TrotStar Fashion, the facts

What it is

TrotStar Fashion is a sales agency for maternity and nursing wear, founded in 2012 by Katrin Jamart in Antwerp, Belgium. It represents Attesa and Ripe Maternity to shops in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and sells to retailers only.

One person sells every collection, Katrin Jamart, in Dutch, French, German and English.

The brands

• Attesa: Italian maternity wear from Lake Garda. Sold in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Represented since 2018. Brand site: https://www.attesa.it. Page: https://www.trotstar-fashion.com/brands/attesa/
• Ripe Maternity: Australian maternity and nursing wear from Melbourne. Sold in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France. Represented since 2015. Brand site: https://www.ripematernity.com. Page: https://www.trotstar-fashion.com/brands/ripe-maternity/

Where to see the collections

• A showroom near Antwerp, Belgium, open by appointment in the selling weeks of each season; the address is given when an appointment is confirmed. The agency also brings a collection to a shop.
• Showroom days in Paris twice a year, near Gare de Lyon, by appointment.
• Supreme Kids in München, 22 January 2027 to 24 January 2027, MTC world of fashion, Haus 1, Ingolstädter Str. 45-47, 80807 München. Stand: Attesa Maternity / TrotStar. Booking: https://www.trotstar-fashion.com/supreme-kids/

How shops buy

• Shops see the new collection twice a year, in the showroom, at the fair or in their own shop, and place the season order months before delivery.
• The agency passes the order to the brand. The brand confirms, ships and invoices the shop directly.
• Reorders during the season go through the brand’s B2B shop (Attesa) or on the order form (Ripe Maternity), or through the agency.
• Lookbooks of past seasons, from each brand page: Attesa: AW26 and SS26 on request through the form. Ripe Maternity: AW26 and SS26 on request through the form. The current season’s lookbook, campaign images and price lists are sent to shops on request. No prices are published on the site.
• Small shops, midwife practices and doula practices are welcome. Minimum orders, payment terms and shipping differ per brand.

For brands looking for an agent

• Which countries do you cover? Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We sell in Dutch, French, German and English. The territory is agreed per brand.
• Which shops do you sell to? Independent maternity boutiques, baby and children's stores, lingerie shops, and midwife and doula practices that sell clothing. In earlier years also department stores and online retailers, among them de Bijenkorf, Zalando and Wehkamp.
• Which other brands do you carry? Attesa from Italy and Ripe Maternity from Australia. We keep the list short and take on a new brand only if it does not compete with one we carry.
• Who sells my collection? Katrin Jamart, in person. She founded the agency in 2012 and takes every appointment herself. We carry few brands, so each one is shown properly.
• What do you do besides selling? Our own showroom near Antwerp, showroom days in Paris twice a year, visits to shops, a stand at Supreme Kids Munich, order entry in your system, reorders during the season, payment follow-up with shops that fall behind, and a report after each season on what the shops said.
• What does it cost? We work on commission on the orders we book. There is no retainer and no sign-up fee. You supply the sample collection each season.
• Which fairs do you attend? Supreme Kids in Munich. The dates page lists the next edition.
• How long have you been doing this? Since 2012. Ripe Maternity has been with us since 2015 and Attesa since 2018. We can put you in touch with a brand we represent.
• How does a first season go? We agree the territory and the season calendar, receive your samples, and introduce the collection to the shops it fits. A market takes several seasons to build, and we say so at the start.
• My brand already sells through a marketplace or its own B2B shop. What does an agent add? Shops that get visited, a showroom where the collection hangs, a stand at the fair, and someone who answers when a delivery is late. Orders can keep running through your own channels.

Contact

• Katrin Jamart, +32 497 43 21 53 (also WhatsApp), info@trotstar.com
• Company: TrotStar BV, BE 0500.650.355, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Website: https://www.trotstar-fashion.com, in English, Dutch, French and German