I was at the Student Union earlier mailing out a package and I saw something that totally blew my mind. I’ve seen it time and time again, and for the life of me, I can’t figure it out. So, what did I see? A girl, college-aged, with what I would assume was her son, maybe 2-3 years in age. Nothing new here… but the kid was wearing a North Face jacket. The North Face is a trendy, sportswear designer that many college kids here wear (you aren’t cool unless you have The North Face logo on your jacket, period).
I could care less what type of clothes people wear (people who are old enough to pay for these items themselves), but why in the world would you buy a kid designer clothes!?
I did some research when I got back home. I wanted to see how much infant and toddler clothes and accessories cost. What I found, is well, flabbergasting.
New Balance shoes are hot and have been for a few years now. A quick look at their website and I found these shoes for infants, priced at $37.99. According to the shoe size chart on their site, a pair of infant-sized shoes would fit your baby for 2-3 months at best.
You can’t have your kid going around shirtless, so why not pick up a Ralph Lauren Polo? Price: $52.50. This will only last a few months as well… as your kid will either A) outgrow it or B) ruin it by spilling who-knows-what on it. Great buy here.
We round out the outfit with some Baby Gap jeans, priced at a cool $39.50. Your kid will be the talk of the town at daycare with these jeans… well, that is, if infants could talk! Get real people.
I could never imagine spending $130.00+ on a single outfit for a kid, no matter how much I loved them. That would easily be one of the biggest wastes of money ever. What I have noticed is this: mostly younger parents are guilty of this behavior. Why, just why would you do this? So your 9-month-old can look “fresh”? Having a kid as a teenager is enough to tell most people how “fresh” you really are. Take that money and deposit it into a college fund or savings account for yourself or the kid.
Do any of you dress your kids in designer clothes? Or, if you had kids, would you?
