This post was previously titled "Whore Your Baby Out For Fashion Week" but then that felt kind of wrong. Also— I fear it would attract the wrong kind of traffic from google searches.
Today is the last day of New York Fashion Week which means… absolutely nothing to me. Have you not been paying attention? I work freelance mainly from home. Most often, in my pajamas. But let's pretend that I am living my fabulous life of yester-year. That I have my very important corporate ladder climbing job where I must look the part of a trendy and cool creative director… Nope. Fashion week wasn't relevant then either.
Truth is, I wouldn't pay for a Chanel top if you paid me. Well. Maybe if you paid me. Because then I could use that money to buy the top. Unless you told me that I could use my Chanel top money for something else. In which case I would buy twenty tops. Scratch that. I would buy myself a new laptop. Hello! I'm not an idiot.
Okay let's say I'm a total idiot. And not only will I empty out my entire future fantasy summer home account kid's college fund for a vintage Valentino raincoat, but I also need to make sure my baby is dressed accordingly. In a matching vintage Valentino raincoat. With Dior booties. And an extra Marc Jacobs onesie in my Louis Vuitton diaper bag in case of an accident. And by accident, I mean the strap on my Gucci baby carrier snagged a thread on my Fendi baby blanket. And OMG— are you mixing designers?? In one baby outfit??? Please. My hypothetical miniature fashionista is DOWNTOWN. Save the matchy-matchy for the uptown kids.
Anyway— if you'd like to ensure that your baby has a front row seat between Anna Wintour and Keirnan Shipka (that's eleven-year-old Sally Draper and yes, she cares about such things), you should embrace the label whore within and dress your child in one of the outfits below.
Editor's Note: I have not included links for purchase because if you have the money for these items, you also have the money to snap your fingers and summon a lesser human to track them down for you. Then you can have them delivered to your private jet docking station in the sky where you and your child are currently eating french macaroons while watching a team of scientologist slaves sort through your fashion party invites. Yes, Katie— I believe you are the only person still reading. Tell Suri I say hello.
For the girls clockwise from upper left: Dolce & Gabbana dress, Little Marc Jacobs onesie, Fendi dress, Chloe jean diaper, Kenzo jacket, Baby Dior snowbooties, Burberry Baby overall dress, Roberto Cavalli sparkly pink shoes, Armani dress.
And because baby boys can be label whores too: Baby Dior snowsuit, Baby Dior gold shoes, Little Marc Jacobs puffy vest, Armani Baby jeans, Ralph Lauren Baby snowsuit. Fendi sweater, Gucci booties, Paul Smith cardigan, Burberry Baby Boy overalls.
And in case you thought I was being hyperbolic when I mentioned the Gucci baby carrier and the Louis Vuitton diaper bag and the Fendi baby blanket…
I am so glad to live in a bubble that shields me from this level of label awareness!!! IMAGINE…you lived in a world where you felt like you had to get that baby carrier? And like you said, if you could afford that baby carrier, couldn’t you also afford to pay someone to follow you around and hold the baby for you??
Great – now everyone will get those gold Dior shoes for their boys as well. Frantically searching the LV site for the next big thing in small boy footwear…
I loved this post.
Hilarity has ensued.
So funny! That stuff is super cute though but you can also find super cute at Target. Hooray!
I was about to say the same thing as Ashley. I have a little boy and most of his threads come from Target (sometimes on *gasp* CLEARANCE.
God forbid he get dirt or chocolate milk on a pair of Armani jeans or a Dior outfit.
reeeedamndunkulous.
I was trying to think of a witty comment since I WAS at Fashion Week all week. But all that was rattling thru my head was how one of the paparazzi literally pushed me aside so he could photograph my younger, cuter, better-dressed co-worker. Oh well. It’s not like I was OFFENDED, or anything. Next year I’m bringing Mazzy so she can sign autographs.
Yes. But if the paparazzi are around then I imagine you have a much better shot of being photographed if you’ve got 20lbs of Gucci strapped to your chest.
I believe the next big thing is baby LV waterproof boat shoes. You know, for yachting.
I’m a big believer in baby clothes from Old Navy.
Your dry cleaning bills would be outrageous!
Ok— you can take her. But you better have a stellar outfit picked out for her. And a seat IN FRONT of Dakota Fanning. You got me?
After I bought my daughter an expensive outfit from Gymbo and she drew with marker all over it…that was the last of expensive clothes for her. And they’re not THAT expensive…like the ones in your pix…but too expensive for me!
saving for an iPhone. 🙂
Hahahaha you’re so funny. I buy my kids’ clothing at Walmart. Sometimes Old Navy. I welcome hand-me-downs too. Most of the clothing I get for them looks pretty similar to everything up there, except it’s eleventyfive dollars cheaper. Although I have to admit that Armani dress is pretty cute…
Oh and I just wanted to add I buy my own clothing at Walmart and Old Navy too…just in case anybody thought I spent the big money on my own clothing, nope…I’m a cheapskate all around.
Oh, this is sheer joy to read! You’re talking shopping, you’re smart and sassy.
Speaking of overpriced clothes and spoiling children, have you read Gweneth Paltrow’s blog? Am I butchering her name? I’m so not here to pimp her out, and have been meaning to unsubscribe because who in their right mind can afford this stuff?!
But, you are a delight, and I’m so glad you stopped by on Valentine’s Day.
Cute clothes, but I can hardly stand the $$ dropped for it all. Annoying! Your post? Not annoying.
Mazzy got a beautiful DKNY top as a gift. She spit up on the sleeve the first time she wore it and then it turned that awful yellow color. Not so beautiful after that. Just another piece of clothing with a stain on it.
I think the Armani dress is gorgeous. But you wanna hear something hilarious? The site that I found it on was panning it because they think it looks like something from Walmart. Ha! I’ll see if I can find the link.
I have heard tons about “GOOP”- that’s the name of Paltrow’s blog. But I have yet to subscribe. Maybe I should just for the snark of it. Or to detox from the lamb lasagna I just ate FOR LUNCH. Something tells me that’s a GOOP no-no.
Glad you enjoyed it here!
The gold shoes made me laugh.
Half the stuff that comes out at Fashion Week makes me go, “Huh?”
That will never be my child. Because then she’d be dressed far better than me. And that’s well, um…how it usually works. Damn.
That D & G dress is freakin cute!