Pavo Gotham Steel

Hello, Beast. Lovely, amazing, steely grey beast. Oh, how I have fallen for you!

A wonderful friend let me borrow this beauty and I'm pretty sure she will need to pry it from my cold dead hands if she wants it back.

At first glance, from photos online and from quickly giving it a once over when my friend bought this, I wasn't head over heels. There is a lot of hype currently surrounding this wrap and its sister/brother Onyx. I wasn't sure if I wanted to drink the kool-aid, but one try was all it took.

The texture. The first word anyone utters when describing this wrap is texture. It is a wrap you almost want to stare at with a microscope because the weave is just so awesome. The pattern from a few feet away is equally cool. Aesthetically, I'd say this is one of my favorite wraps. It just looks so effortlessly cool when you're wearing it. It's got an art deco thing happening, it's also a little mod with the dots and the angles of the lines. I am loving the right side and the wrong side equally and it's a wrap I don't even bother choosing a side when wrapping because either way it looks great.

It's listed at 280g/m2 which seems confusing when compared to Hearts and Camellia who are both listed at the same weight. When compared in hand to the other two, Gotham is thicker, more textured, but perhaps less dense than Hearts, but much weightier than Camellia. Even though Gotham is more of a Beast, the weave is somehow still airy. It's a wrap I can imagine loving on a cold winter day, but in a shorter size I could imagine would be a great summer wrap as well.

The size 6 I am borrowing is a PERFECT double hammock wrap. It is solid, and supportive. It supports a lousy wrap job, but shines in a perfect one. I wouldn't describe the support as "cush", it's actually a bit diggy if you have the wrap too bunched up on your shoulders. I think that's maybe due to the weave, it can be a little too thick on the shoulders or if you have it bunched up to pass under your wrappee's legs.

I found it easy to make the seat- my wrappee is the kind who makes the execution of a wrap job very difficult. Once I've got the first pass around we're good. But getting him to stay still while I make the seat is pretty much impossible. Other pros of this wrap would be the nice grip. I rocked a knotless ruck with great long tails draping down in the front and it held really well. Once you get everything where you want it to be it's sort of like velcro with this wrap, it's great. Cons: no small knot with this bad boy. Try tying under bum, ha! You really don't want to be tying in the tails with Gotham- I practically had a place to balance a tray when I did.

I'd recommend this wrap to someone looking for a textured, solid, trendy looking wrap. I think it would be best for someone with an older baby, maybe 6 months and up. I definitely wouldn't describe this as the best newborn wrap. I think it might just be a bit "much" for a new baby and a combination of new wrapper/new baby and Gotham doesn't sound like a great mix, in my opinion.

For someone more experienced, or who loves a good beast, this is the wrap for you. I think it would be great in a variety of sizes, whatever you like best. So, if you don't already own one, go get one. But, good luck finding one! ;)

I'm currently waiting on Gotham Marble, so I'll have a nice comparison review to post in the next couple of weeks.

Gotham Steel
Grey/Ecru
100% cotton
Size 6

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