Children in heels

Seonad

I was flicking through a copy of Grazia the other week in the supermarket. In it they featured Suri Cruise wearing a pair of high heels.

I'm just wondering peoples' opinions on this-I think it looks awful to be frank-sort of like she fell into her mother's wardrobe?

Here's a picture http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1//2009/09/suri-highheels/suri-cruise-high-heels-05.jpg

I suppose I would take issue with a lot of kids dressing inappropriately for their age but this especially bugs me for some reason..

LizT

I think it is inappropriate.
However I also think young kids shouldn't get their ears pieced, and this is fast becoming normal for a lot of people. So maybe in a few years they will be kids heels ranges?

insert-gear

Ah but d'ya not remember the lil plastic heels you used to get in the sets with all the shiny bead jewellery? They usually came with a wand? One would wear them around the house and down to your friends and maybe to your granny's. Because one was a princess, obviously

They're minted so obviously they upgraded

If she was just wearing them to a little lunch or something as a treat, I wouldnt have a problem, but if theyre using them as daily footwear then its just not right

lainey316

I was going to say I think they are junior ballroom dancing shoes, but now I see the ones in Grazia are different to the ones she had on in the photo in Heat!

Seems wrong...

LadyMayBelle

My little sis used to have a pair like these, cheap pound shop plastic yokes that she got in a set and woe betide anyone who took them from her!! I doubt Suri is wearing Gucci heels more like there was a tantrum to be had if she didn't wear them that day!!

However, I do see little kids wearing high heels and heeled knee high boots here out the west; most from a particular ethnic background. I find it shocking. But Dunnes or somewhere must be selling them...

Koushki

insert-gear wrote: »

Ah but d'ya not remember the lil plastic heels you used to get in the sets with all the shiny bead jewellery? They usually came with a wand? One would wear them around the house and down to your friends and maybe to your granny's. Because one was a princess, obviously

They're minted so obviously they upgraded

If she was just wearing them to a little lunch or something as a treat, I wouldnt have a problem, but if theyre using them as daily footwear then its just not right

+1

chocgirl

Saw that picture of little Suri too and was a little bit shocked. Apparently they were just dancing shoes though, I'm not so convinced.

I actually cringe more when I see little children in cheap uggs, flip flops, ballet pumps or dubes. So many kids wearing bad footwear to school all day everyday. These have just as much potential to cause problems and are way more prevalent. Mothers hate hearing this from my experience though! Rant over!

Twee.

Fine for dressing up or if she was coming or going from a dance class, but not everyday! I remember the little ones as mentioned above, thought they were the biz-niz.

jellie

I used to work in a childrens clothes shop when i was in college & was regularly horrified at some of the stuff that came in. the kids clothes (older than toddlers) were the same range from age 3-12, and would always end up having clothes based on what was currently "in". which isnt so bad for a 12/13 year old, but i hated seeing those clothes for a 4/5 year old.

this extended to shoes, so you would see things like kneeboots with a small heel for kids they were never massively high but they were still heels. i always thought it was wrong

ive had a look at their site to see if i could find examples but there doesnt seem to be anything bad there at the moment.

Seonad

insert-gear wrote: »

Ah but d'ya not remember the lil plastic heels you used to get in the sets with all the shiny bead jewellery? They usually came with a wand? One would wear them around the house and down to your friends and maybe to your granny's. Because one was a princess, obviously

Er.. no at that age I was most likely running around covered in mud with a pocket full of worms:o

Maybe that's why it offends my sensibilities so much!

I disagree with pierced ears on children too..I've seen babies with pierced ears which seems a little unfair to me

Wantobe

I was a right little tomboy when I was a little girl but now I have two girls of my own and, especially the eldest, they are really into dressing up. They have been given presents of those horrible plastic 'high' heeled shoes by well meaning relatives -at least four different sets! And they absolutely love them, would wear them everywhere if I let them. Which I don't- cause I'm the grown up!:P

And they are really dangerous too- the plastic ones, I mean, cause they are really slippery and have no support, so usually I let them play with them a bit and then put them away, and eventually, once forgotten, they go into the bin. So Suri? I think it's a bit silly myself, yeah she might be into heels and dressing up but they are the parents, why don't they just say no?

Mind you, they may be super-dooper fabulous orthopaedically recommended shoes, so nobody knows except her parents really.

Acoshla

I think Katie Holmes said they're children's ballroom dancing shoes, which is fair enough if your child is doing ballroom dancing and needs appropriate footwear but not for everyday wear. My mother has had bunions for the last 15 years due to wearing tight fitting court shoes for the first few years of her working career. She only started wearing them at 18, stopped a few years later and by the time she reached 35 there was significant and obvious damage done, I dread to think what it could do to a child's feet to be wearing heels from such a young age on a daily basis.

I have no problem with little girls playing dress up but Suri is photographed wearing those kind of shoes out shopping, in the playground, places where she needs proper footwear.

And don't get me started on her lack of tights, coats or jumpers when her mother is photographed all bundled up for winter beside her :rolleyes:

Stella777

I think they are fine for playing dress up at home, but I don't think they are good for wearing around to school or in public.

Not so much because I think they are inappropriate, but because of safety issues. I also suspect that high heels are not good for kids because their legs and feet are still growing.

Winty

Children is heels is silly and like ear rings shows what weak parents they have

insert-gear

Personally I dont see a problem with a kid getting their ears pierced, if they want to, and they learn how to look after the piercings, and they understand that it will hurt. I hate when its done on babies though. I begged my mam to let me get them done when I was about 6 and I loved having them done, and there was no harm done to me.

beautyqueen

i pierce ears and wud nearly prefer to do a babies than a 4 or 5 yr old. theres a less chance of them getting infected cos they wont be pulling at them etc, and also at least there done then and you wont have to go thru the hassle when theyre that bit older. it can be very traumatic ha when i was 3 my older sister was gettin hers done and i insisted on getting mine done too, unfortunately i didn realise how sore it was and after getting the 1st ear done i wouldn let the woman do my other one, and had t go for a walk around the town before going back to get the other 1 done. say she was delighted with me!
as far as the high heels go i think its fine for playing and dressing up but its really bad health and safety for everyday wear. although admitedly most little girls love wearing heels cos it makes them feel so grown up and its definetly 1 of those things where its just easier to say yes sometimes.

Aoifums

I'm against kids in heels. I liked playing with my pink pair and so did my brother. But my parents never let us wear them out, much to my disappointment.

I'm even more against getting babies ears pierced. Why would someone cause a child that much pain. Especially with a piercing gun. I got mine done when I was 7, which hurt for weeks and ended up getting horribly infected. I wouldn't do that to a baby who has no choice in the matter and can't vocalise the pain.

insert-gear

I do absolutely hate when I see big heavy earings (usually gold hoops) hanging off ids ears. Theyre stretching the hole out and their ears will be ruined

Tawny

She's gonna have elongated earlobes too.



She looks cute, but shes a little girl, not a fashion doll. It doesnt exactly facilitate running around and playing, does it?

(http://x17online.com/gallery/view_gallery.php?gallery=KHolmesSuriSevila1211_X17&index=22)

beautyqueen

wel i dont like big dangly yokes on a childs ears!! but little studs are ok sure its up t de parent at de end of the day-aoifums obviously the person who did yours wasnt trained or good at doing them and as far as them gettin infected your mum or dad must not have followed the aftercare advice and been very unhygienic. i don know how any 1 could cause that much distress nd pain and misery for a child out of pure laziness, at least the initial pain only lasts 20 minutes after that its up to the parents.