First Communion Dress

My name is Maria Marcus, head designer and owner of Marco & Lizzy. I have been in love of children clothing since I had my first child Lizzy. Now she is a mother of two little children Marco and Vivienne.

Marco & Lizzy sells Girls Special Occasion Dresses. From Christening Gowns to smocked handmade silk and special occasion dresses to rompers, Liberty Fabric Dresses , Baby Girls Bishops , First Communion Dress knitted sweaters, bishops and more.

My style Classic, timeless, traditional with a twist. When my daughter Lizzy was born, I wanted to dress her with smocked dresses, I took 10 classes and "voila" I was already was making her dresses. My children were the inspiration and motivation to start a children clothing company.

Over the years, I have travel to many countries in Europe , this has been a big influence on my style, I have found great materials to bring to life my creations that started as an idea on a piece of paper, many times inspired by my surroundings, or an object or simply a color.

As a designer, I am always in search of new ideas. Years ago, we did not have Interest or the web ( which is a great source of ideas.) but I learn to educated my eyes and I always loved European fashion for children, the classic look where the children look like children and

María E. Marcus, designer and owner at Little Threads, Inc. has been passionate about children's clothing all her life. In 2010 she dreamed of creating a children's wear line that would offer sweet, sophisticated, European flair clothing with clean lines and quality materials. María has been in love with hand embroidery ever since her daughter Lizzy was a year old. Since then she has been designing hand smocked girls dresses, baby rompers, overalls, First communion dresses, Christening gowns, and many other products with the nostalgic look of the past without forgetting the comfort that is need it in a child outfit.

During one of her travels to Europe, she discovered some of the finest fabric mills, which were the turning point. It enabled her to create this beautiful line that was named after Marco (her grandson) and Lizzy (her daughter). The line was introduced to the stores through trade’s shows around the U.S and people loved it: Marco & Lizzy was born.