This is just what most of the migrants from the UK are trying to escape from. Really bad news that it's now reached NZ.
Parents digging deep for kids' designer clothing
Page 1 of 2 5:00AM Sunday May 27, 2007
By Michelle Coursey
Charlotte Porter, 8 years old, models designer kid's clothes. Photo / Doug Sherring
Fancy a Trelise Cooper jacket for $285, a Bellerose white long-sleeved T-shirt for $120, or a DKNY denim skirt for $161.50?
You might be prepared to spend these amounts on an outfit for yourself, but these are children's clothes we're talking about.
Designer labels with the price tags to match are no longer the preserve of mums and dads - mini fashion items for their offspring are becoming more popular than ever.
At these kinds of prices, parents could end up spending more than $500 to outfit a child under the age of 10.
A pair of DKNY jeans for a 6-month-old baby boy could set you back $133.90, or how about $214.90 for a pinafore for a 6-month-old baby girl?
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