You’ll never believe this, but there are now high heels for babies!
Heelarious was the conception of two women who love shoes and thought it would be hilarious if their daughters had them as babies.
Now I think these shoes are really cute, but I have a controversial question for you.
Do these shoes sexualize baby girls? Over the last couple of decades it seems that girls are becoming sexier at much early ages. Two weeks ago, I saw an 8 year old girl with blue eye shadow, tight pants and a tank top.
Here are examples of two outfits I found for girls age 4; the first from Ralph Lauren and the second form Juicy Couture.
So what do you think? Are Heelarious cute or send a bad message?
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5 Comments
June 25, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Wow - I love heels as much as the next girl but looking at those pictures almost makes me feel ill. Yeah they look cute on their own, but not to go on a child. Why did they call their brand ‘heelarious’ - are they looking forward to watching babies attempt to walk in these things? Or just generally growing up way too fast… I definitely think its a bad thing when I see kids wearing make-up etc. I think they need to be able to enjoy their childhood.
June 26, 2008 at 2:36 am
Sometimes I wish I had never grown up to miniskirts and could still get away with wearing a dress like that Ralph Lauren… puffed sleeves and all.
June 26, 2008 at 6:10 am
Sigh…I remember the days when Stephanie on Full House got her first pair of high heels at the age of 10, and that’s how it should be. There are some things that should be saved for older ages; otherwise, how can any of us teach the value of patience and the wonderful feeling of anticipation to the younger generation if everything is given to them at such a young age? Kids should be kids, and not mini-Mes of adults. How else do they learn how to have imaginations, how to create their own identities, how to write their own stories?
Sorry, this issue is one that is close to my heart–one of the few friends I have who has kids is raising a wonderful daughter, and she’s completely awesome because she isn’t being subjected to this stuff.
June 27, 2008 at 2:24 am
Cute idea, but personally i wouldn’t allow a small child to wear them.
Every girl has their whole life ahead to dress up and wear heels……children should be behaving like children not like mini adults!
July 2, 2008 at 3:20 pm
This is something that makes me very sad and frustrated. How can it be good parenting to make a child grow faster, to expose them to things that they have plenty of time for when they are older and can appreciate them. Also, I am not so happy with what it is creating in our society-little girls who will grow up believing that these things are normal, that its ok to have a tee shirt on a 2 year old that says, ‘ i am a tease’, what sort of teens will these girls be and what sort of trouble could they get into without realising it because of the sexualised image they have grown up with. As an aside, I didnt have my first pair of heels until I was good and ready, at 14 or a little over and only wedges until I was older still. I love em now but what little girl will enjoy what they can do for them, if they have had them since early childhood?? What will it do to their feet?
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