Designer Profile

Petit Bateau is France's most famous children’s underwear brand and definitely a favorite among all French mothers. The brand produces the highest quality of designer childrenswear including baby underwear, sleepwear and special items such as girls dresses. Their soft fabrics offer freedom of movement and their designs reflect French chic, making them the preferred choice in baby clothes for boys and girls. Petit Bateau also designs perfect items for baby gifts and children’s gifts, ideal for newborn up to 10 years. At the beginning of the 70's Petit Bateau invented the very famous milleraies "colored" stripe which remains to be a fashion classic today and can be seen in every collection. Petit bateau was created over 115 years ago in Troyes in Champagne by Pierre Valton. The first underpants were launched in 1918 when he decided to cut off the legs of some long johns his son was wearing to provide him greater comfort. The name "petit Bateau" was apparently given when two years later, Pierre Valton heard his son singing "Maman, les p'tits bateaux qui vont sur l'eau ont-ils des jambes?..." ("Mommy, do the little boats on the sea have legs?"). The Petit Bateau brand is popular all over the world with stores in Japan, Germany, Italy, Belgium, London and the US.

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