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Rich toddlers draw fashion designers' eyes
Rich toddlers draw fashion designers' eyesBy Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press
NEW YORK Juliet Sandler dresses in the latest $650 dresses and $400 shoes from Parisian fashion house Lanvin. Juliet is 3.
Her mother, Dara Sandler, says she dresses her daughter in the latest fashions because Juliet is a reflection of her even though her daughter can't spell the names of the designers, let alone pay for their clothes.
"I dress my daughter exactly the way I dress myself," says the 33-year-old Manhattan mother, who spent $10,000 for her daughter's summer wardrobe. She plans to spend a few thousand dollars more for fall.
Top fashion designers are pushing more expensive duds for the increasingly lucrative affluent toddler demographic. This fall, Oscar de la Renta, Dolce & Gabbana, and Marni launched collections for the pint-sized. Luxury stores Nordstrom and Bergdorf Goodman are expanding their children's areas to make room for the newcomers, many of them with higher price tags. Late last year, Gucci, which launched a children's collection two years ago, opened its first children's store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.
Look at the bright side: maybe they'll be too busy shopping on the day of the election to vote.
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Rich toddlers draw fashion designers' eyes (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2012
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aquart
(69,014 posts)1. On the bright side, you can get a baby Armani sweater for three dollars at the Salvation Army.
After all, the kid grows and fashion changes. So they dump the damn near new stuff.
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)2. The child as a mirror of the mother.
That is so sad. Using your child to reflect what you think your public image should be - and then trying to justify it by claiming the kids want to dress that way.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)3. Way to pass on your priorities to the next generation!
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)4. This is child abuse.
Shallow idiots with too much money teaching their children to be shallow idiots.
parearau
(1 post)5. Those who have more money than sense...