeared in our Autumn/Winter 1995/96 collection — ...
15/08/2026

FROM THE NIPPER STYLE BIBLE 💛💙

One dress. Two seasons.

Style 178 first appeared in our Autumn/Winter 1995/96 collection — a soft, full-bodied dress with its distinctive knotted scarf collar.

For Spring/Summer 1996 we didn’t abandon the idea. We developed it.

Style 202 took the same underlying design into summer, changing the fabric and feel while keeping the details that gave the dress its character.

Whilst I’m just starting this Style Bible, I’m beginning to see not just individual garments, but the threads that ran from one Nipper collection into the next.

Style 178 — A/W 1995/96
Style 202 — S/S 1996

Both are now documented in the Nipper Legacy Collection Style Bible.

BritishFashionHistory VintageChildrenswear

Visit https://www.nipperlegacycollection.co.uk/style-bible 😊🐝

Address

Brighton And Hove

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Nipper Legacy Collection posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Nipper Legacy Collection:

Shortcuts

Share

Category