About Us

About us My Little Uniform (then called Mermaids and Dragons) started life at our kitchen table, with a sewing machine and a request from our children for a dress-up box. They wanted a set of nice cosy scrubs like I used to wear at work. Like a lot of businesses, we...

After 10 years making our authentic Irish career costumes we have taken the very difficult decision to close. Actually, it wasn’t a very difficult decision, it is just one we did not want to make. 2025 was a tough year with the worst fabric shortages we have ever...

We must be the only costume manufacturer that does not spend the months of August to October talking about Halloween. We don’t run Facebook or Google ads for the Halloween season, we don’t encourage you to buy the latest designs for that one night of dressing up.  The...

Why we have changed our name It is a decision that was a long time coming. When we started off, I chose to name the business Mermaids and Dragons, it was quirky and interesting, and it represented my 2 daughters at that time. Like everything though, we evolved. We...

Why? I regularly get asked why we design uniforms or some variation on the same question. In more formal situations it might be "what is our company’s mission?". In more casual conversation is generally a curiosity about why we chose to start this particular type of...

Sourcing materials Once we have finalised the design of our little uniforms it is time to find the raw materials that can bring them to life. We chose materials that align with our own values. It is important to us that our little uniforms last for years of...

Designing Little Uniforms When we decided to design and manufacture our little uniforms, we embarked on an incredibly steep learning curve. We did not have a background in textiles or manufacturing, we did not have connections in the industry, and we did not know what...