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From the you've got to be kidding me files: Apparently, there are parents in England who are so rich and style-conscious that hiring personal shoppers for babies is de rigueur.
According to a recent story in the U.K.'s Daily Mail, high-end department stores, such as Harrods and Harvey Nichols, are seeing a boom in requests for kiddie personal shopping services. But don't think you can jump on the bandwagon so fast. The one offered at Harrods is booked until next year.
"One client recently came in for her baby daughter and left with an £8,000 wardrobe," a Harrods personal shopper told the Daily Mail. The minimum spending fee there for kids and babies? A cool £2,500, which translates here to $4,061. So the £8,000 shopper spent some $13,000.
These personal shoppers say even toddlers are already honing their wardrobe looks.
Seriously, 5-year-old fashionistas?
"Even when they're as young as three, they often have a strong opinion on their style -- especially the girls," one of the Harvey Nichols personal shoppers told the Mail.
Just wait until they become teenagers.
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10-17-2009 @ 8:28PM
Ann said...It would be wiser to put that money into their bank account and pay for a future Oxford education or a Bently.
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10-17-2009 @ 11:34PM
Jenn2440 said...You can't get an Oxford education by paying for it. The UK has almost no private universities. Brains are what one needs to get in. And it doesn't sound as thought these families are exactly at the top of the gene pool!
But I agree that this money would be better spent on something else. A house perhaps? Or maybe even on feeding the starving millions?
10-17-2009 @ 8:32PM
Kaydee said...It seems to me that young children in the UK are much better behaved than their American counterparts. How many times have you seen a wedding almost wrecked by very young children? In the UK they have perfect manners and behave very decorously at weddings. Just an observation.
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10-17-2009 @ 8:37PM
Ann said...Until they get old enough to drink and attend soccer games - then the little wreckers in them come out.
10-17-2009 @ 10:48PM
Fotty said...Maybe in lower end spectrum of society in america, but I'm pretty sure if I did the same observation in the uk with the lower end spectrum. I would find that things are not that all different...Just an observation....
10-17-2009 @ 11:23PM
R said...This is not at all true Kaydee. I have seen some very spoiled and ill mannered children from England, just like some American children. I live in CA, and the parents that I know, are very big on raising polite children.
10-17-2009 @ 10:05PM
Rozz said...Why in the world would anybody need a personal shopper to shop for children? What a waste of money! I have two boys 16 & 9 and when they were little I loved picking out their little outfits. Those parents are missing out.
Plus, kids grow so fast that chances are those expensive clothes will be to small before they can get any wear out of them. But I suppose that's the point the parents are trying to make. We are so rich we can be frivolous.
To each his own. I just hope the parents invest as much time and energy into their children's education and well being.
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10-17-2009 @ 11:27PM
Lakes said...Its quite simple about the europeon kids not just England, their disiplined . In the American countries the homes and classrooms are runed by the kids plain and simple. Not so in Europe thats why they have a better educational system . They disapline and if a parent complains like here or cries abuse their simply told you can't disipline your child we will do it for you. And they do and if your kid is kept after school and misses her bus to bad, and they also don't accept any excuses from parents about their Johnny will miss a doctors or dentist appointment or etc, to bad pick the brat up after detention and drive him. If the parent has to take some effort if kid misses a bus a few times etc maybe they will get the message their kid is a problem and to do something more at home with the kid in the disiplineing area.
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10-17-2009 @ 11:57PM
Martesa said...Judging from your spelling and punctuation, you are clearly a product of the US system.
Now, re: the clothes -- seems to me it's just teaching the children to be superficial, irresponsible with money and too focused on themselves and their looks. Seems like a sad trend to me.
10-18-2009 @ 12:06AM
Lia said...This would be funny, if it was so pitiful.
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