Adorable first-day-of-school outfits

Get your kids ready to go back to school with these fashion-forward trends. Whether your school-aged fashionista is a petite Parisienne, cadet cool or best dressed in playful patterns, there's something here for you.

NEWBERRY DRESS, $30, SEARS.CA; LEGGINGS, $24, WUNWAY.COM; SHOES, $50, HUSHPUPPIES.COM/CA; HEADBAND, $21, ADVICEFROMACATERPILLAR.CA; J+ LUNCHBAG, $8, LOBLAWS.CA

HAT, $13, OLDNAVY.CA; HOODIE, $10, JOEFRESH.CA; JEANS, $35, GAPCANADA.CA; NEVADA SHOES, $50, SEARS.CA

GLASSES, $12, ALDOSHOES.COM; NEVADA CARDIGAN, $20, AND SKIRT, $20, SEARS.CA; GEORGE SHIRT, $12, WALMART.CA; SOCKS, $8 (6-PACK), AND SHOES, $16, JOEFRESH.CA

J+ HEADPHONES, $14, LOBLAWS.CA; SHIRT WITH TIE, $23, OLDNAVY.CA; JEANS, $30, THECHILDRENSPLACE.CA; SHOES, $30, HM.COM/CA

HAT, $13, OLDNAVY.CA; BARRETTE, $2, ARDENE.COM; JACKET, $24, JOEFRESH.CA; DRESS, $32, ROOTS.COM; J+ NOTEBOOK, $2, LOBLAWS.CA; TIGHTS, $15, WUNWAY.COM, FRYE BOOTS, $90, MINIMIOCHE.COM 

JESSICA SIMPSON JACKET, $60, THEBAY.COM; SHIRT, $26, ROOTS.COM; SKIRT, $40, MEXX.CA; LEGGINGS, $27, WUNWAY.COM; BOOTS, $24, JOEFRESH.CA; PURSE, $17, THECHILDRENSPLACE.CA; BUNNY HAT, $10, HM.COM/CA

TOQUE, $7, AND SWEATER, $13, HM.COM/CA; PANTS, $25, AND LUNCHBAG, $10, THECHILDRENSPLACE.CA; BOOTS, $150, ECCOCANADA.COM

JACKET, $25, JOEFRESH.CA; NEVADA SHIRT, $10,SEARS.CA ; JEANS, $13, HM.COM/CA; MERRELL SHOES, $70, SPORTINGLIFE.CA;GLASSES, $12, ALDOSHOES.COM; J+BOTTLE, $6, AND LUNCHBAG,$8, LOBLAWS.CA

PLAID SHIRT, $75, TOMMY.COM; EPIC THREADS T-SHIRT, $13, THEBAY.COM; JEANS, $30, AND BACKPACK, $20, THECHILDRENSPLACE.CA; SHOES, $50, CROCS.CA

GEORGE JACKET, $14, WALMART.CA, EPIC THREADS SHIRT, $30, THEBAY.COM; JEANS, $30, THECHILDRENSPPLACE.CA; REEBOK SHOES, $65, SPORTCHEK.CA

JACKET, $35, AND JEANS, $25, THECHILDRENSPLACE.CA; T-SHIRT, $24, JOEFRESH.CA; SHOES, $55, CONVERSE.COM; HERSHEL SUPPLY CO. BACKPACK, $40, MINIMIOCHE.COM; RING, $5, OLDNAVY.CA

HAT, $11, AND PURSE, $10, THECHILDRENSPLACE.CAWUNWAY.COM; NECKLACE, $26, ; DRESS, $18, HM.COM/CA; BOOTS, $28, OLDNAVY.CA

A version of this article appeared in our September 2013 issue with the headline “Trends that make the grade,” pp. 97-103

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